FAQ — Ford

What Tonneau Cover Has The Best T-Slot Functionality for a Ford F-150?

Ford F-150 Owner: I was originally considering a RetraxPRO. However, the other cover I was looking at, and I know it can be a little bit of a pain if you go pick up something big and you don't think about it ahead of time, was the Undercover RIDGELANDER. Which basically would almost look like the Retrax on the car because it has the same T-Track System for rack assemblies. On the Undercover, how difficult is it to remove? I've been trying to find a video of somebody actually taking the cover off.

Ford F-150 Owner: Okay. Because I didn't know if there was like one bolt on each side, you undo that, and the thing just kind of slides off?

Ford F-150 Owner: That's kind of what I was looking at because we like to throw bikes up on top. I've got a cover that used to go on top of like a Suburban when they had it, one of the boxes. And having it on top if we've got stuff in the bottom and the top from that standpoint.

Ford F-150 Owner: Correct that you get the free rails, which is like a $400 value?

Ford F-150 Owner: I mean I've seen it. To me, that would almost be the worst of both worlds, because I think you're going to lose rigidity. Or you're going to have a bar that goes all the way across the tailgate. Because otherwise you've got two bars that are coming out with the cover. From a waterproofing standpoint, I don't think that would be worse than the Retrax or any of the other ones from that standpoint. Because you're dealing with multiple points of intrusion now that are not necessarily attached.

Ford F-150 Owner: Now out of the rolling covers, you prefer the Retrax to the others?

Ford F-150 Owner: Or Pace Edwards or the Truck Covers USA.

Shawn: Right, exactly. Yeah.

Ford F-150 Owner: All right. You've answered all my questions. Thank you very much, sir.

Shawn: You got it. Did you want to go ahead and place that with me today?

Ford F-150 Owner: No. Let me talk to my wife tonight just to get everything approved. We've been talking about it, but I don't think it will be an issue. I'll give you a buzz tomorrow.

Shawn: It sounds good, man. Have a good night

How Water Resistant is the RetraxPRO for a Ford F-150?

Ford F-150 Owner: I was looking at some tonneau covers, and I've had tonneau covers, I've had hard fiberglass painted, I've had a Roll-N-Lock. Now I have a Ford F-150 and I'm looking at the RetraxPRO XR, but I have a couple of questions. I know tonneau covers aren't completely waterproof, aside from the solid fiberglass ones that actually kind of curved almost over the sides of the truck, and the tailgate. How waterproof, reality-wise, is the RetraxPRO?

Ford F-150 Owner: Okay. And I know with my Roll-N-Lock, I used to get small leaves in there. About once every six months I'd to unscrew the cover top and go in there and vacuum out any leaves and stuff. Is the RetraxPRO better at keeping stuff out of the box?

Ford F-150 Owner: Okay. Now, I know the Retrax is not spring loaded, it just rolls back and forth. You manually move it, correct?

Ford F-150 Owner: Okay. Whereas the Truck Covers USA and the Roll-N-Lock are spring-loaded?

What is the Most Popular Hard Folding Cover for a 2017 Ford F-250 with a 6'9 Bed?

F-250 Owner: Hey, I got your message here. I was looking at a bed cover for a 2017 Ford F-250 with a 6'9 bed.

F-250 Owner: I kind of like the BAKFlips.

F-250 Owner: The hard folding one, I know that. I don't remember what model it is, but I do know I want it to be a hard cover that folds for sure.

F-250 Owner: Okay. Yeah, cause you have been emailing me a little bit back on them, and you quoted me a price already. But that's just probably a little more than I want to spend right now on a one.

F-250 Owner: Okay. Yeah. What's your best price you can do on both of those covers?

F-250 Owner: Do they still make the VP?

F-250 Owner: All right. Let me give this some thought. Like I said, I'm not sure what I have to spend on one right now.

Where Can I Get the Best Deal on AMP Research Powersteps Xtreme for a 2019 Ford F350?

F-350 Owner: I got a quote on some AMP Research Powersteps and I want to order them, please. You guys have the best deal on the Powersteps I've seen compared to anywhere else. 

F-350 Owner: It's a 2019 Ford F350, super cab, eight foot bed.

F-350 Owner: It's the Powerstep Xtreme. I've even got a part number for it. Somewhere I have the part number for it. 78235-01A. Is that what you've got?

F-350 Owner: Okay, and then I'm also considering an OBD2 splitter for that which is a 76404-01A.

F-350 Owner: I'm not in a hurry. I don't mind putting them on backorder. 

F-350 Owner: Nope. Just the steps and the OBD connector. 

Can I Use I The Track Rack From My Old F-150 on a New F-250 With a Retrax Pro XR?

F250 Owner: Hi, I was calling about a cover.

Sean: Okay. What kind of cover are you looking at?

F250 Owner: The Retrax Pro for a 2019 Ford F250

Sean: Okay. So the Pro MX has the matte black finish. That's the one you were looking for, right?

F250 Owner: I think so. I do like the matte finish

Sean: For an extra 100 bucks you can get the Retrax Pro XR which has the T channel side rails. And right now, they're doing a promotion, where if you buy that cover, you get Yakima Jet Stream load bars for free, which is about $500 worth of load bars. So you could add bike racks, kayak racks, snowboard racks, whatever you want. Yakima, Thule liner rack.

F250 Owner: Do they have a lumber rack kind of thing for that?

Sean: Yeah, they do. I definitely think you would want to go with something other than the racks they're giving to you for free, but yeah, you can buy a set, and they range depending on which brand you want, but anywhere from $500 to $900. So they've got Yakima and Thule, but as long as they have that T-slot, you can swap it out with whatever you want.

F250 Owner: The difference between the matte finish and the shiny finish, is there any difference other than the finish on that one?

Sean: No, just the finish. And the shiny one is actually about $50 more than the matte black.

F250 Owner: Had that one on a pretty big truck. And the built in rail things, are they similar to the track rack things?

Sean: Yeah, yeah like the track rack

F250 Owner: Like they can slide off and on?

Sean: Right, correct.

F250 Owner: I actually have the whole track rack, the rails and the rack, on my old truck already so I don't even need that

Sean: Got ya

F250 Owner: It's probably the equivalent of those racks.

Sean: Yeah, between there. I'd have to look it up, let me look here. Thule SR. So what do you have, the track rack SR?

F250 Owner: Yeah, the track rack whatever. I don't know what they are

Sean: It comes with two rails that sits inside your track pockets, or your stick pockets?

F250 Owner: They sit on top. I actually had them installed in the previous truck.

Sean: What truck did you have?

F250 Owner: It was an F150 that I had bolted those on.

Sean: Okay well if you wanted to do that

F250 Owner: Well these new rails are built right into the, my engine's on the track racks?

Sean: Correct.

F250 Owner: And that price includes shipping for the cover, or shipping is extra?

Sean: No, shipping is included.

F250 Owner: Okay. Can you email that to me?

Sean: Yeah, one second.

F250 Owner: Standard price?

Sean: No, that's the sale price, so. Let me see here, though. You will be good on that for, I mean you're good, I'm not gonna take it back from ya so whenever you're ready, just let me know. I will still honor that promotion. 

F250 Owner: Okay, send that to me so when I get home I can look at it, I wasn't considering that other rack system, I already have it but if it looks like something worth it, maybe I'll do it.

Sean: Okay, I'll get those things over there to you. I'll actually send you both quotes, I'll send you a quote for the XR and then I'll send you a quote for the regular MX.

F250 Owner: And would you say that built in system that they have now is like equivalent to the track rack now and stuff?

Sean: Yeah, yeah they actually make it's called a Yakima HD Rack, which looks almost identical to the track rack, but it works with the t-slot.

F250 Owner: So the slot part's different, so I could use my rack?

Sean: I don't think you're gonna be able to. Or would you make that notch yourself? Cause it covers part of it with the Retrax, unless you get the cutouts.

F250 Owner: I might, my old one didn't have to have the stake pocket anything.

Sean: Really? Okay.

F250 Owner: Yeah, it just bolted across the top and then I kind of bolted the track rack rails on top of that rail for that site, laying just apart.

Sean: Okay, got ya. The second one you receive is actually going to be the one that is the standard Retrax Pro, it's probably like what you had before except for being the matte black instead of the shiny finish. 

F250 Owner: Okay, I already got the first one perfectly

F250 Owner: Alright, I'll update that on my side too, so should you decide what one you want to go with, you can complete your purchase through the links, or just give us a call back and we can help you.

F250 Owner: Okay. What's the shipping time on those?

F250 Owner: The Retrax, they do bill-to-order. They usually take two to three days to ship, and then depending on where you're at, it's another three to four day transit.

F250 Owner: Alright, thank you very much. I'll check it out.

Is the BAKFlip Revolver X4 easy to install on a 2015 Ford F150 Super Crew?

F-150 Owner: I thought that maybe you could answer a couple questions. I was looking at the BAKFlip. I was looking at two of them. First the MX4, but my preference is a Revolver X4, to be honest with you. I kind of like that setup. I kind of wanted your opinion on it. It seems like you know what you're talking about when it comes to covers.

F-150 Owner: Is the Revolver X4 easy to install?

F-150 Owner: I tried watching a video. It looked pretty simple; a couple rails and a couple attachments and that was it.

F-150 Owner: I've been getting your emails forever, so I figured I would finally call to take advantage of your awesome prices. However, I was looking at Amazon and they've obviously got the lowest price, so I kind of wanted to see if you could match that.

F-150 Owner: Okay let's do the Revolver X4. It would be on a 2015 Ford F150.

F-150 Owner: And it's a SuperCrew.

F-150 Owner: And a short bed, yeah. What's delivery time on that?

F-150 Owner: That's kind of the big thing. I've been delayed because I actually got stuck out of town for a few days because the weather. I wanted to have it on my truck by Friday. I thought I saw something where you guys had two-day delivery. Was I wrong on that?

F-150 Owner: Are you serious? Okay. All right. Well I'll tell you what. If you could do it do you promise it'd be here no later than Thursday?

F-150 Owner: Okay, and that's the Revolver X4 for my truck: the F150.

F-150 Owner: Okay. What do you think installation time is on that, if I did it myself? I'm not super mechanically inclined, but I could figure it out.

F-150 Owner: Oh, okay. Well, let's do this. Can I do this with you on the phone or do I need to do it by email?