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| Very Good Cover ... needs some tuning “ Contrary to the advertised time for installation, it actually took me about a half an hour to get this cover put on, and it was the end of the weekend before I got the drainage right. Much of the installation time was spent opening the box and making sure everything was there (it was). If I had to do a second cover, sure, I could do it much more quickly.
I love the cover, but there are two things that need improvement. First, the way the back lip meets the tailgate is a problem. As it's built, it provides a very good seal to keep water out of the bed of the truck, but there is a price to pay; every time you close your tailgate, you must first lift the BakFlip cover up so that the tailgate clears it. This seems like a small problem, until your other arm is busy holding something and you need to close the gate with your one free hand.
Secondly, the water drains at the front of the truck bed are problematic. The drains consist of two 5/8 inch tubes that are supposed to be connected to small outlet spouts built into the BakFlip. The tubes then run to the drain plugs in the bed of your truck. If you own a pretty truck, be advised that this is a clunky look, as though your truck just had a minor surgical procedure done. If, like me, you have a BedRug (soft shell, carpet-type bed liner), you must remove the entire liner to get to the drains. Or, you could do what I did, which is drive to Home Depot, buy 16 feet of 5/8 tubing, and run the drains between the bed liner and the truck bed out to the tailgate. I had to cut slits in the liner to do this, but it worked out fine.
Once installed, this cover has worked very well. I just made my first trip to the county dump and the BakFlip performed perfectly while in the open position. I did indeed gain access to the entire truck bed, so hauling away six trash cans and one old tonneau cover was almost as easy as if there were no cover at all. The cover, when standing open, takes away about four inches at the front of the bed's opening. If you're hauling something tall, like a piano, this could conceivably be a problem, but that's not likely and even if it were, the top can be completely removed by taking out two bolts. Also, be advised that when the BakFlip is open like this, it completely blocks your rear window. That's why we have side-view mirrors, people.
The BakFlip is a very very good cover. I used it to replace a tonneau cover that was about 4 years old and had failed in a myriad of different ways. If you are buying your first-ever cover, do yourself a favor and spend the extra money up front on this one instead of buying a cheaper vinyl tonneau and replacing it with a BakFlip later, as I did. There is one small drip happening that I have to track down before I haul bags of QuickCrete or priceless Monet paintings, but that's a tuning issue. If you own a pickup, you're probably a good problem solver anyway.
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