Retrax Pro XR install

Whew, just spent five hours installing the tonneau and bed rug. There's a couple of spots on the bed rug I need to clean up, but think I did pretty well for first time, also not too worried since it'll be covered by the tonneau most of the time.

Very impressed by the quality of both items. Going to add a rack and rooftop tent by summer.

 

Looks good.

 

How much of your 5 hours was just for the retrax?

 

LOL, it was about 50/50. I had to do some cutting on the rug around the LED bed lights and cut around rails because the idea of removing them and installing over rug sounded like too much work since the cover was gonna be on. Hardest part of the retrax was putting the rails on.

 

Makes sense. I would have cut the rug too. Great setup.

 

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The EXACT rack I'm looking at and the rack i will buy.

 

Ya'll gonna hook me up with a discount? LOL...I'll get all social influencer on you!!!

 

Well— you should get a rebate on yours… after seeing this I pulled the trigger on my Retrax cart last night. yours looks great! If you don’t mind me asking how long did yours take to ship?

 

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You're gonna love it. I ordered from Real Truck cause my buddy is a rep and got me 50% off. It took a LONG time to ship. I got it 5 weeks after ordering. But, it was worth the wait.

 

Ya'll are stellar! What height should I get? Goal is to add a rooftop tent and use area under tonneau for camping gear storage, once I arrive on site to then use truck bed as additional sleeping area for kiddos.

 

I bought my retrax about 6 years ago. They didn't have that rail attachment option back then. That's really cool. I've been brainstorming ways to attach a rack for when I camp, I'd like to free up the bed space by attaching large items to a rack. Maybe I just need a new cover

 

Yeah, it was a huge selling point for me. Very happy with the quality, incredible quality and install instructions. Wasn't cheap but I'm glad I stepped up and spent the $$$.

 

We would suggest the 14" or 18"

 

I love my Retrax cover, top notch. Blows away the quality of our Bakflip covers.

 

You may be able to buy just the rails.

 

I was going to suggest that - when I ordered my Retrax PRO XR, the place I ordered it from sent me the plain rails and had to swap them out. I'm pretty sure you can just buy the new XR rails and you'll be fine.

 

Interesting. I'm going to follow up on that

 

fyi- you can definitely upgrade. On one of the many review videos I watched before purchasing I remember a Retrax Sales Rep. said “if you bought an earlier version and you are saying “dang I should have waited!” No worries! We can ship you the rails to upgrade” good luck!

 

what did you pay for your Retrax cover if you don't mind me asking ?

 

Looks great..
Did the Retrax attach to the bed rails?

 

Yes, came with brackets that slide into bed rails, very easy install once you attach rails.

 

I was lucky and only paid $1044 with tax. I have a friend who reps a bunch of accessory manufacturers and Retrax is one of them. He got me half off. Without discount would've been $2k plus.

 

Speaking for myself, I have the RetraxPRO XR and I paid $1813.86 total.

 

I had a Retrax on my 2005 DC.
I bought an Undercover Flex for my 2014 DC.
I like it, but I should have bought another Retrax...

 

Loving this tonneau. We had a lot of rain in N Texas, didn't leak one bit, very impressed.

 

Do you think your buddy can hook me up to?​

 

This has been an informative thread that has me thinking. I've spent literally years thinking about the best way to use my truck for both recreational pursuits and cargo hauling. I think a retractable cover like the Retrax along with some carriers would be the best of all worlds for me. For carrying things like a canoe where I need the rack to be cab high I like the Yakima Overhaul HD or the like. However I also need to carry bikes much lower. I currently have a set of old school Yakima Bedrocks with Yakima Lockjaw bike carriers attached which puts the bike just inches above the bed rails. With the Retrax could I use something like the Yakima Landing Pads and Skyline Towers to get that low profile or is there another solution? Thanks.

 

Okay, I just found the answer myself on the Retrax website where they list low profile Yakima and Rhino-Rack bars that work. Which do folks prefer?