ALIAS-XR6T Donating Members 17 Member For: 13y 10m 1d Posted 20/09/12 02:06 AM Share Posted 20/09/12 02:06 AM Hey guys,As some of you may have experienced, when fitting a hard lid, or already having a hard lid fitted, sometimes the soft tonneau tie down knobs are still on the tub and IMO look horrible.Yeah they are just a quick drill and remove, but now the little holes are left.Just like most, I chased up Ford Spares, and was quoted $4.50 a plug (unpainted), so over $80 for the 20. Ouch!!!I decided to be a tight ass and chase up all the aftermarket Tonneau Lid companies to see if any of them supplied these plugs. None of them did except for one.Good old Tuff Tonneaus (www.tto.com.au)They ended up costing me something like $32 posted to my work (interstate)But before I created this post, I had them painted and fitted first and they turned out fantastic. They took the paint perfectly and are about as small as you can get (smaller than Ford's). They each clipped in nice and strong and don't budge a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 10m 13d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 20/09/12 02:43 AM Share Posted 20/09/12 02:43 AM This means nothing without pics of it?Do you work for them seems like your trying to sell something.And many people actually get them welded up and sanded back then repaint so its as if they were never there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMLOCO Member 397 Member For: 12y 8m 15d Posted 20/09/12 09:47 AM Share Posted 20/09/12 09:47 AM Lol anywayyyy mate thanks for posting this info !! I have the ford plugs and am missing a few .. Was going to replace them with ford ones but after reading your thread I think I'm going to get those your talking about ... The ford ones are a bit big In my opinion also ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIAS-XR6T Donating Members 17 Member For: 13y 10m 1d Posted 20/09/12 11:48 PM Author Share Posted 20/09/12 11:48 PM @Wenier - If I worked for Tuff Tonneaus, don't you think I would be trying to sell Hard Lids worth bigger $$$ then a pack of friggin plugs worth $30 lol. This is just a good find I thought other members might find useful. It's obviously no use to you, so please butt out.@IMLOCO - That's exactly my point. The Ford ones are quite chuncky and not every person here has the time and money to go filling up holes and repainting everything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMLOCO Member 397 Member For: 12y 8m 15d Posted 21/09/12 05:13 AM Share Posted 21/09/12 05:13 AM Hahaha I feel ya mate !! For something that small I wouldn't ever bother going to a panel beater unless I had to get the tub re sprayed for some reason maybe then I'd look at welding them up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIAS-XR6T Donating Members 17 Member For: 13y 10m 1d Posted 21/09/12 06:40 AM Author Share Posted 21/09/12 06:40 AM (edited) Well I took a pic at lunch anyway. You can even see the outline where the old tie down knob use to be lolPlus there are that many tubs about where blokes remove them, throw an alloy work tray on and then flog it on ebay for around $500-1000. I would rather repaint a BF (no hole) tub than sit there welding up 20 holes Edited 21/09/12 06:42 AM by ALIAS-XR6T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relentless xr6 Member 363 Member For: 13y 11m 28d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 04/12/12 09:49 AM Share Posted 04/12/12 09:49 AM Good post mate this is gonna help when I put my hard lid on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 15y 1m 21d Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 04/12/12 09:56 AM Share Posted 04/12/12 09:56 AM Ive wanted to do this, But worried about how badly the "cotton reels" have messed up the paint underneth. Seen some pics where its terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregaust Member 48 Member For: 21y 2m 12d Gender: Male Location: QLD Posted 17/07/14 08:28 PM Share Posted 17/07/14 08:28 PM Excellent post. Thank you. I refused to pay the for price. I'm on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregaust Member 48 Member For: 21y 2m 12d Gender: Male Location: QLD Posted 26/07/14 11:01 AM Share Posted 26/07/14 11:01 AM Well Thanks Again . Got the pins from Tuff Tonneaus for 21-98 + 9.90 post , came next day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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