Here is after a week, 5 days of which was rain, 6.5 inches total
BTW, this was taken with a camera phone, the other was a Nikon professional camera owned by my wife.

 

What would these things be called if you wanted a new set?

 

The top-side-bed-rail-plastic-thingamajiggy-black-new...

I would guess bed rails... Maybe?

 

I used this last week and it worked great.

 

I believe they are called bed rail caps.

 

How do you take the bed rails off and the one that goes across the tailgate. I have ford plastic bed liner in my truck, does that have to be moved out of the way to take it off?

 

Thanks, bed rail caps they are!! Was looking around to buy some new, they ain't that cheap!!

 

I was thinking of getting some at JC Witney but delivery is over 3 weeks!!! Any ideas as to a good supplier?

 

I would LOVE some black diamond plate replacements, but I can't find them anywhere.

 

To answer an earlier question the tailgate end cap just pushes down and latches itself onto the tailgate. I have juts bought a replacement for my 05 model.

 

www.idealauto.com last time i was in their store i do believe there was a display on the wall with black powder coat diamond plate, sides and tail gate caps

 

I think that would be nice, and look good also.


FWIW, I had some brite diamond plate rail caps on a 94 150 I had. It was white and the caps would leave streaks down the side after it would rain.

 

Tractor supply sells them, if they're not in store they can order them from one of their vendors.

ill see if i can get you a part number while im at work today.

 

they are products we get from DeeZee. i did not have time today to grab part numbers but im sure you can call dee zee and get them easily.

 

other major problem with running diamond plate bed rail caps is how bad they scratch the paint up...so once you take them off your kinda screwed...they were all the rage in the 90s... i rate em right up there with extremely wide 15 inch chrome steel wheels...another wonderful inflection of the late 80s and 90s....they just dont have a place on a nice looking modern truck with rounded lines and supple curves...they fit much better on the pre-97 ford trucks and the pre-99 chevrolet trucks...with their very boxy bed lines the squared off diamond plate looked like it fit more...that whole rugged chrome look