Truck 2013 F150 Raptor, 5.5 Bed. Have Bakflip Fibermax cover on.
First I will show you the rough locations of each hole.
Rear
Front
To open up the holes I used a new blade in my utility knife. I recommend putting some soap or other lubricant on the blade to make the cuts smoother. Start at the center of the hole and slowly open it up a little at a time. But make sure the cut pieces are big enough that you use the cut plastic as a spacer. I will get more into this in a minute.
You want your hole to look close to this when done. I kept test fitting as I went.
Once your hole is big enough that the bull ring sits down on top. You want to take your cut pieces of plastic, stack 2 pieces together and super glue them.
Now put a little super glue on one side and stick under the bed rail hole like so.
You want a little spacer like that on all 4 sides. On some sides you will need to use a thinner strip because there is some support. The reason for doing this is, if you don't the bull ring will pull the plastic cover down, leaving a gap in the middle. This makes it so the plastic can't pull down and leaves a clean look.
After this put your bull ring in, make sure it is hooked to the metal pocket. I put a little blue loctite on the threads of the screws to keep them secured. To start the screw you need to pull up on the metal ring.
Also if you want to keep the ring from moving around while driving put a little velcro on them.
First I will show you the rough locations of each hole.
Rear
Front
To open up the holes I used a new blade in my utility knife. I recommend putting some soap or other lubricant on the blade to make the cuts smoother. Start at the center of the hole and slowly open it up a little at a time. But make sure the cut pieces are big enough that you use the cut plastic as a spacer. I will get more into this in a minute.
You want your hole to look close to this when done. I kept test fitting as I went.
Once your hole is big enough that the bull ring sits down on top. You want to take your cut pieces of plastic, stack 2 pieces together and super glue them.
Now put a little super glue on one side and stick under the bed rail hole like so.
You want a little spacer like that on all 4 sides. On some sides you will need to use a thinner strip because there is some support. The reason for doing this is, if you don't the bull ring will pull the plastic cover down, leaving a gap in the middle. This makes it so the plastic can't pull down and leaves a clean look.
After this put your bull ring in, make sure it is hooked to the metal pocket. I put a little blue loctite on the threads of the screws to keep them secured. To start the screw you need to pull up on the metal ring.
Also if you want to keep the ring from moving around while driving put a little velcro on them.
