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I had a trifold on my F-150. Lent it my son to move some items. His GF wanted to use the truck and told him to latch it. Well he latched the back but not the front. It blew off and damaged the back rails where it was latched. Thank God no one was hurt. I replaced it with a roll up but don't like the rails or the clamps. Going to get trifold when I get my truck.This cover is great for the money! I wanted something that didn’t install rails in the bed (since it’s small enough already) and something that could be quickly removed. Install was under 10mins and it looks great.
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If yours flap you may have missed a step in the install. There is a strap about 12 inches from the front of the tonneau. You have to spread out the strap and synch it down against the side rails. Mine flapped a little until I found these little tension straps, one on each side of the tonneau. No more flapping. Have never had a drop of water leak...even after heavy rains, But I did apply the rubber weather strips that came with the tonneau. Really like the Gator Tri-fold. Very fair pricing.
As far as keeping it black and shiny...I'll do nothing until it starts fading, then try ArmorAll to see if it bleeds off on the paint.
As far as keeping it black and shiny...I'll do nothing until it starts fading, then try ArmorAll to see if it bleeds off on the paint.
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Looks good!Installed the cover tonight. Took all of maybe 10 minutes. Can see a little light on the driver's side corner.
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I went with the extang trifecta 2.0 for $345 plus 6% sales tax for $365 delivered. The "aircraft aluminum" verses the trifecta E Series "light weight aluminum" frame materials sold me for a cost increase of about $45Same as everyone mentioned here. Great cover, easy and cheap, great for basic tonneau needs. Doesnt flap yet on highway. Might over time. About $45 off with realtruck forum discount. You can get same cover, no gator badge, lever instead spring clips in rear from napa branded trident slightly cheaper. You can also get slightly more $ with improved quality branded extang 2.0 as well. Gator fits nicely between the two for quality and features.
. Probably the same frame but "marketing" got the best of me
. The Trident cover now sells for $289 at napa.A bit ironic... I've only bought 2 tonneau covers in my life and it was 28 years apart. Both ended up coincidentally being extang covers
UPDATE... The extang arrived and installed. Seems high quality, snug fit, triple weather stripping at front and rear, and even came with thin protective styrofoam (I e. packaging material
)to cut 2 inch squares from to put between the metal clamps and the painted sheet metal of the bedrail to prevent paint removal and subsequent rust.May cover the bedrail caps too much to use with a bedrack though. Only about 1/2" of the cap on the bedrail shows.
Only small grip is two hands needed to attach rear spring clip near tailgate. Maybe after some use, the spring will loosen up and 1 handed operation will work.
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Mpg goes up a bit tooThis cover is great for the money! I wanted something that didn’t install rails in the bed (since it’s small enough already) and something that could be quickly removed. Install was under 10mins and it looks great.
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Does the soft tri fold covers flap in wind at highway 70 mph speeds? I was looking at some other covers but I can't get past the $259 price on some of the soft ones and they have better warranty than others.
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