One of the corners has a piece of black electrical tape on it. This is because the corner and the door make contact and will scratch/remove paint without it. Of course, the lifespan of this tape is questionable. So, a small section of my door is down to bare metal and I'll have to take a hammer to the cover and/or door to fix the problem, then paint the affected area to prevent rust. I expected better from Tuffy. They certainly knew of the problem, or would not have stuck that piece of black tape on there. Lame.

js.

 

I can't say I completely understand what you are saying. How about a picture?

 

The left-hand corner of the cover rubs against the bottom of the door. I'll take a picture when I get home this evening...

js.

 

Can't picture what you are getting at, but why not just file off the corner that does the damage, then add some touch-up paint

 

Ahhh, Now I see what you're talking about.
http://www.tuffyproducts.com/trunk/143.html
Still trying to figure out how only one corner hits the bottom of the tailgate, unless that corner is bent up.

 

Damn I took off that piece of tape. Thanks for the heads up!!

 

I did the same. I had to order a pen of touch-up paint because of it. I'm not sure how long that tape would have held up anyway.

I decided to put a heavy belt over the area and close the door on it. It dented the door, but once touched up with the paint pen, it shouldn't rub again. I don't really care about the dent, I'm more concerned about rust.

What pisses me off is that Tuffy knows about this and decided to slap a piece of tape on it. I expect most people will take the tape off anyway....

js.

 

Alright, as promised, here are a few pictures...













js.

 

Huh, that thing is pretty cool. I haven't seen that yet, it would make a much better mount for my co2 tank than the stock cover.

 

I just installed mine on Sunday and was ready to post a thread stating how happy I was with the build quality, etc. til I heard this. I was wondering what that tape was on there for - of course I promptly took it off. Never would have guessed that Tuffy would be as cheesy as solving their design flaw with electrical tape. I expect a bit more than that for my 150 bucks. Sheesh. Has anyone contacted Tuffy with this? Any solutions other than denting the tail gate??