Got my new cover today! I was pretty pleased with the installation and look. I just could not get it to strech so I could button the back ones...oh well. I'll get it done tomorrow.

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Park the truck in the sun for an hour and it will help!

Sad to say this is the first YELLOW 3 gen I have seen

Needs a nice black bed stripe!

 

I'll have to try that out, thanks!

There used to be another yellow one that would post on here randomly. But I still haven't seen another yellow 6 speed with the V8.

 

What brand is that and does go over your bed rails?

 

Looks nice man, if you can't get it fully on it sounds like you need to loosen the tension adjustment (assuming it has that, not all of them do). I will say that if you can't loosen it and it's this tight now be very careful taking it on and off in the winter, I know a few people that managed to rip theirs in very cold temperatures trying to stretch it back over to where it's supposed to be after taking it off.

 

IT should be a lot easier to stretch when warm..like Eimer123 said.
looks good though!

 

Yea, the yellow paint gets kind of monotonous. I've been scheming paint ideas. I start auto body class in January if all goes well. So hopefully I'll be able to paint her myself.

It's a lund and it doesn't cover the whole bed rail.

Yea, this one doesn't have a tension adjuster. Maybe I'll call tomorrow and see what they say. But if mine rips I'll be putting that lifetime warranty to the test. It was flappin in the wind like a SOB on the way to my uncles farm. I need to get it figured out.

 

Theres a guy here in WI trying to sell his fiberglass tonneau from a yellow G3 Dakota club cab. Its from that same Dakota that was brought up in a thread; it was posted for sale and had Hemi logos everywhere with decals ...... looked pretty bad.

Looks good though baracis. Youll learn that in the winter, its just best to not touch the cover unless necessary. And dont forget to brush it off during snow storms if your expected to get a lot of snow. Those things cant hold too much weight on the center.

 

I'll be sure to do that. Thanks for the heads up.

Glad you guys like it.

 

My wife went over to the store and got it installed while I was at work and I didn't get home until after dark, so no pictures for now, but will post them up ASAP (any idea on a good free hosting site for the pics or can I add them directly?)
I went with an extang solid fold and had them add a tailgate lock too, so now I have a nice lockable area for our trip down to Florida this weekend!
I chose this model because I wanted a solid top that would fold up. This mostly left me with a choice of Bakflip or the Extang. I don't think they make an adapter for the Bakflip that will adapt to the utility rails and the guy at the shop said they were thinking of dropping the Bakflip due to complaints about the hinge seals (not sure if they leak or just wear-out but they look like they are rubber straps over piano style hinges, so maybe they get dry and crack?) Kind of too bad as I like the way the Bakflip folds up all the way.
Wife said she likes the look and also said her parents thought it looked nice too, so am happy that it passes the "fashion test."
Lastly, I still have my old Tonneau Masters soft tonneau with the tilt-up/hinged frame. If any of you live in the Toledo, OH area and want to try it out, I will give it to you for free (it has been sitting out in my back yard for nearly a year so the gas shocks on it are kind of rusty, but I see some guy on ebay is selling them for about $12/ea.) If interested send me a PM and I'll arrange a time to pick it up (basically I would hate to just throw it out, but that is my other option.) It was in nice shape before removal and other than the rust on the shocks looks OK to a casual inspection.