One thing you need to make sure of is that the eyelets have a material flap behind them so that the eyelet wont dig into the paintwork as I have seen on a few utes that their owners "saved a few bucks" and went with a cheapy. Mine had one chucked on it 10 years ago as I was across the other side of the country (in the Kimberley) for work and the ute was being delivered to me by my old man after he got himself and it off the Ghan at Alice Springs (where it terminated back then). Because of the way the chord passes through the eyelet the eyelet will sit at an angle and dig into the paint over time. The original ones (in the 60's and 70's anyway) used white window sach chord. It was around WB(?) that may have come from the dealers with black bungy chord and not long after that (mid to late 80's) some types of tonneau covers started to come with the individual plastic retained bungy loops.
I recently bought one off ebay (bungy loops) for my HJ. It seems to be strong enough and reasonable material, however isn't as generous as the original in size, which worked OK for me as I bent-up a new (flatter) arch bar which works OK. I also replaced the "lift the dot" retainers as well as I was getting a bit over the rattle from the old ones coming loose while driving.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Dave
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