Chris,
I have the service manual for the 2014 year, and one page later than the page you describe it refers to the exact same procedure.
From years of working on cars in a restoration shop, I read the procedure for the "cutout" as follows:
The figure 8 diagramed cutout means that at that point in the weatherstrip, it is hollow, and the weatherstrip is stretched on all sides of that cutout to go over the "B" tab on the rear most bow section above it. There is no fastener there, the rubber seal is just stretched over the tab and when released slides in behind it, to hold the seal in place.
From the manual's description, you should be able to find that tab by feeling along the bottom of the weatherstrip for the tab within the rubber. Then pull that section of the weatherstrip gently from all sides around the tab to release the weatherstrip.
I think I'm correct on this, because it allows the rubber to fasten to the frame without a fastener that would over time compress through the weatherstripping and mar the surface paint of the tonneau cover.
Please keep us posted as to the bungee cord change out, as many of us here will be doing that same job I suspect in the future at some point. Thanks! Good Luck!
Gene
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