Fifth Wheel Tailgates

I use the Custom Flow since my '03 Dodge/Cummins was new. I spray painted it with a rattle can the same color as the truck. Looks great .
Best part of using one for me was eliminating in the bed wind turbulence. Now I don't have to tie everything in the bed down when I pull the 5er....and the ease and simplicity of hooking and unhooking my 5th wheel and GN trailers.
Great investment for my use.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Owned 5er's for about 20 years, thought about a louvered tailgate. Thought was as far as it went! IMHO a complete waste of money.

Till you pull away an forget to lower your tailgate, then you think "why didn't I buy that louvered tailgate " Ops now you have to spend another $350 for another tailgate plus another $200 or more for paint to match your truck ...

Say it won't happen to you, well after 20 years of pulling goose neck trailers an 5th wheels it happened to me !!! So don't say its a waste of money when you bend your tailgate so badly you have to replace one ...Ugh

Owned 5er's for about 20 years, thought about a louvered tailgate. Thought was as far as it went! IMHO a complete waste of money.

I certainly wouldn't want to see it sun faded, but I wonder how long, how well they would hold up in the sun? I do have the advantage of keeping my truck inside most of the time, and only put 5000 miles or so a year on it, so sun exposure is minimal. I did like the fact the plastic ones are already black, matches my black truck without painting!
Anybody have sun fading issues with the black plastic ones?

I have an older Custom Flow I got from. Friend that changed trucks, it has worked well. I would favor the metal ones over plastic just for the fact of easy paining when plastic gets sun beaten from age.