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While we're on the tailgate, I also added a MOLLE panel from Addictive Desert Designs. I wanted a place to throw a little snow shovel in the winter and to mount up other accessories while off-roading (ax, loppers, recovery gear, etc).
I went with the ADD MOLLE because I think it fits the lines of the tailgate the best, has holes for mounting quick fists, and I didn't want a fold-down table... which nearly every other tailgate MOLLE features.
My only complaints about this panel came with the mounting. The instructions have you drill the top holes out about 1/16" too large in my opinion. I'd like the rivnuts to fit a little tighter there. And Rivnuts seem like the wrong hardware to use for the tailgate slots on the bottom. Drilling to expand a portion of the slot is tricky without making a guide, and the rivnuts kind of got deformed while tightening them down into something that is not a hole. The unit feels solid, but I'm not super confident that the bottom rivnuts will stay solid over time. Some kind of t-nut probably would've been a much better piece of hardware here.
That said, I love the look of the actual panel and it's super functional. Now, I just need to get some more things mounted.
I went with the ADD MOLLE because I think it fits the lines of the tailgate the best, has holes for mounting quick fists, and I didn't want a fold-down table... which nearly every other tailgate MOLLE features.
My only complaints about this panel came with the mounting. The instructions have you drill the top holes out about 1/16" too large in my opinion. I'd like the rivnuts to fit a little tighter there. And Rivnuts seem like the wrong hardware to use for the tailgate slots on the bottom. Drilling to expand a portion of the slot is tricky without making a guide, and the rivnuts kind of got deformed while tightening them down into something that is not a hole. The unit feels solid, but I'm not super confident that the bottom rivnuts will stay solid over time. Some kind of t-nut probably would've been a much better piece of hardware here.
That said, I love the look of the actual panel and it's super functional. Now, I just need to get some more things mounted.
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