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The paint on my Ford OEM hard trifold cover is faded when I took delivery. Has anyone else noticed this and was anyone able to restore it to the original dark black color?
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Don't know about restoring, but I plan to regularly apply some 303 to mine when I get it. Same to the black plastic trim on the Maverick sides. Sun damage to plastic and vinyl is a reality.
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Yep. Black vinyl actually fades in the sun. We can put a man on the moon......
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I was deliverying Car parts to Carmax in KC in my work delivery Maverick XL. I spotted an XLT they just took in so I had to check out the window sticker, $38,998. Wow. While I'm waiting for mine to come in i'm checking out the tonneu covers so I checked out the cover and it is a Ford hard tri-fold. It looked nice but it was about a 1/4" short of the tailgate, no protection from the elements or dirt and might be really easy to jimmy open. Is there problem with the ford trifold?
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That one is likely positioned incorrectly (too far forward). I've had mine on and off a couple of times, and it's easy to position it so it overlaps the tailgate while still "sealing" up front.
Now as to "protection from the elements"... In a hard, driving rain, some water WILL get in. But that's true of every folding tonneau cover I've ever seen. I've driving it a few times in those conditions - once on a 4-hour trip - and I would estimate that maybe a 1/2 cup of water managed to get in. It wasn't even pooled - just a bit of dampness on the bed near the front corners. (And I haven't added any additional weather stripping to mine, as recommended by most reviewers.)
