buddy guy
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i went with the bakflip F1. I do like the looks of the Lomax. It's a premium cover. But I had to have the feature to lock the cover against the truck window. I help a lot of family move, change tires, pick up stuff. I'm the only one with a truck so I'm the go to for my kids and ex. Plus I do dump runs. I don't want to have to completely remove a cover to use the truck bed for anything I want or worry about banging the edge of the cover with a load. We also can get severe hail here so fiberglass was a must (i looked at the Mopar cover as well but I believe it was aluminum even though I initially planned to get an aluminum cover). Yes, it occasionally gets a small leak. fair trade off for me. Once a year I put luggage in the back to go to the lake. Aside from that, a little wet won't hurt anything. And I don't mind I have to lift a panel to close the tailgate.
If I had one piece its that the pull wire on one side or the other can get buried to lift a panel. That did annoy me as it was always accessible but first panel left, then i had to go right for the 2nd and 3rd panels. So I fixed it and now no beefs. I took some black zip ties and just looped one around the pull wire on each of the panels and the loop just hangs down about 2 inches. Just did them all on the drivers side. Pull the loop, not the wire. Works like a charm.
If I had one piece its that the pull wire on one side or the other can get buried to lift a panel. That did annoy me as it was always accessible but first panel left, then i had to go right for the 2nd and 3rd panels. So I fixed it and now no beefs. I took some black zip ties and just looped one around the pull wire on each of the panels and the loop just hangs down about 2 inches. Just did them all on the drivers side. Pull the loop, not the wire. Works like a charm.