Gap when Tailgate is Closed

[Gizmokid2005]

How about a solution that will only cost just over $3!

Some of you may laugh, but I was fed up with the “seals” that just don’t work for our tailgates. I had a thought that perhaps pipe insulation with the adhesive strip could work.

After several months in place, I am happy to tell you, that while it is not sexy, it actually does work quite well. I had to replace a small strip today so figured I would take pics and share. It should even work for those with dampers. ?

Install is simple enough.

• Clean the area well
• Cut the foam about 1” higher than the bed wall
• Cut the tube in half
• Pre-fit and trim as needed
• To fill the gap better at the bottom, cut a second section a bit higher than the lower part of the tail light, cut in half
• Pre-fit and trim to the area
• Attach

As you see, the foam will compress to the tailgate. May take a bit to fit right so cut large and pre-fit. Cheap and easy and the adhesive does not seem to harm the paint. Best solution I have found yet.

I've been thinking of doing something similar with some refrigerated cooler door seal, but haven't yet spent time trying to figure out how to get it put in.

I'm of the opinion as long as it works, it doesn't need to be purty.

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[JesseS]

I installed mine myself ..... it was less than a 2 beer project

I installed the same kit, seems to work well, went up to the ranch this weekend on 5 miles of dirt road and almost no dirt in the bed under the cover. Before I would need to hose it out on return.

 

[Secousse]

How do you folks like the ESI Ultimate Tailgate Seal with Taper Seal Compatible with Ford Ranger 2019 and Newer?

And I was thinking of combining it with the gap cover recommended by ESI for our Rangers: ESI ROK Block XL Tailgate Gap Cover 7" / 17.78cm Width - Fits All Pickups Worldwide - thoughts?
(not planning to take the tailgate off anytime soon, so shouldn't ever be a problem)

I installed my ESI Ultimate Tailgate Seal yesterday and realized the bottom seal set are probably going to get in the way of the ROK Block. So not going to install the ROK Block for now and see how dusty it goes in there first...

 

[Tom_C]

I bought the rok block, and realized was wasn't going to do anything, so I returned it.

 

[DanholmesVentura]

I ran 3 days in the desert with a new Popup Camper & picked up a fair amount of dust, but wasn't as bad as I expected. I'll be ordering this tailgate seal: https://tailgateseal.com/FordRanger2019.html

 

[Trigganometry]

Some months ago we reached out to a company in Australia that makes a seal that looks pretty nice. Molded corners and it fastens down using existing holes. Never heard back from them, but that could be because of the plague too. Might take another shot at reaching out again seeing how things are calming down now. It’s definitely the solution without a doubt

 

[Racket]

Freaky weird this popped up here - after two and a half years of ownership I just noticed it coming home from the dump. The sun was shining from behind. I don't think I care.

 

[Chappy]

Some months ago we reached out to a company in Australia that makes a seal that looks pretty nice. Molded corners and it fastens down using existing holes. Never heard back from them, but that could be because of the plague too. Might take another shot at reaching out again seeing how things are calming down now. It’s definitely the solution without a doubt

let us know what you find out. what's the name of the company, if you don't mind sharing?

 

[mtsoxfan]

I had the tailgate gap, lets in tons of VT dirt road dust. Then someone on here posted a seal kit. Not pretty on corners, but keeps majority of dust out.

 

[JesseS]

let us know what you find out. what's the name of the company, if you don't mind sharing?

I just did 2 weeks in the desert and got very little dust under my Bakflip cover, used THIS tailgate Seal

 

[Trigganometry]

let us know what you find out. what's the name of the company, if you don't mind sharing?

https://aeroklas.com.au/dust-seal-kit/

 

[Chappy]

https://aeroklas.com.au/dust-seal-kit/

thanks!

 

[Trigganometry]

Things down under must be getting better. Got an answer from my email this last try! Hopefully something good will come from this.

https://aeroklas.com.au/dust-seal-kit/

 

[Trigganometry]

Well after numerous emails just got this answer back from them today. Not looking good seeing this is the last year of this style of Ranger being made. No way of knowing if the bed design changes with the next G6 version or not. I’m not giving up yet though. I’ll stay on them and see if we can make it happen still

 

[NTXTremor]

<Insert damper joke here>

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