Has anybody installed aircraft style L Track on the bed rails and bed floor?

[John E Davies]

I dislike the unobtanium factory cargo rail system, it looks as if it would be dead simple to through-bolt track sections to the inside edges of the plastic trim, into the steel. You would just need to add spacers of the correct thickness to prevent the plastic from getting damaged. Adding a track to the front bed cross rail would be easier yet.

I have used these track kits on many different vehicles and trailers, the results are excellent, and the welded ring tie downs are rated at a whopping 2000 pounds at a 45 degree pull angle.

I am unsure about the floor tracks, I haven’t crawled around under there to see if you could use nuts for some of the screws. You might have to use steel rivnuts, which I am fine with. I have that tooling… I would probably hold off on the floor tracks, since I may buy a Decked drawer system, and that would block them (but the Decked would add its own tie downs along its top edges.)

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John Davies
Spokane WA USA

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[Sacredterrainoutfitters]

I will let you know soon. I'm about to install dust lights and L track in the bed of my RR. Always use fender washers when you do this to insure that you don't pull the bolts through under torque.

 

[John E Davies]

I will let you know soon. I'm about to install dust lights and L track in the bed of my RR. Always use fender washers when you do this to insure that you don't pull the bolts through under torque.

Cool, FYI I was going to use 1/4” stainless bolts and these washers and spacers for the plastic rails. For the bed, be sure those fender washers are thick, the thin versions are useless.

Extra thick flat washers
Anodized aluminum spacers

I am not sure why the washers won’t ship to me, I have seen that Amazon warning before with health related items like bulk full body wipes that don’t have individual safety warnings, but never for hardware …! Does anyone know the reason?

John Davies
Spokane WA

 

[Sacredterrainoutfitters]

So I have used larger fender washers for years including our trip to Baja and they work perfectly. I will install the L track tomorrow because I ran out of time. I did however install chase lights.

 

[Sacredterrainoutfitters]

I'll send you what I use tomorrow

 

[Wolfman00]

i plan to do it this winter. van essentials has the slimmest ones that lay perfectly in the bed.
using bulbed cross nuts to attach them.

 

[CodeOrangeUAE]

I've done 4 x 1.5m L track rails from front of bed to the tailgate.

tie down everything and everything. jerry cans, recovery gear, xmas tree LOL

just got big washers.. drilled straight through the tray and bolted it on. fantastic.

 

[Sacredterrainoutfitters]

Cool, FYI I was going to use 1/4” stainless bolts and these washers and spacers for the plastic rails. For the bed, be sure those fender washers are thick, the thin versions are useless.

Extra thick flat washers
Anodized aluminum spacers

I am not sure why the washers won’t ship to me, I have seen that Amazon warning before with health related items like bulk full body wipes that don’t have individual safety warnings, but never for hardware …! Does anyone know the reason?

John Davies
Spokane WA

 

[romeo26]

I've done 4 x 1.5m L track rails from front of bed to the tailgate.

tie down everything and everything. jerry cans, recovery gear, xmas tree LOL

just got big washers.. drilled straight through the tray and bolted it on. fantastic.

Any chance you could share pictures, including where you bolted it underneath?

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