Access Toolbox Edition Soft, Roll-Up Tonneau Cover

Video Transcript for Access Toolbox Edition Soft Roll-Up Tonneau Cover Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

What's going on everybody Adam here with etrailer. Today, we have a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2,500. And we're going to be taking a look at the Access Toolbox Edition Soft Roll-up Tonneau Cover. You all know the many benefits to having a tonneau cover, yes it's going to protect all the contents from all that rain and snow that you may have. Also, it's going to increase your fuel economy. But also the main thing for me is just to protect anything from theft.

Because people just have sticky fingers. But sometimes you really don't have the option to you have both a toolbox and a tonneau cover.Sometimes you really just have to pick one or the other. Well, this is the main benefit to having this tonneau cover. We can have the lockbox here, have all our tools and stuff in there and have all of our fun recreational stuff in here. And since we have a locking tailgate, everything is nice and secure.

It is a very durable vinyl material and it is going to resist against the sun and all the elements that mother nature is going to throw at it. And it's going to keep all of that water out too. And it is pretty low profile as well. With the toolbox, we're losing a little bit of the rail space but with the tonneau cover, we're not.So, if you're like me and you like to talk after maybe around a golf or maybe after a long day at work, you still have these rails to sit relax. The access tonneau cover gives you quick and easy access.

Because all you got to do is just grab this little string here, pull that down, one hand, that's all you got to do. And then you can go ahead and roll all this up. Just like that. So, you can go ahead and if you're going on a trip and you want to keep your bed open, whether you have contents in there or you just like it better that way. We have these little straps.

And they're just going to click right at the back of the cover on both sides. And we can adjust this.I can actually roll it over one more time, then we can go ahead and tighten this up. Just going to hold this back on here and just grab this and bring it forward. Nice and tight. Just like that. With the tonneau cover rolled up, we can get a closer look at our rails. So, these are going to be made of an aerospace grade aluminum. So, they're not going to rust away over time. And even the clamps are made of this aerospace grade aluminum which is great. So, they're not going to rust, it's going to be easy to take on and off if you need to. But it looks good so you don't really have to. And we do have a powder-coated finish too. So, it gives a nice little look, blends in with the side rail colors on our Silverado.If you're tired of having to choose between a tonneau cover or a toolbox, etrailer has got a solution for you. The access tonneau cover, it works just as well as any other soft roll-up tonneau cover. But it just makes your truck to be able to do more. And that's something I like because trucks are made for working. And it also looks really good too. First things first, we want to make sure that our toolbox is going to be compatible with the tonneau cover and check. All we have to do is just make sure that your toolbox is going to be between 19 and 21 inches. Our weather guard one here is within that range, so we're good. Next thing we need to do is install our seal. Usually what we would do is take our seal and place it on our bulkhead here. I have a Spray In Bedliner and it's not really going to stick that well. So, what I'm going to do is actually just go ahead and put it on the inside ridge here. Right where the toolbox curls up and over that bulkhead.So, that's what I'm doing, if you don't have a Spray In liner, definitely just clean it up and put it there. That's what we need but I just don't think the seal is going to stay there with this liner. So, that being said, go ahead and take all that stripping off the back. Slowly work your way, giving it a nice amount of pressure, make sure all that sticky gets adhere to that box or your bulkhead. What's nice about the seal, it's going to make sure that no water is going to enter in. So, whenever you do have your tonneau cover on, you don't have to worry about all that water. So, all the stuff in your . bed of your truck is going to be nice and safe. Once it's all on, just go back through and give it an extra, a little bit more love and make sure it stays put.Whenever that's done, you can go ahead and just take your toolbox and put it back to where it was and be sure to really press on it to get that seal up against the bulkhead like that. And then you can go ahead and secure your box back down. Next thing we want to do is take our plate here. And this is going to go right up against our box. Just fits right in there but what you want to do, you want to push it up against much as you can, if you have an extra set of hands, that's great. If not, it's okay. You can get it done. And then what we're going to do is take our clamps and they're going to go right here and I'm going to use a half inch socket. That's what we're going to need to get the job done.You want to make sure that the nut's going to be facing out so we can get to it and hold that bolt against the back of the back bracket just to keep it in place. Then you go ahead and tighten it up. And we just want to make sure it's not too tight but tight enough so it doesn't go anywhere. Next thing to do is take your rails. And what we're going to do is make sure that this piece is going to be towards our tailgate. We're going to line this up just like this. And what we need to do is measure our toolbox now with the seals and stuff, if it is above 20 we want to make sure that we are going to have a quarter inch gap right here. And then we just need to make sure that we put the clamps in the correct spots.So, obviously we're going to have one big clamp going back here. But with the rest of that space pretty much divided into threes and those two lines that divide it into three that's where we want to put our clamp. And the one spot where we need to put it's around here. But we don't have the capabilities of putting it there. So, just going to slide it forward a little bit. If you have an extra set of hands, grab them, it's always nice to have a friend whenever you're doing this. But in my case I don't. But you can get it done by yourself.And we're going to be using the half inch socket that we used before to get this done. Whenever we're setting up these clamps, you see this edge right here, we want it to be nice and flush with the bedside rails here. So, be sure to line that up make your measurements and continue. And for the big old clamp, this is going to go inside of our stake pockets. So, grab one side. And what we're going to do is you'll notice on the inside there's a little tiny lip like the lip that you have right here but it's in the steak pocket. We want this to go in underneath that clip. Because it will give us a lot better grip. And with this one here, you can set the bracket in there and wedge it underneath there.We do have a fishing wire which is included with the kit and that'll make it a little bit easier. You can just run it through this little hole up, thread it on and pull it through. But I am going to do it without it, you just put your finger in there, grab it and it works just as well, a little bit quicker. So, now that we do that, we have a little tiny patch of soft material that is going to protect our bed. We really don't need it if you have a Spray In Bedliner but if it's a bare bed, definitely go ahead and do that. If you have a Drop-in Bedliner make sure to cut all that out and then make a little spot for it and then put that little protective strip there to protect your truck.Same size nut. Get it started on there and inaudible 00:08:41 go up as far as we can really it's about in the middle and tighten her down. And once that is all tight, be sure to just double check your measurements just in case. We want to make sure there's a fourth of an inch here. And of course we have another little measurement right up here and we want to make sure that gap is an inch. So, triple check and then we can move on to the next step which is some more seal stuff. So, with this seal, it's going to be unique to all the others. And what we want to do is find that little channel and this is going to sit up on this rail here. And that channel is going to be like this facing our box. So, once you get that straightened out to where you want, you will have a little bit of excess, we will have to trim a little bit. Need some scissors for that but go ahead and peel it off and get to seal it.Put it down right on that edge. Be very so gentle because this is really sticky stuff. Once it's done it inaudible 00:09:44 to stay down. Next thing we want to do is grab these. They are going to be labeled one has an L on it and one is going to have an R on it. So, left and right. And what we want to make sure of here is to put it on the right side of course. But we want to pay attention to this seal. We want this big flap to be away from that. And we want this side to be down because this is going to fit in the channel really nicely like that. And there's going to be a little threaded piece in there. We can go ahead, line that up like that. And we're going to take our longer bolt with a washer and do our best to line that up and tighten it.We're going to do this for this side and the other. So, don't tighten it with the tool yet, we still want to be able to move this around and that is just for setting this up later. But just get it threaded in enough to where it doesn't fall out. Now what we want to do is slide these in a little bit so they're not going to get in the way. And then we're going to grab this, bring her down and it's not going to go underneath the side rails, it's going to go on top of it, place it down like that. And then we can go ahead and slide these like that. And what we're going to focus on right now is just getting the holes right here lined up with the holes on our side rails. We'll connect that using the bolts, washer and nuts that come with the kit and then once we do that then we're going to start adjusting. We're going to go bolt in washer first from the top.From the top and then make sure it goes through that plastic bracket like that. Put that nut on the bottom then we can go ahead and tighten those up. Now that all that's done, what we can do now is start unrolling it and see how good we did and see if we have to make any adjustments. So, far so good, but it is a little tight. But we do want you guys to put this out in the sun, let it stretch out a little bit so it might be a little tight. But this is a little too tight. So, we're going to go make some adjustments. So, on this plastic piece right here, it's going to say tight with an arrow pointing that way.So, if we took this wheel and rotate it that way, it's going to get more tight. But we don't need that. So, I'm going to do it the opposite way. And we do want to make sure that they're going to be relatively even. If anything, perfectly even on both sides. I know it's hard but you can count threads or just eye it out. But we are going to get it perfect. Now it's time to test through. Let's see if our adjustments are exactly what we needed. I have faith. I think we are going to get it.And moment of truth. Last thing I want to do is just make sure that your tailgate closes. And that's actually a really, really good seal and there's no resistance to it at all. Well, everyone that just about does it for our look at the Access Toolbox Edition Soft Roll-up Tonneau Cover on our 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2,500.