Replacing bed end caps and side wall seals

[datac]

I prepped, primed, sanded, and painted mine before I installed them and they looked beautiful.
Now, a year later, I really wish I had left them the original gray.
Even with proper prep work, the paint scratches and scuffs quite easily, and ends up looking pretty nasty IMHO.

The gray won't scratch, and on the Apaches I've seen it on actually blends fairly well with the aluminum rail.

[79Ramada]

Just came back from my first camping trip after replacing the bed end sidewall seals and bed end caps. We did have a 12 hour rain storm one day and I'm happy to report that those replacement seals worked. Not a drop of water in by bed ends. There were some wetness due to wind driven rain getting inside, but considering 12 hour rain storm, it is not bad. Others in the campground camping in tents had to seek shelter inside buildings for the night.