Honda Ridgeline Tonneau Covers
Honda Ridgeline tonneau covers come in all forms, be it soft or hard, however not all are equal. Certainly, I find the OEM Honda Ridgeline tonneau cover to be a complete abortion of a tonneau. To be honest, most of the tonneau covers for Honda Ridgeline out there are not very well thought out. Specifically, the Ridgeline is a truck that is configured dramatically differently to most conventional pickup trucks. Where all other trucks beds are higher at the tailgate and lower at the cab end, the Ridgeline is opposite. Where other trucks have rails to which you can clamp things, the Ridgeline does not. Where most trucks have a conventional cab wall, bulkhead rail and a metal bed, the Ridgeline has no bulkhead rail and has a composite bed with a trunk in the floor. All of these unique attributes present a design challenge for Tonneau cover manufacturers, none of whom really stepped up, including OEM until the release of the new BakFlip tonneau cover for the Honda Ridgeline.
BakFlip Tonneau Cover on Honda Ridgeline
The new BakFlip tonneau cover installs with no drilling, making use of the few provided attachment points along the side walls of the Ridgeline and at the cab end of the truck bed. Unlike the OEM Honda Ridgeline tonneau cover, the BakFlip tonneau cover for Honda Ridgelines take just about 20 minutes to install, instead of hours. Best of all, you need just a single star headed screw driver to do the whole job.
Honda Tonneau cover by BAK Industries
In addition, the BakFlip is the only hard tonneau cover that will wll you to use 100% of your Ridgeline bed. This stands the BakFlip alone at the top of the heap in a pile of sub par tonneau covers that have multiple flaws beyond just limited access. All other hard tonneau covers for the Ridgeline that we tested proved to be a hinderance to the floor trunk when opening and closing it because the rails got in the way. Not so with BakFlip, who rails are slim enough to allow you to open the trunk with no problem.
Security in an issue when it comes to Ridgelines as their tailgates don't lock, but thanks to Poop n Lock and another company named Dyno Lock, this is no longer a problem. For a modest fee you can select form both manual or automatic locks.
June 28th, 2010 - 09:43
Local sales in the area of New Brunswick NJ 08901 ?
Also concern about whether item keeps teh bed %100 percent dry ?
June 28th, 2010 - 09:46
Local Sales outlet in New Brunswick, NJ area 08902
Also concern about whether item keeps the bed 100% dry ?
August 26th, 2010 - 08:59
Hi, could you please explain a bit the application of the Pop n Lock and Dyno lock in conjunction with BakflipG2 cover as I am not sure how do you lock a cover itself?
Regards
August 26th, 2010 - 19:12
The BakFlip is only operable when you unlatch its panels, allowing you to fold them over until the cover is fully open. To do so, you need to access the latch lever and pull on it. There are latch levers under either side of the panels for your ease and convenience. For safety purposes, the BakFlip conceals these latch levers UNDER THE TONNEAU COVER, so unless you can open your tailgate (which will allow you access to the underside of the cover), you will not be able to open it.
So, it stands to reason that locking your tailgate will prevent you, or anyone else from being to access your truck bed and will preclude you from being able to open your tonneau cover.
Both Pop n Lock and Dyno Lock make wonderful tailgate locks (either remote or manual) which are modestly priced and well worth the fit, function and quality.