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Dee Zee Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap

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Features

The Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap is custom-designed for a form-fit on your truck's exact year, make and model
Puts up a sturdy line of defense against costly dents, dings and scrapes caused by normal, everyday use
Your Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap is forged from heavyweight 16-gauge stainless steel—world renowned for its steadfast strength and near immunity to rust, corrosion and oxidation
Its mirror polish brings out the steely attitude of your truck
The Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap features a sturdy bolt-down mount—ensuring a shift-free fit with only minimal drilling
Team up your Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap with Dee Zee's matching Stainless Steel Side Bed Caps for total protection
Dee Zee covers your Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap with a 1-year warranty

Description

Since your tailgate sees a lot of action, give it the protection it deserves with Dee Zee's Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap. With this tough cap on the job, your truck's bed is defended against dings, chips and scrapes.

Your Dee Zee Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap is a tough barrier against more than just scuffing. It's built from premium 16-gauge stainless steel, so it has a natural defense against rust, corrosion and oxidation.

For a perfect fit and easy installation, your Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap is custom-designed for your specific truck. Using a series of concealed bolts and some minor drilling, your new Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap mounts secure and stays put.

The Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap looks great with the matching Stainless Steel Side Bed Caps or by itself. And, it comes with a 1-year warranty.

Notes

For the most secure mount possible, some light drilling is required to install your Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap.
The Stainless Steel Tailgate Cap only covers the top rail section of your tailgate. The matching side bed rail caps and front bed cap in the image are available in our Bed Caps and Bed Rails section.

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							Reviewed by Fermin w (Amarillo, TX)  — Oct 17, 2011 6:21 PM
						
THE ORDER WAS SHIPPED QUICKLY AND ARRIVED FAST , ALL ITEMS WERE IN GREAT CONDITION AND THE APPEARANCE WAS JUST AS DESCRIBED. THANKS

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							Reviewed by john l (Lawton, OK) 2006 Chevy Silverado — Jul 02, 2011 12:19 PM
						
My tailgate is looking good and has a great mirror effect. So my almost totally chrome Silverado has the glowing rear shine that flashes the moon to all those scrub trucks and puts the smile on my face. Im real glad i got it.

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2009 Dodge Ram SS tailgate cap 

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							Reviewed by Alfred H (Cassel, CA) 2009 Dodge Ram — Dec 09, 2010 1:18 PM
						
Tailgate cap looks great, really adds to appearance of vehicle.  Fit could be little bit tighter, but works ok.  Needed two extra holes, no big deal, for my installation I used both double sided tape as well as 4 screws.  Great value and quality, really heavy duty.  So pleased with product neighbors will be ordering same.

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Could be better. 

						2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
					
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							Reviewed by william s (Toquerville, UT) 2008 Dodge Ram — Nov 10, 2010 6:49 AM
						
Had only 2 holes for attachment.  Need a minimum of 4.  The attaching screws were to small in diameter.  They will work loose.  I bought 4 larger stainless screws to attach it correctly.  When the piece was laser cut, enought heat was generated that it slightly burned the guard.  Looks a little tackey for a DeeZee product.

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looks good 

						2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
					
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							Reviewed by wade n (worland, WY) 1997 Ford F-350 — Jun 16, 2010 9:03 AM
						
This is a great product, the only thing i would say to change is to have self tapping screws instead of drilling holes first. But other from that, easy installation

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						5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
					
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							Reviewed by Tim D (Cody, WY) 1995 Ford F-150 — Oct 05, 2008 8:24 AM
						
The cap looks great, had a few minor gliches in the installation (stanless steal is "hard" to work with. The edges are very SHARP and had to be filed smooth, must use leather gloves when touching or cleaning.

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ss tailgate cap 

						3 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
					
							Reviewed by daniel o (Saint Petersburg, FL) 2000 Chevy Silverado — Apr 20, 2007 11:57 AM
						
great product,great price,easy installation, and looks great

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Awesome 

						3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
					
							Reviewed by Chris S (Durant, OK) 1996 Chevy Silverado — Feb 10, 2007 9:51 AM
						
This piece was everything it says to be. It will give your tuck the look your looking for. It also protects your tailgate very well and is very sturdy with the screws that hold it in place unlike the other ones with the 3M tape.

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Dee Zee Stainless tailgate cap 

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							Reviewed by Edward L (Devine, TX) 2004 Dodge Ram — Apr 12, 2006 8:48 PM
						
I purchased this product because I have seen Dee Zee in many magazines and on many websites.  I've read positive things about their products.  When I received the tailgate cap, I was a bit disappointed upon opening the box.  I don't know what kind of machine Dee Zee uses to stamp them out, but it appears to be a blade that uses multiple, smaller blades.  There are small "nipples" (for lack of better term) where the small blades seem to meet and the "cuts" have the edge of the piece rolled over more.  The quality of the cut is poor.

The edges of the piece were very sharp.  I spent 45 minutes with a file and sand paper smoothing the edges enough that I wouldn't cut myself once it was mounted.  It didn't appear that Dee Zee made any effort to smooth the edges.

Concerning the mounting, Dee Zee does not provide any kind of automotive tape or any sort of cushioning to mount between the piece and your tailgate.  The stainless cap is placed right onto the tailgate and secured with screws.  Expect to spend another $15-$20 for some exterior grade, double sided foam tape if you don't want it rubbing and vibrating on your paint.  3M brand auto trim tape is very expensive, so I went with "exterior" grade Scotch (made by 3M) tape sold at Wal-Mart. (note: the tape is not intended to hold the protector on, only to cushion it and protect the paint..to avoid rust).

The tailgate protector fit is poor also. When put into place, the side-to-side fit is fine, but front to back the protector is too long.  With the inside edge up against the tailgate, the back end protrudes out from the tailgate about 1/8 to 3/16 inches.  It is not a close fit at all.  Even with the foam tape, there is still a gap.  The protector also had a bow in it so it would not lay flat on top of the tailgate without a fair amount of force to bend it down.  Required 2 people to hold it in place for installation.

I purchased this protector because it is half the price of the Putco unit (which does come with 3M automotive tap

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dee zee cap 

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							Reviewed by mark u (Logan, IA)  — Mar 11, 2006 12:16 PM
						
very nice product very easy to install with amazing strength and only took about 10 min to install! great product!!

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