Had to address the tailgate seals today...
Formed a cap over the tailgate from some scrap metal stud. Screwed it in place using the screws from the tailgate protector.
Some zip ties through the cap and an aluminum bar provides the support to zip tie the seals. The zip ties holding the bar to the cap will be eventually replaced with pop rivets.
Flexible enough to not hurt you on the tailgate if yer sitting back there...
Left seal...
Right seal...
I might eventually build a new tailgate cap so it's the full width of the tailgate and pop rivet the aluminum bar just to cover the seals instead of having the aluminum bar all the way across the tailgate.