Tool box install and bed rail cover

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wallacemf

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I have installed a new Weather Guard box on my 2018 2500. Using the included hardware, which is a bracket which catches under the bed rail on the inside, the rail cover starts to pop up on the outside when I start to tighten the box down. Has anyone had this problem and managed a solution for it?

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When you say "start to tighten" do you mean the first fastener? Try tightening all like doing a tire and see what you wind up with.
 

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Speaking of, do they make boxes that are flush with the bed?

I have a camper shell that occasionally goes on.

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So?

What happened?

I put in a strip of rubber insulator on either side, between the box and the bed rail, about a half inch out from the inside edge of the bed rail. The rubber strips came with the box as part of the install kit.

This changed where the box was in contact with the bed rail. It’s now contacting the rubber strips instead of the inside edge of the rail, so when I tighten it down, it’s pushing down on the bed rail cap.

Previously it was contacting the inside edge of the bed rail, which pushed the outside edge of the bed rail cap upwards when I tightened it.

Not sure if that makes sense, kinda hard to explain.
 

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Makes perfect sense. Is that a low profile box? How wide? Which model?

More pics.

I Want a box, but Weather Guard doesn't make a slim/low profile, and I have the short bed and worry about the 19/20" box width eating up too much space.

More pics !
 
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