2022 Tonneau covers

Ordered the Retrax a few hours ago from @SantanaRealtruck and it has already shipped. Will be here Friday.

 

Did you play with the alignment a little or take it back to the installer if you didn't put it in yourself?
Might just need to slide forward a bit?

 

Yep...all I have been told is that same old thing: "no cover is going to completely keep all water out." smh

 

This cover doesn't make sense to me. It retracts into the bed. If you have stuff in the bed, it won't be able to retract, so you won't be able to retrieve your stuff. Unless you open the tailgate and crawl in there to pull it out the back.

 

Agreed. There was an initial "Oh wow. Cool." moment then followed by "uh wait a second...?"
Their site says the panels will hang down 10-11" on short beds. Tundras bed depth is 21".

 

buddy has it on his F150 and loves it. Like mentioned above, makes it useless if you have something "tall" under there and the panels cant fold down into the bed. I'd rather have a roll up

 

Installed the Sentry CT & Elevate rail combo last night. Cover was tight to close on one side, but loosened up after a day of driving. So far very happy, and @SantanaRealtruck gave me a great price with very fast shipping! Would highly recommend.

 

I have the Sentry CT as well, but not the Elevate rails... Got some pics?

 

That's a damn good point, I never thought of that. I bet it wont work with Decked drawers.

 

Yes, I use the cover to, well, cover stuff.
When the bed is empty it will work. When there is stuff in there it won't. It doesn't make sense to me.

This family trip for instance. There is no way it would have been able to operate.

 

RetraxPro XR installed…. Took about 2 hours to do everything right. Drilled the drain holes with a 5/8th drill bit… once halfway through I used reverse (my usual when drilling through metal)

 

I got the Lomax installed last Friday, ran through the carwash and nearly dry. Need to adjust a couple places where light gets through, but meets my expectations. It folds up easily and is light enough you can completely take it off if you need to put something longer and taller in the bed. Very happy with it.

Thanks @SantanaRealtruck

 

Took my Sentry CT w/elevate rails through the carwash this morning and the bed was very dry. A few drops on passenger side wheel well, and of course a couple on the tailgate (I trained the seal to fold down, so I can close the tailgate after closing the cover). Didn’t take pics.
Very happy so far!

 

Awesome to hear I have the Lomax ordered

 

I’m almost 99% sure the answer is yes to this but wanted to ask just to be careful.

I have a 2023 coming in the next few weeks, hopefully, when I put the truck info on real truck website, it says no covers for this truck, but if I back it up to the 2022, I get those.

Any of the ones for the 2022 should fit correct?

Also, I’m looking at just the standard gator SFX tri fold as I want to only have it on when I need it and remove.

How have these been holding up?

 

Yeah 22 should fit. I don't think the bed dimensions changed

 

What did change between the 22 and 23?

 

As far as I can find they added a new appearance package to the SR5 and that's it

 

I called roll n lock and they said the cover for 22 does not fit the 23. I didn’t ask what the difference was.

Got my Retrax Pro XR installed. It’s nice and looks good, but I liked the roll n lock on my previous tundras better. The retrax drops deeper into the bed and when open, it takes up more space. It does sit on top of the bed rails as opposed to the roll n lock which allows for taller items.

 

I agree, the Retrax does take up more bed space. I had a Roll n Lock on my last truck. Give the Retrax a little getting used to before you pass judgment. Even though it takes up more space, I think the quality and performance is 10 times better with Retrax. I really enjoy being able to lock the cover in any open position vs presets. I also really enjoy the handle opening and closing versus that damn strap that was always in the way. The only area I think Retrax doesn't compare is the open c-shaped track; the only thing that keeps water from dumping in the bed is installing with a slight angle. To me, that's just a dumb design.

 

I've had a Bak Revolver in my garage since I bought it during the labor day sale at real truck. Installed it this last weekend and I am not that impressed. It came with one broken corner cap, the piece that the cap clips into has a broken piece missing, and the fitment is horrible. I don't see how you can actually get a proper seal on the rear tailgate weather striping. I installed the bulkhead foam seal on the portion of the bulkhead closest to the bed and end up with a 1/2" gap still by the tailgate. I even readjusted everything just to see how far back it could go and with the front barely on the bulkhead and not covering all of the foam seal I still end up with a small gap. If it had one more aluminum slat in it then it would be perfect. I have a open warranty claim with Bak to get a new plastic corner cap and they had me send over measurements to see if the cover I received was built to spec. Other than these issues everything about the cover looks great...

Gap when the cover is properly covering the bulkhead seal


Gap when the cover is barely covering the bulkhead seal

 

I have the same issue. Just installed my Bak revolver and it is too short. Won’t seal at the tailgate and cover the bulkhead at the same time. Opening a warranty claim. Not acceptable for a $1,200 bed cover.

Coincidentally, my corner cap receiver is broken too. Glad I am not alone!!

 

If you want to shoot me a PM with your email or order numbers I will be happy to see if I can assist with these!

 

My warranty claim with Bak is now considered closed. Based on my measurements my cover is considered in spec. They are sending me new corner caps which apparently also include the connector piece that is broken and a new bulkhead seal. The recommend resolution was to install a new bulkhead seal as far back as it can possibly go(which it already pretty much is) and install the cover so it is barely resting on the bulkhead so I guess I'll see how that goes.

 

A week into having the RetraxPro XR I gotta say… it is awesome. I did have to apply some candle wax to the rails but it has been smooth as butter since and it has kept my bed 98% dry (little water near tailgate) and these were with torrential rain storms 3” plus

 

Sorry to hear that. I hope the BakFlip MX4 does not have the same issue.

 

Did you order from Real Truck? If so, contact them (Santana) and let them (her) know it's not satisfactory. They were great helping me with a couple tonneau exchanges. I ended up with Retrax on my 4th try; I'm pretty happy with it.

 

Yeah i'm in contact with her. Will reach out again after I get replacement parts and try remounting with the bulkhead gasket on the absolute edge of the bulkhead if it isn't up to snuff. Glad to hear you were able to exchange. I'm surprised others haven't had the same issue, maybe no one actually checks the rear seal contact.

 

I went with a Diamondback SE and mounted a Thule Tracrac to it. We are carrying Kayaks and bikes.