Video Transcript for 2018 Ram 1500 Access Lorado Soft, Roll-Up Tonneau Cover: Complete Installation

Speaker 1: Today, on our 2018 Ram 1500 Crew Cab, we going to be installing the Access Lorado Soft Roll Up Tonneau Cover, part number 834532001675. It's going to allow you to keep your gear, on the inside of your truck bed, out of the elements. It has a durable black, polyester cover, that's always going to retain its shape, and it won't fade.The large hook and loop connectors also insure nice, tight fit. Just pull it towards you and push in place.When used in conjunction with a locking tailgate, our bed is secure. Compared to bulkier tonneau covers, it's a low profile design. We still have access to our stake pockets, and it only sits about an inch on top of our truck bed rails.The auto latch ensures that it locks every time, when it's closed.

For bed access, it has a roll up design. Simply pull on the cord, lift up and begin rolling. The safety straps hold it in place. Because of its roll up design, we still have full rear visibility, compared to other tonneau covers that have a tri-fold design. It's a simple clamp-on design.

There's no drilling required, and it comes with all the hardware you need to get it installed. Another great feature is, should it lose tension over time, the integrated tension adjusters on each side allow you to keep it tight.Now that we've gone over the features, I'll go ahead and show you how to get it installed. Our first step is to install our driver and passenger side rails. We're going to start on the passenger side first. We'll need to make sure the hole up front is facing towards the inside of the bed.

Now, when we put our rail in position, we'll need to make sure that the padding here is up against the inside of our truck bed rail. We'll also want be sure it's slid all the way forward and making contact with the bulkhead.Now, we'll want to make sure that the top of the padding is level with the top of the truck bed rail. Once that's done, we can install our first clamp. When we install our clamps, it's not a bad idea to get an extra set of hands to hold your rail in place while you do this. It can just make it a lot easier.

So that's what we've done. We've got somebody to hold our rail in place.We want to make sure that our clamp is loosened up and opened up. The teeth on the clamp are going to line up with the grooves on the inner side of our rail. Our first clamp installs as close as to the bulkhead as we can. So, right here. We're going to go all the way up, as high as we can go, kind of squeeze our clamp together. Then I can tighten up the nut. We've got it loosely installed. Grab a 1/2" wrench, and snug it down, just like that.For our second and third clamp, these need to be installed at the midway point. We're going to space them out above the wheel well. For our last clamp, it's going to be installed as close as to the tailgate as we can get it, so right here. With this side down, we can go ahead and repeat the same process on the driver's side.With both rails installed, we can install our bulkhead seal. We need to make sure our bulkhead is clean of any dirt and debris. We've got a paper towel here, with some alcohol. I'm just going to wipe it off. Now, let's apply the seal. It's going to go on in this direction. Let's go ahead and start taking our protectant paper off. I'm just going to take off a little bit at a time. Then begin sticking it in place, and we'll just continue across.Now we can apply the rear seal. This is going to go on the under side of our tonneau rail and stick on just like that. We're also going to have overhang that meets the edge, where our tailgate raises up. It's a good idea to clean this, just the same as your bulkhead. Get it all nice and clean of any dirt or debris. Then we can line up our seal. Then what we want to do is, we want to cut about here. That way it sticks on correctly, just like that. Let's peal back that paper, just like that. We can go ahead and repeat the same process on the driver's side.I've gone ahead and set my tonneau cover in place, on my tailgate. Installing the tension adjusters are next. They are labeled left and right. Left is for the driver's side and right is for the passenger side. We'll just need to locate the nut on the inside of the channel. We'll take the plastic portion here, with the raised notched portion here. We're going to rest it on top of the channel. We'll take our bolt and flat washer, and we're going to loosely install it. We're not going to tighten it down all the way just yet. That way it can still move. We can go ahead and repeat the same process on the driver's side.Now we're ready to set it in place. We'll need to fold our tension adjusters out of the way, so we'll stand them up. Our straps are going to be inside of our truck bed. We're going to roll it over and set it in place. We need to make sure that the seal here is on top of our bulkhead, just like that.Now let's roll the cover forward until we can see our cover's header. Our tension adjuster can be folded back in place. You can see how the notched portion is going to meet up against our rail, and we need to align the hole with the hole on our rail. We can slide it back out. Now the slide is going to clip on the underside of the rail. We'll take the bolt, push it down through. Underneath, we get a flat washer and a nut. We can repeat the same process on the other side.With everything in place, let's go ahead and roll the cover back slightly. That flap that we originally set on top of our bulkhead, we can now tuck it underneath. By doing this, it's going to work in conjunction with the bulkhead seal and prevent water from getting in the front here. To make it just a little easier, I'm even kind of slightly picking up on it, so I can get it nice and tucked in there.With everything set, let's tighten down our tension adjuster to our rail. For this, you're going to need two 1/2" wrenches, one for the bottom and one for the top. With both tension adjusters tightened down, let's tighten down the slider on the underside of our header.Next, we'll unroll our cover and check our fit. It's a good idea to make sure that the bows stay within the rails. Here at the tailgate end, the rear header is going to fit into the two plastic bracket ends here and roll and lock into place. So we'll line it up. We're going to bring it towards us, and we're going to apply a little bit bit of pressure and push down until it locks, just like that. Then we can raise up our tailgate. If it doesn't quite have the tension that you want, you could always roll it back up and adjust your tension adjusters.Our final step is to connect our hook and loop. On one side, just pull it slightly towards you. Then on the other side, kind of stretch it towards you. This is going to take the remaining wrinkles and waves out of the cover. There we go. With our hook and loop connected on both sides, as you can see, it's nice and tight. We're ready to hit the road.That's going to complete our installation of the Access Lorado Soft Roll Up Tonneau Cover, part number 834532001675, on our 2018 Ram 1500 Crew Cab.