My brother had a tonneau that had a plastic strip on the edges that hooked into
a groove on the rails. In the winter it was super difficult to get this hooked
up, to the point he just took it off. I have a tonneau (Extang Platnium Series)
that has snaps that slide on the rail for alignment. I have had it for almost 5
years on two different Dakota's and it works very well. Once in awhile I spray
a little silicone lube into the snaps but that is it. In cold winter weather if
the tonneau is rolled up for an hour or more it can be difficult to snap down
the corner snaps but worst case I have had to leave a couple unsnapped until it
stretched out again.
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
In article <841D20E2-037A-11D9-A67B-000A95EC5F20@manual-override.net>,
chris@manual-override.net (Christopher Orr) writes:
>
>
> Hey,
>
> Does anyone have any comments about wether they would go with the snaps
> or the snapless kind of tonneaus? I've been looking around a bit and
> found that most stores have just the snap-less and can order the
> snap-full. Personally, I'm more inclined to go with the
> snap-full...but I'd like to know if the snap-less is any better or more
> annoying.
> I'm worried about the stretching that will happen in the summer and the
> shrinking that happens in the winter...I noticed Extang's snaps can be
> adjusted.
>
> Any input?
>
> Thanks,
> -chris
>
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