Hey, guys.
It's Joe from AmericanTrucks.
And today, we're gonna be taking a closer look at the Retrax RetraxPRO MX Tonneau Cover,
fitting all '15 and newer F-150s.
Now, this is gonna be a great option for any F-150 owner out there looking to pay a little
bit extra to get a high-quality tonneau cover that's gonna keep their stuff safe and dry.
So what do we have going on here with the Retrax MX?
Well, this features a roll-up design, so what that means is the tonneau cover is going to
roll up into a canister up by the bulkhead, and that makes this one of the most easy designs
to operate, and this thing is really quick to roll up and down in a pinch.
This is made out of some heavy-duty aluminum panels and it features a nice low profile
design to maintain the looks of your F-150.
It's finished in an awesome UV-resistant black powder coating which, again, looks awesome,
but it's not just there for looks, it's gonna add a nice layer protection against the elements
as well.
We harp on this a lot at AmericanTrucks, but with those regular old vinyl tonneau covers,
costs you 150 bucks.
All that separates someone who wants to get into the bed of your truck and what's actually
in the bed of your truck is just a simple pocket knife.
Not with this one.
If somebody wanted to get at your stuff, they're gonna need a lot more than just a simple leatherman
to get through a tonneau cover like this one.
Now, on top of that, obviously, we have all-weather seals around each corner of this tonneau cover.
So, no matter the situation, rain, ice or snow, this is gonna keep your stuff safe and
dry.
Now, while we're on the topic of snow, I did just want to mention one thing, that if it
does snow in your area, that can get really heavy and sometimes can collapse a tonneau
cover.
Not with this one.
Retrax states that this can handle up to 500 pounds of evenly distributed weight.
So, that's gonna take a lot of snow to even breach that 500 pound mark, let alone tape
this thing yet.
So, I mentioned earlier, this is really easy to roll up and down really quickly as well,
and that is definitely the case with this one.
It's gonna be as simple as taking one of the two keys that come in the kit.
This tonneau cover is lockable, by the way.
You unlock it, press a button to release the catch, this thing rolls right back up into
the canister and you fold it back down to lock it in place.
Rolling it out is gonna be the same exact process, and I think all in all you can get
that rolled up in about 10 seconds and rolled down in about the same amount of time.
Now, there are a lot of variations of the RetraxPRO and a lot of options for you to
pick through.
Obviously, you have options based on bed size, five and a half is what you see right here.
There's also six and a half, and an eight as well.
You also have the choice to get this with or without steak pocket cutouts if you want
to retain that design.
And all in all, depending on what options you choose, this is gonna cost you anywhere
between 1850 and about 2 grand.
Now, that is definitely gonna be on the expensive side, but if you're looking for a tonneau
cover that can do it all in the most high-quality way out there with one of the most easy to
operate panels, this is definitely gonna be the one.
If this is for you, you already know.
You've watched the video this far, this is definitely going to be a great buy.
Now, if you're still not sold, Retrax even includes a lifetime warranty with this product.
Now, because of the quality here, install is gonna be really, really easy.
Before we drop this on the truck, there is a little bit of prep work we have to do.
I'm gonna give it an easy one out of three wrenches on our difficulty meter.
At most, I think you can get this done in about an hour with some basic hand tools.
So without any further ado, let me show you what tools you need and how it's done.
Tools required for this install.
You will need a drill if not a Phillips head screwdriver, a quarter-inch Allen key, this
Allen key which does come in the kit, a trim panel removal tool, half-inch socket, and
an impact gun or a ratchet.
So, this bad boy is gonna come out of the box in a packaging state and we're gonna have
to loosen up some screws on either side to remove some packaging stuff.
I'm gonna take the Phillips head screwdriver bit in the drill to loosen up those screws.
So we're gonna pull out that screw and we're also going to pull up this sticker and tube.
Now we can pull out the tonneau cover a little bit
and we can get this plastic piece out of the way.
However, we are gonna reuse this in the installation, so don't throw it away just yet, keep it to
the side and handy, because, again, we are gonna be reusing this.
But we're gonna hop over to the other side and do the same thing.
So now we can start to build this thing, and we're just gonna grab one of the side rails
here.
You want to make sure you grab the right one.
You could easily tell which one's made up to each side.
There's two positions, this attaches to the box, but first, we need to get our bearing
started in the side rail itself.
So, next, we're just gonna take these new Phillips head screws and run them into both
these holes here to lock our rail in place.
And obviously, we're gonna do the same thing for the other side, and we're just gonna work
that tonneau cover into the rail and then line up the two holes back here with the holes
in the side of the box.
Now once we have this holes lineup, we can run in the screws just like the other side.
So now that we have both of the rails installed, we're gonna take this back portion of the
cover here.
You want to make sure this weatherstripping is going to go toward the bulkhead, and we're
just going to install that for the rails.
You see that countersunk hole right there, and that's just gonna drop in with these screws
and tighten down with the Allen key included in the kit.
Should get them cleared out a little bit.
Should snug up pretty easily.
So at this point, you're ready to go ahead and lift up the whole assembly and drop it
right onto your F-150 bed rails.
Now at this point, you want to move it all the way forward and make sure that seal is
overlapping the bulkhead properly, and then after that you're gonna take the packaging
plastic clips that we removed from earlier.
They say the top portion of this is exactly an eighth of an inch, we're gonna use that
as a spacer to measure the distance from our tailgate, which the end of this rail here
should be an eighth of an inch away from the tailgate.
So we have this one perfectly adjusted as you could see if you take the end tab on this
plastic clip, if it's in between the tailgate and the rail itself, and it's so tight in
fact that it even holds itself right there.
So that's exactly how you want it to be.
So we have our front to back adjustment dialed in but these two screws right here, and there
are four sets of these, one in each corner.
These will get you your side to side adjustment, so you just want to make sure that the rail
is straight.
If you need to, you can adjust these with a 6-millimeter Allen key.
But once you do that, you can come in with the clamp and you want to make sure that that
wider side is toward the back.
And then once you have that in place, we can tighten it down with a half-inch socket.
Now we're just gonna move straight down that same rail for the second position here and
do the same thing.
So to wrap up this install, we do have to get some water drainage going here.
And what we're gonna do for that is we're actually gonna take our trim panel tool first
and we'll pop this cover off the back of our bed right here.
And then I'm just gonna wrap the tube through, and that mounts up to a hole in the bottom
of the box right there.
And there's another one of these on the other side as well.
So that's gonna do it for the install now.
Again, you want to make sure this is dialed in correctly, but once you do have it dialed
in, rolling it down is just gonna be as simple as opening up this plastic cover here, pressing
the button to release it, and then you could use that as a handle.
You can pull the whole thing down, click that back into place.
And before we shut the lid here, you can lock this up with the key if you want, but once
you have that done, you can close the lid as well.
But that's gonna do it for my review and install of the Retrax RetraxPRO MX Tonneau Cover,
fitting off '15 and newer F-150s.
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