Fender Rack Fitment Guide

Will it fit my truck?

Almost certainly. The MTMS™ bracket is engineered to fit virtually every truck on the market — no drilling, no model-specific parts. Here's exactly how, and how to confirm yours in about a minute.

Guaranteed to fit your truck — or your money back.
The short answer

Built to fit virtually every truck.

The Fender Rack mounts to standard bed rails or factory accessory track systems, so it's compatible with Ford, Ram, Chevy, GMC, Toyota, Nissan, and Jeep — no drilling, no hassle, and no model-specific parts to hunt down.

"Universal" usually means "fits nothing well." Ours is different: the dovetail micro-adjustment lets each bracket dial in to your exact bed rail, so a universal bracket lands like a custom fit. That's the part that took years to engineer.

STAPLL Fender Rack mounted to a truck bed rail
How it mounts

Two hardware kits. Every truck covered.

Every rack ships with both hardware kits, so you're covered no matter which your truck uses. You don't have to choose at checkout — just use the one that matches your bed.

STAPLL Clamp Hardware Kit
Kit 01

Clamp Hardware

Designed forTrucks with standard bed rails that have an under-lip on the inside of the rail.
Compatible modelsFord, Chevy, Dodge, GMC, Jeep Gladiator (without a bed track system)
Key featuresEasy-install clamps grip the bed rail. Stability bolts create tensile equilibrium — balanced forces in tension — countering weight and strain.
Clamp hardware dimensions
Clamp hardware dimensions
STAPLL Track Hardware Kit
Kit 02

Track Hardware

Designed forTrucks with built-in bed accessory tracks. The center of the track rail must be no more than 2.3" from the top of the bed rail.
Compatible modelsToyota Tacoma, Toyota Tundra, Jeep Gladiator (with track systems)
Key featuresSlides for quick adjustment. Stability bolts resist strain and movement through the same balanced-force design.
Track hardware dimensions
Track hardware dimensions
Made to fit your rig

Adjustability & modularity.

The Fender Rack isn't a bracket — it's a system that adapts to your truck and your gear.

  • Thread plate adjustment — 4 positions across a 1.8″ range (16mm resolution).
  • Slide plate adjustment4.5″ of sliding range for fine customization.
  • Hanger positions — mount vertical or at 20° to follow the line of your fender.
  • Track mounting — the brace accepts a 1″ channel position range.
  • Bed intrusion — reaches just 1.75″ into the bed in Position 1 (clears most bed campers), adjustable to 3⅝″.
  • Above the rail — the bracket only stacks 0.55″ on top of the bed rail.
Fender Rack adjustability diagram Adjustment range 4.5 to 9 inches
Adjustment range: 4.5″ – 9″
Optional setups

Two ways to reconfigure it.

Low-profile assembly

Running a capper or another bed accessory and need to sit lower? The Hanger can come off the Slide Plate and bolt directly to the Thread Plate.

  • Standard assembly — 14mm thick (Slide Plate + Thread Plate)
  • Low-profile — 9.5mm thick (Hanger direct to Thread Plate)
The trade-off: this reduces X-axis adjustability and you lose the ability to slide accessories on and off by removing the Slide Plate. Choose it when a lower profile is the priority.
Low-profile assembly option

Expanded interior option

Want more storage? Add an extra Hanger to the inside of your Thread Plate and mount MOLLE panels within the bed itself.

  • More storage — secure tools, recovery gear, and accessories inside the bed.
  • Seamless integration — the extra Hanger pairs with your existing Thread Plate.
  • Customizable placement — position it to suit your gear without giving up bed function.
Expanded interior MOLLE panel option
Paint-safe by design

The magnetic rubber spacer.

Metal on paint is how a rack ruins a truck. It never happens here — a magnetic rubber spacer and a layer of paint protection film sit between your fender and the bracket, so the two never touch.

  • Nothing touches your paint. The spacer takes the contact, not the finish.
  • It kills vibration. The rubber damps the buzz and chatter of washboard roads before it reaches the panel.
  • It's magnetic. It stays exactly where you place it during install instead of sliding around while you line up the bracket.
  • It comes off clean. No drilling means no holes — and the spacer and film peel away with zero residue if you ever pull the rack off or sell the truck.
Included with every rack. The spacers and paint protection film ship in the box — there's nothing extra to buy to keep your paint safe.
Magnetic rubber spacer between the STAPLL bracket and the truck fender
Covers, cappers & campers

Which hardware do you need?

This is the single thing people get wrong most often. What you need depends entirely on how your cover meets the bed rail — and the two kits are not interchangeable.

Your setupWhat you needWhy
Open bed Nothing extra The rack mounts straight to the bed rail.
Truck camper Nothing extra A camper sits in the bed — there's nothing on the rail to lift or seal.
Tonneau — sits on the bed rail Capper Lift & Seal Kit The rack passes beneath the cover. The kit lifts it just enough to clear the bracket and seals the gap.
Tonneau — exterior T-slot T-Slot Hardware Kit The cover still sits on the rail, but its T-slot track is built for mounting — so we bolt straight into it and you bypass the Lift & Seal entirely.
Tonneau — rails inside the bed rail, no T-slot Let's talk The one setup we can't bolt to as-is — those rails sit where we mount. There's almost always a workaround.
Capper / topper Capper Lift & Seal Kit A capper always rests on the bed rail, so it always needs the lift and the seal.
Capper — lip wraps outside the rail Lift & Seal Kit + a notch The lip sits where the bracket clamps, so it's cut and notched at the two mounting points. Common on A.R.E., Leer, SnugTop and Ventura. How it works →

Capper Lift & Seal Kit

For a level, weather-tight install when your capper or tonneau seals to the bed rail. It fills the gap the brackets create, giving you a smooth, stable, sealed surface to mount to — so you don't sacrifice the integrity of your cover.

Capper Lift and Seal Kit
Capper Lift & Seal Kit installed on the bed rail
Fender Rack mounted beneath a capper with the Lift & Seal Kit
Weather-tight seal between the capper and the bed rail
Flush-mount cappers

Capper lip wraps the outside of your rail?

It works — but it's the one setup that takes a custom modification. We'd rather tell you now than after you've opened the box.

Most cappers sit on top of the bed rail. Flush-mount styles instead have a lip that wraps down around the outside of it — and that lip sits right where our brackets install on the rail.

The fix is simple, and permanent: the capper's exterior lip is cut and notched around the brackets. The notches let the lip clear our hardware, so the capper drops back down and sits flush on the rail the way it's supposed to.

  • Common on A.R.E., Leer, SnugTop and Ventura Camper — though not every model from every brand has the wrap-around lip.
  • You still need the Capper Lift & Seal Kit. The notch gets the bracket to the rail; the kit lifts and seals the capper above it.
  • The capper still sits flush. The notches only clear our brackets — the rest of the lip seats on the rail exactly as it did before.
Who should cut it? It's a permanent change to your capper, so we'd rather it be right than fast. Bring it to our Durango shop and we'll do the work, have a certified installer handle it, or cut it yourself — genuinely within reach if you're comfortable with tools and patient with the measurements. Send us a photo of your rail and we'll confirm which style you have before you commit to anything.
2025 Ford F150 with a Leer fiberglass capper and STAPLL 48x10 Fender Racks, the capper's exterior lip notched for the brackets
Notched capper lip with the STAPLL bracket seated on the bed rail
Build #72 — 2025 Ford F1502x 48x10″ racks + Capper Lift & Seal Kit. Clamp hardware, LEER fiberglass capper. Denver, CO.
2022 Toyota Tundra with a Ventura Camper capper and STAPLL 48x10 Fender Racks
Build #69 — 2022 Toyota Tundra2x 48x10″ racks. Track hardware, Ventura Camper. Carl Junction, MO.
2021 Toyota Tacoma with a fiberglass capper shell and STAPLL Fender Racks
Build #94 — 2021 Toyota Tacoma6x7″, 48x10″, 56L Case + Lift & Seal Kit. Track hardware, fiberglass capper. Durango, CO.
For T-slot covers

The T-Slot Hardware Kit.

Some tonneau covers — Retrax and similar retractables — have their own exterior T-slot track that runs along the outside of the rail, and that track is designed for mounting accessories.

We mount straight into the T-slot. The T-Slot Hardware Kit bolts the Fender Rack into the cover's own track — no drilling, no clamping, and no compromise to the cover.

  • Bolts into the track your cover already has — the rack becomes part of the same system.
  • No clamping to the bed rail, so the cover's seal and travel are untouched.
  • Not interchangeable with the Lift & Seal Kit. A T-slot cover needs this kit; a rail-mounted cover needs the other. Using the wrong one won't work.
How to tell which you have: look at the outside edge of your cover. If there's a channel or track running the length of it, you have a T-slot. If the cover simply rests on top of the rail, you need the Lift & Seal Kit instead. Not sure? Send us a photo.
STAPLL T-Slot Hardware Kit mounted to a tonneau cover's exterior T-slot track
T-slot hardware detail
T-slot hardware mounted in the track
T-slot hardware installed on the bed rail
Bed racks & cross bars

Already running a bed rack?

Leitner, Kuat, Xtrusion, cross bars — one of the most common questions we get. The answer comes down to a single thing: how much of your bed rail your rack actually occupies. There are two cases, and both of them work.

Case 01

Your rack only clamps in a few spots.

This is most racks — and there's nothing to solve. They grab the rail at two or three points and leave the rest of it wide open. Slide our brackets to a clear section of rail, or shift your rack's feet an inch or two, and the two systems live on the same rail without ever touching.

Our dovetail micro-adjustment is what makes this painless: the bracket doesn't have to land in one exact spot, so you have room to work around whatever's already there. Most people are done in one adjustment.

  • No drilling, no modification to your rack or ours.
  • Both systems keep full strength — neither one is compromised to make room.
  • Track or clamp hardware, whichever your truck takes. Doesn't change.
2019 Ford F150 Raptor with STAPLL 6x7 Fender Racks and a 56L Hard Case, installed alongside an existing overland bed rack
2024 Ford F250 — STAPLL Fender Racks installed alongside existing cross bars and a roof top tent
Build #33 — 2024 Ford F25048x10″, 2x 6x13″ and 2x 6x7″ racks. Clamp hardware. Paired with cross bars and an FSR tent. Durango, CO.
2024 Toyota Tundra — STAPLL 48x10 and 6x7 racks installed with an existing bed rack
Build #54 — 2024 Toyota Tundra56L Case Kit + 48x10″ rack. Clamp hardware. Installed alongside the truck's existing racks.
2015 Toyota Tacoma — STAPLL 6x13 racks and 56L Hard Case on track hardware
Build #47 — 2015 Toyota Tacoma56L Hard Case + 2x 6x13″ racks. Track hardware, 3-gallon RotoPax on the passenger side.
Case 02

Your rack runs the full length of the rail.

Leitner-style, and others like it. There's no open rail left to offset into, so the two systems have to share the same real estate — and customers have made it work both ways:

  • Over the top — our bracket mounts on top of the bed rack that's already installed. That's exactly what you're looking at here.
  • Underneath — our bracket goes between the rack and the bed rail.
Straight talk: our brackets are designed to mount directly to the bed rail. Going over or under a full-length rack is a setup worth looking at closely on your own truck before you commit — it comes down to how your rack clamps and how much room it leaves. Send us a photo of your rail and we'll work through it with you. Your fit guarantee covers you either way.
2019 Ram Rebel with STAPLL 6x13 Fender Racks and a 56L Hard Case mounted over an existing Kuat bed rack
STAPLL brackets mounted over the bed rail alongside a Kuat rack
Detail of the STAPLL bracket clearing the bed rack hardware

Build #82 — 2019 Ram Rebel. 56L Fender Case Kit with 6x13″ MOLLE, clamp hardware, mounted over a Kuat rack. See the full build →

The exceptions

Duallys and unique beds.

Two situations need a different approach. Neither is a "no" — they just change the build.

Running a dually?

A dually's wider rear fender means only a single bracket per side clears the wheel well. That has two consequences worth knowing before you buy:

  • Your options are the 6x7″ and the 6x13″. The 48x10″ and the 56L Fender Case Kit need more continuous fender than a dually has.
  • You generally can't span a hard case or other long item across the wheel well. Plan the build around individual mounting points instead.
Plenty of duallys are running STAPLL — it's not a limitation so much as a layout. One bracket per side of the well, sized to the gear you're actually carrying.
Dually truck with a STAPLL Fender Rack mounted forward of the wider rear wheel well

Ridgeline, Rivian, or Cybertruck?

These aren't standard truck beds — a unibody bed, a powered tonneau, or one-of-a-kind stainless rail geometry means a clamp-on mount isn't plug-and-play.

That's not a dead end. Our team routinely adapts STAPLL mounts for these trucks — bolting directly or modifying the hardware — to make it work. Book a free build consult and we'll map out the cleanest option for your rig.

Weight rating

Strong as hell.

Every bracket is engineered from premium materials and rated for real-world loads.

50 lb
6x7″ Fender Rack
50 lb
6x13″ Fender Rack
84 lb
48x10″ Fender Rack
84 lb
56L Fender Case Kit

What it's made of

  • 18/8 passivated stainless hardware — corrosion-proof.
  • Zinc-plated, powder-coated steel MOLLE panels.
  • 6061 anodized aluminum bracket body.
Use common sense. The system is built for substantial weight, but consider your truck, your load, and the forces involved. Used responsibly, it's up to anything you'll throw at it.
STAPLL Fender Rack loaded with gear
Before you buy

Three things to think through.

  • Your truck's model and year. The bracket is highly versatile, but designs vary slightly. Run the fitment tool to confirm yours.
  • What's on your bed. Campers, cappers, tonneaus, and in-bed accessories change which hardware you need — see the table above.
  • What you're mounting. The modular design supports many configurations. Think about the gear first, and the rack size follows.
In summary

It fits. Guaranteed.

Standard bed rail or accessory track, STAPLL mounts securely with no drilling. If it doesn't fit your truck, you get your money back — that's the whole deal.

Still not sure? Durango, Colorado · (970) 649-6722 · info@stapll.com