Gobi Bed Rack Installed

[TXSUT]

Many thanks to Rodster for helping me; he was so damn quick on the private messages that it was like having him standing beside me to assist. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[TXSUT]

Many thanks to Rodster for helping me; he was so damn quick on the private messages that it was like having him standing beside me to assist. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[TXSUT]

Here's a view from the side...

[TXSUT]

In the first pic, you can also see that I did the "Rodster Mod" to the license plate holder brow. It was chrome, now it's PlastiDip black, and looks a lot better IMO.

[VTSTOMPER]

Very trick! I am jelious! I would like to get one of those at some point.

I saw the first pic, and saw the ceiling storage and thuoght you were being a smart ass! LOL!

Are you tossing back-up lights on the back?

[mstams]

Looks great. Tell us about the install. How was it? I tried to download the PDF on the Gobi site the other day, but it was the wrong link to the H3 rack...

[TXSUT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by VTSTOMPER:
Very trick! I am jelious! I would like to get one of those at some point.

I saw the first pic, and saw the ceiling storage and thuoght you were being a smart ass! LOL!

Are you tossing back-up lights on the back? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks, I like it a lot. LOL about the ceiling storage!

Yeah, I'll get the lights installed within the next week or so.

[TXSUT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by mstams:
Looks great. Tell us about the install. How was it? I tried to download the PDF on the Gobi site the other day, but it was the wrong link to the H3 rack... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks.

The installation wasn't too difficult. I laid blue painters tape down on the tonneau, to help the rack slide more easily as I adjusted it into position. That also helped when marking the holes for drilling, making them more precise and visible. Gobi provides good measurements to align the rack front to back and left to right, and I did a lot of checking and re-checking before drilling the four holes. Caution when drilling is absolutely necessary, as the tonneau cover is just a styrofoam core with a thin aluminum skin, and a drill bit will chew that skin up pretty good. I added a healthy dose of black silicone to each mounting hole after drilling, to ensure a water-tight seal.

The new shocks that Gobi supplies with the kit work pretty well. It takes more effort to get the cover to open, but once you get it moving, HOLD ON, or it'll flop open pretty violently. I suspect that too many uncontrolled openings, and you'll tear something up (namely the hinge).

The job would have been quite a bit easier if I'd had a helper, as the rack is pretty heavy and getting it on and off the truck while measuring and drilling was a chore. I'd also advise installing the new shocks BEFORE bolting the rack into place...I had to use a ratchet strap tied to my garage door to hold the cover up while I replaced the shocks.

Oh, one last little painful aspect of the installation. Gobi uses use double-sided adhesive tape on the bottom of the mounting plates, and once you remove the backing paper from it and drop the rack down into place, you better have it lined up perfectly. I didn't, and lifting the heft of the rack against some sticky 3M tape took a lot of effort. This is where it would definitely help to have a second person assisting, one holding the rack, and one guiding it down into position.

[rodster]

Looking good! Bet you can pile a lot of ducks on that rack. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[TXSUT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by rodster:
Looking good! Bet you can pile a lot of ducks on that rack. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

LMAO! You betcha!!!

See my hunting gear on the ceiling rack in the first shot? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[mstams]

Thanks for the info. It looks really great on your truck with all black, but I'd like to see them make it in the Elite series (stainless) as my truck is a mix of black and chrome.

[Dan]

$1100 is pretty steep for that rack. It does look good though! I may make one for mine.

Damn, the people at GOBI can't spell for sh!t.

"Tonal Cover"
"Farring"

lol! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[TXSUT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Dan:
$1100 is pretty steep for that rack. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Quit reminding me.

[KenP]

That looks great! Rod is a good guy.

[4churchill]

Looks awsome....now the stealth rack for the roof and you'll be set....get some 1500xt's for that bad boy!!!!!!!

[TXSUT]

Thanks guys. I'd really like the roof rack, but that would prevent entry into my garage. I actually have a contractor coming out next week to take a look at what it would take to increase the height of my garage opening. I can only imagine how expensive that will be...and the bitching my wife will do when I tell her about my intentions. LOL

[TXSUT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 4CHURCHILL:
get some 1500xt's for that bad boy!!!!!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Shopping for them right now! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[4churchill]

i found a good deal on eby...check out the H2Source store,l if they dont have them then also check trailduty.com PhilD always has great prices on stuff like that

[VTSTOMPER]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by TXSUT:
I can only imagine how expensive that will be...and the bitching my wife will do when I tell her about my intentions. LOL </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I am doing that myself! I will let you know the price I get! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[rodster]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by TXSUT:
...and the bitching my wife will do when I tell her about my intentions. LOL </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think we married twin daughters of different mothers. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[TXSUT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by rodster:
I think we married twin daughters of different mothers. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

LMAO!!!

[VTSTOMPER]

Pretty sure they were at triplets then. This is what I hear:

"The truck was absolutly perfect and needed nothing the day you bought it...so why and the hell do you need to keep adding/changing crap to it. It is just a waste of money!"

Here is my reply:

"No it's not." http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[CslRkH2]

Where did you get the black license plate deal?

[mstams]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by VTSTOMPER:

It is just a waste of money!

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Just buy her an extra car, then she can't say anything. That's what I did... http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[VTSTOMPER]

lololol

[TXSUT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by CslRkH2:
Where did you get the black license plate deal? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The "brow" over the plate was originally chrome. I scuffed it up with fine grit sandpaper and spray-painted it with 5 coats of black Performix PlastiDip.

http://www.plastidip.com/consumer/index.html

Rodster had done the same to his, and he provided me with the instrustions. He got his PlastiDip at Home Depot, I got mine at Lowes (my HD doesn't carry it).

The brow itself is easy to remove from the entire plate/light assembly via removal of three small clips on the backside using needle-nose pliers.

[Ipedog]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by VTSTOMPER:


"The truck was absolutly perfect and needed nothing the day you bought it...so why and the hell do you need to keep adding/changing crap to it. It is just a waste of money!"
</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

This sounds like my wife. Substitute truck with any item of your choice and you get the idea. Are you sure those twins/triplet daughters weren't quadruplets? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[CslRkH2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by TXSUT:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by CslRkH2:
Where did you get the black license plate deal? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The "brow" over the plate was originally chrome. I scuffed it up with fine grit sandpaper and spray-painted it with 5 coats of black Performix PlastiDip.

http://www.plastidip.com/consumer/index.html

Rodster had done the same to his, and he provided me with the instrustions. He got his PlastiDip at Home Depot, I got mine at Lowes (my HD doesn't carry it).

The brow itself is easy to remove from the entire plate/light assembly via removal of three small clips on the backside using needle-nose pliers. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


Thanks for the info~!