Black Bed Rails, I need silver ones for Tonneau cover?

Machria · Oct 12, 2016

Hi Guys,
I have a new to me 2015 Ram 1500 Limited with the Ramboxes which are just AWESOME! No more junk floating around in my bed, or having a milk crate bungee'd in the bed....

Anyway, my bed is factory spray coated, and I have black powder coated bed rails that looks slightly different than many of the other trucks I see with silver colored bed rails in them. My rails are flush to the top of the bed where the Ramboxes are.

I am looking for Tonneau cover, and I found the BAK BakFlip VP cover which fits with the Rambox and folds into 3 parts. Looks great, but I talked to tech support and they said it won't work with my "black rails, I need the silver ones from Ram." He also said there are NO aftermarket parts for the black rails I have. So I went to the Mopar site, and dont' see any rails listed anywhere...

1. Is this true, there are no parts for the "black rails"?

2. Do I really need the "silver rails"? And if so, anyone know where I can get them, how much, part #'s.... ??

Thanks in advance....!

Machria · Oct 13, 2016

Nobody??

adrianp89 · Oct 13, 2016

I have no idea, but I do know my non Ram Box uses H-style clips to attach onto the rails. From that picture it looks like there may not be room for the back side of the clip to slide in.

RAMVT · Oct 13, 2016

Machria said:
1. Is this true, there are no parts for the "black rails"?

2. Do I really need the "silver rails"? And if so, anyone know where I can get them, how much, part #'s.... ??

Thanks in advance....!

Mopar Discount Ram Parts & Accessories 1500 Bed Accessories Accessories: 2009-2016 Ram 1500 Accessories

No clue about the first question but this link will give you options for the silver rails. $263-$268 depending on size.

*EDIT*
Check out this thread.
http://www.ramforum.com/f41/help_figuring_out_rambox_rails-77652/

Possibly the owner of the truck before you took the cover off before he sold it but left the rails on. So maybe an OEM Tri Fold cover might work?

Machria · Oct 17, 2016

RAMVT said:
Mopar Discount Ram Parts & Accessories 1500 Bed Accessories Accessories: 2009-2016 Ram 1500 Accessories

No clue about the first question but this link will give you options for the silver rails. $263-$268 depending on size.

*EDIT*
Check out this thread.
http://www.ramforum.com/f41/help_figuring_out_rambox_rails-77652/

Possibly the owner of the truck before you took the cover off before he sold it but left the rails on. So maybe an OEM Tri Fold cover might work?

Thanks, that thread is EXACTLY the same issue! I posted in there to see if there is an update. I've been emailing mopar back and fourth over this issue, they seem to be clueless! Isn't MOPAR part of RAM?? I'm new to this whole Ram/Chrysler thing, but I thought mopar is actually just their parts division or something? Seems like they know absolutely nothing about the vehicle....???

huntergreen · Oct 17, 2016

are the silver color made from a different material. seems to me color shoudnt matter.

thegerb50 · Oct 18, 2016

ive never seen those in black, are you the original owner? if not could a previous owner have painted them?

thegerb50 · Oct 18, 2016

just found this in another section, seems you are not alone and an explination is provided

http://www.ramforum.com/f41/help_figuring_out_rambox_rails-77652/

Machria · Oct 24, 2016

huntergreen said:
are the silver color made from a different material. seems to me color shoudnt matter.

They are both aluminum. But the black ones are a different shape. The color is not the problem.

thegerb50 said:
ive never seen those in black, are you the original owner? if not could a previous owner have painted them?

I bought the truck Pre-owned. Apparently the previous owner had the factory Tonnue cover on it, but removed it prior to sale, but left the rails from the factory cover on it.

thegerb50 said:
just found this in another section, seems you are not alone and an explination is provided

http://www.ramforum.com/f41/help_figuring_out_rambox_rails-77652/

Yes, that is the same thread as posted above already. Same issue... I have since found that apparently the factory cover fits it, you just don't install the rails that come with it. BUT, I really want to install the BakFlip cover instead, and need the regular factory rails which are $400 at my local dealer. A bit pricy for a rail that I really don't need.....

Would be nice to find a cheap used pair somewhere.... ?

O.R.T. · Oct 24, 2016

Machria said:
Would be nice to find a cheap used pair somewhere.... ?

Have you tried a body shop and asked them to check with LKQ (or whoever their bigger "used/recycled" parts supplier is) to see if they have them from a truck that got parted out yet?

MMM · Mar 20, 2018

Machria said:
They are both aluminum. But the black ones are a different shape. The color is not the problem.

I bought the truck Pre-owned. Apparently the previous owner had the factory Tonnue cover on it, but removed it prior to sale, but left the rails from the factory cover on it.

Yes, that is the same thread as posted above already. Same issue... I have since found that apparently the factory cover fits it, you just don't install the rails that come with it. BUT, I really want to install the BakFlip cover instead, and need the regular factory rails which are $400 at my local dealer. A bit pricy for a rail that I really don't need.....

Would be nice to find a cheap used pair somewhere.... ?

I just ran into the same problem.
I didn't even want the factory flip cover, because I wanted to buy a different type.
Now not only would a bakflip for RAMBOX be $200 more than the regular one, I'd have to go out and buy rails. Sometimes I hate the way dealers order these vehicles.

hubbard · Jul 17, 2024

I ran into this exact problem. After buying and returning the tri-fold tonneau cover that I really wanted (no small task) and that didn't fit because I have the black rails(yes, my truck came with the factory tonneau cover), I just gave up on the idea and am living without a bed cover. I did try to find a factory tonneau cover, but, after weeks of research, could not find one. Businesses that sold Mopar accessories were almost not believing me that there was a difference in having the black rails or the silver rails. This is a problem, basically, without a solution-aftermarket products don't fit and the factory replacement is impossible to find.

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