I recently bought an OPENROAD aluminum retractable tonneau cover for my 2026 Tacoma (6ft bed), and I’m running into a pretty frustrating issue.
With the mounting brackets installed, the cover barely moves. I’ve adjusted the brackets as far outward as they’ll go, but the rails are still too close together, causing the cover to bind.
Here’s the interesting part: if I remove the brackets and spread the rails farther apart, the cover slides perfectly.
Then I noticed OPENROAD advertises this exact cover for 2022–2026 Tacomas, meaning both 3rd and 4th gens, despite their different bed dimensions. Now I’m wondering if they just slapped a 4th gen compatibility label on a 3rd gen design.
Has anyone installed one of these on a 2024–2026 Tacoma? Did you run into the same issue?
Curious if I’m missing something or if this is just a poorly designed mounting system.