Revolver X2 - not happy - my review
Has anyone had a Bak Revolver x2, or the Truxedo Platium hard roll up bed covers? If so, pros cons? Thanks
Yeah, right now...and I'm not at ALL happy with it and it's going back!
1. The tails of the rails extend PAST THE BED and overhang the tailgate. I KNEW this was going to be a potential problem after I saw it installed, but took the chance. Sorry I did...the rails slipped (bent) down and ended up GOUGING the tail-cap of the tailgate! Plastic and minor, yeah, but really ****** me off.
2. The cover, ESPECIALLY AT THE TAIL, is SUPER FLIMSY and WILL BEND downward thus blocking the tailgate from closing when the cover is down a locked in place.
3. BAK has not perfected the whole "shim" deal. Even though they are behind the rail and covered, they're just crappy pieces of plastic with NO taper on them. This leads to a real problem trying to get the correct angle on the rails WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT this this cover!!! The bed of the 2017 seems to have a minor angle change at the tail end of the bed rails which means that the BAK's rails should actually have DIFFERENT (or no) shims on certain parts of the rails in order to make it perfectly square. Their instructions do NOT work for my 2017 Raptor's bed!
4. Lastly, their quality control on the seal IS AWFUL. Every corner has a merging of several seals ALL OF WHICH have come "unglued" from each other, thus causing a HUGE leak potential!! I showed this to a Rep at BAK, and he confirmed that it's not good at all. In fact, he admitted the X2 is just not nearly as good as a fit as the MX4.
AND, for those of you who think this cover is strong enough to set anything on...forget it! I can't see it supporting anything without the risk of sagging or bending it to the point of having issues listed in #2 above. My G2 is still awesome after 5 years on my '12. It can be folded back and SAT or STOOD on without any risk of bending.
My 3 or more cents worth. ;-)
