Nutty 5.0
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First many thanks to everyone on here sharing their opinions on the tonneaus. I haven’t had one since my 02 F150 I bought new and there’s so many new options these days. It’s difficult to sift through every possible brand. I was at SEMA 2018 and was blown away how many of these are out there. It filled up an entire building of two floors and maybe more.
Our criteria is based on the wife’s needs more than mine as she’s the primary driver of it. Initially I was planning on a soft rolling but after she saw the options, she wanted a hard trifold with the ability to remove it if needed. Well there goes many of the cheaper options being a hard fold. She wants to keep the back seat area free of stuff so that means using the bed for groceries, laptop bag, and horse stuff. With that she wanted a bed extender as we had it in our 2010 F150. We used it a lot! My criteria was making the wife happy lol. If I use it, it will be to haul a pinball machine on occasion and I can wrap it/plan around weather for the most part. I was at 13 machines and have had at least that many more that have come and gone. Down to 4 keepers and most pinball related stuff is working on them for other people. Many of the younger folks here may not remember them. I’m 45 and most younger haven’t seen them. They are making a comeback and new ones are being made.
To get BAK on track, theBakflip MX4 got the nod from the wife so I shopped around for the best price. Thanks to others on here, I went with one from Tonneau Factory Outlet for $829.99 shipped. That was the best price I could find. I paid on Tuesday and had it on Friday drop shipped from BAK Industries. The box was kinda beat up but all looked fine inside. The only zonk from me is that both prop rod clips were broken. What a crappy design. They shouldn’t install them for shipping and maybe that wouldn’t happen. Or make them stronger/better. I called the customer service number Friday night right before they closed at 7pm EST. They get kudos for that. They’re sending me both new clips. I may ask my friend to try making something with his 3D printer as I don’t see them holding up well in normal use anyway.
Not much for bed extenders it be than both styles of AMP Research extenders. And another thanks to members here that confirmed the HD Max version https://www.amp-research.com/amp-research-74842-01a-bedxtender-hd-max works with the MX4. I can confirm it does. I got it on Amazon for $252.18 shipped with Prime. AMP Research 74842-01A BedXTender HD Max for 2019 Ford Ranger https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QQDV9J2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ky0gEbD9HZVNX It came Saturday ordering Thursday afternoon. Funny thing is it came while I was installing the MX4. It is well packed, easy to install, and looks nice matching the spray in liner and cover being a matte black. The wife liked that. (She’s an interior design graduate.)
I ordered an Extang MaxSeal for the tailgate area after everyone else said it’s almost mandatory to keep from leaking due to the Rangers design. I went to Amazon for this for convenience for $20. Extang 1140 MaxSeal https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CN5QG8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_aS0gEb70CZ5C9
Lastly, we got the Ford accessory tailgate damper because we are weak and feeble lol! Actually I got one for my 2010 F150 before these were a factory “thing”. We liked it not slamming and having the man step with camera and stripper pole I liked the idea of it closing slow. It still worked great the day we sold the truck this July. We got it from Varsity Ford with yet again thanks to forum members for $39.90. https://www.varsityfordparts.com/oem-parts/ford-damper-assembly-vkb3z99406a10a
Few pics of parts. Install info to follow.
Our criteria is based on the wife’s needs more than mine as she’s the primary driver of it. Initially I was planning on a soft rolling but after she saw the options, she wanted a hard trifold with the ability to remove it if needed. Well there goes many of the cheaper options being a hard fold. She wants to keep the back seat area free of stuff so that means using the bed for groceries, laptop bag, and horse stuff. With that she wanted a bed extender as we had it in our 2010 F150. We used it a lot! My criteria was making the wife happy lol. If I use it, it will be to haul a pinball machine on occasion and I can wrap it/plan around weather for the most part. I was at 13 machines and have had at least that many more that have come and gone. Down to 4 keepers and most pinball related stuff is working on them for other people. Many of the younger folks here may not remember them. I’m 45 and most younger haven’t seen them. They are making a comeback and new ones are being made.
To get BAK on track, theBakflip MX4 got the nod from the wife so I shopped around for the best price. Thanks to others on here, I went with one from Tonneau Factory Outlet for $829.99 shipped. That was the best price I could find. I paid on Tuesday and had it on Friday drop shipped from BAK Industries. The box was kinda beat up but all looked fine inside. The only zonk from me is that both prop rod clips were broken. What a crappy design. They shouldn’t install them for shipping and maybe that wouldn’t happen. Or make them stronger/better. I called the customer service number Friday night right before they closed at 7pm EST. They get kudos for that. They’re sending me both new clips. I may ask my friend to try making something with his 3D printer as I don’t see them holding up well in normal use anyway.
Not much for bed extenders it be than both styles of AMP Research extenders. And another thanks to members here that confirmed the HD Max version https://www.amp-research.com/amp-research-74842-01a-bedxtender-hd-max works with the MX4. I can confirm it does. I got it on Amazon for $252.18 shipped with Prime. AMP Research 74842-01A BedXTender HD Max for 2019 Ford Ranger https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QQDV9J2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ky0gEbD9HZVNX It came Saturday ordering Thursday afternoon. Funny thing is it came while I was installing the MX4. It is well packed, easy to install, and looks nice matching the spray in liner and cover being a matte black. The wife liked that. (She’s an interior design graduate.)
I ordered an Extang MaxSeal for the tailgate area after everyone else said it’s almost mandatory to keep from leaking due to the Rangers design. I went to Amazon for this for convenience for $20. Extang 1140 MaxSeal https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CN5QG8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_aS0gEb70CZ5C9
Lastly, we got the Ford accessory tailgate damper because we are weak and feeble lol! Actually I got one for my 2010 F150 before these were a factory “thing”. We liked it not slamming and having the man step with camera and stripper pole I liked the idea of it closing slow. It still worked great the day we sold the truck this July. We got it from Varsity Ford with yet again thanks to forum members for $39.90. https://www.varsityfordparts.com/oem-parts/ford-damper-assembly-vkb3z99406a10a
Few pics of parts. Install info to follow.
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