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Old Aug 14, 2019 | 06:55 AM
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Tailgate Gap

After getting the bed-liner sprayed in I noticed this gap between the tailgate and truck bed. It’s wide enough at the bottom that I can see the driveway. I had a tailgate damper installed and wonder if that might be the problem. Shaykh is strange is the tailgate is flush to the truck on the outside.

 
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Old Aug 14, 2019 | 08:11 AM
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Mine came that way from the factory with factory liner. I thought it was odd too.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2019 | 10:42 AM
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Old Aug 14, 2019 | 04:24 PM
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Hi

Originally Posted by Krazykatz911
Seems are open all the way around the bed floor where it meets the walls. Never had that in my other trucks that were not Ford. I have the Factory spray in liner as well.
They are all that way it’s u can loose your tools or whatever u carry and goo through somebody windshield
 
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Old Aug 17, 2019 | 05:06 PM
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Driving snow covered roads I noticed the snow comes in the bed along the tailgate especially. The other problem is the rockers at the doors. Not sure why they can’t close the seal at the door edges instead of at the floor threshold? My 2014 front doors started to rot at the weld seam along the bottom.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2019 | 06:07 PM
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You need play there. Imagine closing the tailgate with a bed full of yard trimmings. Gaps are a necessity, especially where you have much leverage.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2019 | 07:13 PM
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Sorry I can't . The are no reason for gaps that big .
 
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Old Aug 18, 2019 | 10:01 PM
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I had so much dust come in from those gaps when driving on dirt & gravel roads I got some foam door insulation and ran it along the bottom of my tailgate. For the gaps on the side I got some pipe insulation (the round kind for insulating copper pipes in a house) and stuck them on both sides of the tailgate. On one side I stuck it to the truck bed, on the other side I stuck it to the tailgate. It made a 100% improvement in keeping dirt & dust out. I'll decide in a few months (after summer travels) what to do to make all that more permanent.
 
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