Got the LOMAX tonneau on today

[BoboysTruck]

Received the LOMAX tri-fold cover yesterday and had a chance to put it on this morning. I saw it here on the forum and ordered it a couple weeks back but shipping to Hawaii... well, there's a reason why the phrase "slow boat" exists lol. Anyhow, I do like the low profile look, and install was a breeze since all of the weather stripping is already attached to the rails and the cover. Took me 20 minutes by myself.

Side view. Man, that's really low profile!

Right back edge. You can see the weather strip attached to the bottom of the bed cover. It doesn't show here, but there's stripping on the inside of the back cover that butts right up to the tailgate. Too bad there's nothing covering the gap there.

Left back for reference. Talk about low profile! It barely peeks over the side rail trim.

Full view of the back. Also note, the stubby antenna replacement. Still looks weird, but a lot less so now.

I think the next project is to get some decals/stickers/stripes going on. Haven't figured out exactly what I want to do though. Anyone have any cool designs that they've done?

Is it water tight? I have a dealer installed hard trifold and water leaks in when it rains or if I go through a car wash

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[Maverick 808]

I got a quote from Real Truck for the ProX15 $400 +$90 for shipping

Nice! I need something a little more solid cause I leave some tools in the bed. Otherwise I would have gone with just a regular cover.

 

[Rob Daman]

very clean looking

 

[Decayed]

Here’s what it looks like opened 2/3 of the way. You secure it with two cords like so in the next picture.

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But that’s not the reason why I bought it. This is the reason why.

When youtie the cords down, you can remove the cover and you have full use of the bed (sans a little on the sides for the rail). That’s what has always stopped me from buying a cover. That last third ends up making that part of the bed kid of unusable. And if I bought the roll up type, the canister takes up even more space. This is what ultimately sold me on the Lomax.

Ok that's awesome and answers a huge question I had about these things. When you need the whole bed, you need the whole bed and nobody wants to spend half an hour disassembling the thing just so you can use the space. The roll ups are the cleanest looking but take up a stupid amount of space when fully rolled up and in a small bed that's not practical.

 

[rich]

Ok that's awesome and answers a huge question I had about these things. When you need the whole bed, you need the whole bed and nobody wants to spend half an hour disassembling the thing just so you can use the space. The roll ups are the cleanest looking but take up a stupid amount of space when fully rolled up and in a small bed that's not practical.

I have the hard roll up if want your full bed you just roll it up 4 thumb screws and its off it takes minutes.

 

[Decayed]

I have the hard roll up if want your full bed you just roll it up 4 thumb screws and its off it takes minutes.

How much does it weigh? Still not sold on rollups only because the trifolds at least give you the option of opening fully without removal at the expense of a blocked rear window.

 

[rich]

How much does it weigh? Still not sold on rollups only because the trifolds at least give you the option of opening fully without removal at the expense of a blocked rear window.

not sure of the weight I have it on my gmc canyon 5 foot box, I had both and you lose about 6 inchs on the roll up and the trifold when there fully open.

 

[dddinstructor]

Got the BAK Flip MX4 from Amazon. Great fit and solid. Took me about an hour to install.

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