Think of it as more of a deterrent (out of sight out of mind). Now knowing how the G4 is installed, I could definitely circumvent it's security. With that being said, the Roll-N-Lock is definitely more secure vs the G4. Haven't used the cab access as of yet and don't see myself doing it without some sort of cargo management at the front. Mostly I miss the cargo manager but I did pick up a bed extender, which helps secure my laptop to the end of the tail gate area (main requirement was putting work bags out of sight while parked). I also liked the idea accessing my bed near the cab. This has already come in handy twice in six weeks. Main reasons were I wanted use of the bed cleats, which is not possible on the Roll-N-Lock. My 2010 was recently totaled and I picked up a 2015. I never bothered after it happened again but I'm confident they would have replaced the rubber liner and end caps again free of charge. OEM replaced it for me free of charge (free shipping as well). Eighth picture from the bottom of my original post shows this end cap lined up with the tailgate. Some of the rubber internals began to shrink as well, which resulted in end caps popping off and being lost. The black metal box faded to a dull white black. With that being said, after four years use, other parts did not fair so well. Would I recommend this product to someone else? Yes. In the end, you have functional addition to your truck that rivals any other Tonneau venders on the market. When you need full use of the bed, the unit comes out fairly easy. Most of the time it acts a secure place for my laptop but here's a nice demonstration of a grocery run. anyone with a truck has run into this problem. We all hate shit sliding around in the back of our bed. Honestly, I was on the fence with this one but it seemed like such an awesome idea. The cargo manager is a sliding divider to be used in conjunction with the Roll-N-Lock system. Roll-N-Lock shipped me a new housing lid and I finally put it on over the weekend. It's really hard to appreciate this dent from a photoįrom this angle though, it's a little more clearĪnother view on the dent inside the housing Once I installed the unit and removed the plastic protective cover, I discovered a major cosmetic flow on the housing lid. You really want these to be as clean as possible for the lock to work correctly and last. Note bottom right of the 'rail' is at a very clean 90 degree angle with the top of the 'tailgate'. This is the drivers side end of the tailgate. Ensure all of the lines are squared up, as mentioned in "Step 4C Photo 20 of the installation guide, which looks to be an older version of the product. Once rails are installed and the tailgate cover has been drilled, it's time to test out the tailgate. We're skipping over the instructions more towards the end, but this is the crucial part I was previously mentioning. In the end, I had to remove all of shims for the tailgate to shut correctly. This is the only problem that I ran into and it did cause issues for me when it finally came time to shut the tail gate. Although they look the same, they are not - each sides has two bracket rails with shims / spacers glued onto the back on them. There are three of these on each side and they're clearly labeled for placement. Hopefully these shots of the track brackets is a little more clear than instructions provided. Roll-N-Lock makes great use of our rail system and those sheet metal cargo nuts really speeds things up. įor the most part, installation is rather easy. Since nothing could be done until Monday, I proceeded with the installation, like any other man with a new toy would have done. From what I could tell, there didn't appear to be any mechanical problems with the housing and the dent would be facing the front of the bed too. In all honesty, I received the unit on Friday and didn't notice this until I arrived at home. There was a massive dent on the back of the unit where it lies up against the truck. Note the shiny part on the back of the main housing unit. The box is rather large and even though it clearly states not to stack, my box was damaged during freight The additional pictures I'm attaching should only be used to support that document. I used the following for my double cab short bed but the rest can be found here. Roll-N-Lock's instructions are straight forward. At any rate, I just wanted to put together a quick review for those that have questions on this cover. It really doesn't seem to be a very common cover from what I've seen and good luck finding it on a Tacoma. A little over ten years ago I was introduced to the Roll-N-Lock tonneau for the first time at my dad's shop and I've wanted one ever since.
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