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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 01:11 AM
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 06:34 AM
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I have one. It's a really nice cover. It is a huge HUGE pain in the butt to attach it in the cold though. you can get the tailgaite one down no problem, but then trying to get the little hooks to grab the rail is a pain. Use a hair dryer to make it more plyable. Don't use pliers like I did and rip it.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Cuban11182
I have one. It's a really nice cover. It is a huge HUGE pain in the butt to attach it in the cold though. you can get the tailgaite one down no problem, but then trying to get the little hooks to grab the rail is a pain. Use a hair dryer to make it more plyable. Don't use pliers like I did and rip it.

Haha I did the same thing. I have the extang tuff tonno though, I was too anxious to get it on, and used a portable blowtorch to heat up the cover, and used a pair of channel-lock pliers to pull the sides tight. Needless to say, it ripped. I was pretty pissed. I tried to send it back to extang under warranty, but their customer service sucks!
 
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 11:43 AM
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Ah Extang finally made one of those, same design as the Truxedo and Access covers. My grandfather has the Access Vanish on his Lincoln and he loves it. Takes about 10 seconds to roll it up or roll it back out and at least on his there is an easy tension adjustment so you don't have to yank on it with pliers and rip it (any vinyl cover will shrink when it's colder out, always better to find one with adjustable tension).
 
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 11:50 AM
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Nope... I am a fan of my Extang Classic though, which has the same things as Altair speaks of. Adjustable Ribs and the Snaps are adjustable by rotating them to make it tighter or looser depending on the weather
 
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by FirstDodge05
Haha I did the same thing. I have the extang tuff tonno though, I was too anxious to get it on, and used a portable blowtorch to heat up the cover, and used a pair of channel-lock pliers to pull the sides tight. Needless to say, it ripped. I was pretty pissed. I tried to send it back to extang under warranty, but their customer service sucks!
I was using channel locks also. I only ripped the little piece that covers the two edges so it isn't too big of a deal. I'll just sew it up myself one of these days. Right now its just stapled.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 10:11 PM
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love it. have pics posted.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 04:03 PM
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anyone have the extang full tilt? My friend has it on his 2500 gmc and he loves it
 
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 04:09 PM
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I have a Jackrabbit cover by Pace Edwards. Bit more expensive than a toneau. It opens and closes in a second, locks, doesn't rip.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 11:49 PM
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I ordered my Revolution yesterday, should be here in 4 weeks

Revolution Owners does the grove that the clamps go into on the underside of the rails go all the way to the front of the rail against the cab? I really need to know ???
 
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