R1T Maverick Softopper Bed Cap Installed: A better replacement for the tonneau cover?

[Vincent]

Recently, I have seen a lot of builds for the R1T and this week, I saw someone who had installed a Maverick Softopper bed cap. I’ve seen a few posts about cross-installing a tonneau, along with the Flated cap.



He made a change with the four clamps, which he just used a modified L clamp from Home Depot for the bottom half, kept the top clamp as is, and bought extended bolts and nuts to clamp them together. The clamps go into the tonneau track, so it may not be an option to do this if you have one, but I think it’s possible to get a quick release level on the end of the bolt similar to a bicycle skewer. The clamp is rudimentary but works very well.



The nice thing I noticed too, is the third light is actually not covered, and the three bed buttons aren’t either, which can be seen in one of the pictures.



I believe it should keep out water as well cause on the maverick instructions, there are two small parts of its bed where water intrusion can happen, but I think they give some extra padding that you add to the section to help with potential leakage.