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RetraxPro XR didn’t fit

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Hi everyone,

Wondering if anyone else came across the same issue.

My Truck:
2023 Lightning Lariat with Factory Drop-in Bed


Ordered a Retrax Pro XR from RealTruck.com
(I highly recommend RealTruck.com - the best)

Ran in to several issues.

1) the cover (rails) are too long for the tailgate to close.
2) the canister barely fits inside the bedliner - the sides interfere.
3) the drain tubes are not long enough or angled correctly to go into the bedliner and the truck bed drain. This is due to the bedliner and truck bed drains not lining up.

If anyone has experience with this please advise.
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Hi everyone,

Wondering if anyone else came across the same issue.

My Truck:
2023 Lightning Lariat with Factory Drop-in Bed


Ordered a Retrax Pro XR from RealTruck.com
(I highly recommend RealTruck.com - the best)

Ran in to several issues.

1) the cover (rails) are too long for the tailgate to close.
2) the canister barely fits inside the bedliner - the sides interfere.
3) the drain tubes are not long enough or angled correctly to go into the bedliner and the truck bed drain. This is due to the bedliner and truck bed drains not lining up.

If anyone has experience with this please advise.
I have a 23 and the dealer installed the XR pro. Fits as should. Maybe they sent the wrong truck bed?
 

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Hi everyone,

Wondering if anyone else came across the same issue.

My Truck:
2023 Lightning Lariat with Factory Drop-in Bed


Ordered a Retrax Pro XR from RealTruck.com
(I highly recommend RealTruck.com - the best)

Ran in to several issues.

1) the cover (rails) are too long for the tailgate to close.
2) the canister barely fits inside the bedliner - the sides interfere.
3) the drain tubes are not long enough or angled correctly to go into the bedliner and the truck bed drain. This is due to the bedliner and truck bed drains not lining up.

If anyone has experience with this please advise.
Isn't the drop-in bedliner the problem?
 
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I have a ‘22 with a spray in liner from Ford and absolutely no issues. Realtruck was very easy to work with and am sure they can assist.
 

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Hi everyone,

Wondering if anyone else came across the same issue.

My Truck:
2023 Lightning Lariat with Factory Drop-in Bed


Ordered a Retrax Pro XR from RealTruck.com
(I highly recommend RealTruck.com - the best)

Ran in to several issues.

1) the cover (rails) are too long for the tailgate to close.
2) the canister barely fits inside the bedliner - the sides interfere.
3) the drain tubes are not long enough or angled correctly to go into the bedliner and the truck bed drain. This is due to the bedliner and truck bed drains not lining up.

If anyone has experience with this please advise.

Hey shoot me a PM with some photos and I can have our techs take a look!
 

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2022 Lariat ordered without bedliner. Went and had Line-X spray the bedliner and their shop installed the Retrax after the bed spray. Fit looks great.

Agree, RealTruck is incredible!
 
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Isn't the drop-in bedliner the problem?
Yes that is my thought as well! However, the bedliner was factory installed and the retraxpro was ordered from RealTruck.

I can say enough good things about ReaTruck!!

Anyway, I ended up returning the cover. RealTruck made it extremely easy. Ford definitely seems to have dropped the ball on lining up the drains. Anyway once I figure out my bedliner problem, I will go back to RealTruck for another try.
 
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Hey shoot me a PM with some photos and I can have our techs take a look!
Hey

I am sorry, but just a bit late as I already initiated the return with RealTruck and the cover is on its way back. I believe it’s the bed-liner that needs to be addressed first.
 

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Hey

I am sorry, but just a bit late as I already initiated the return with RealTruck and the cover is on its way back. I believe it’s the bed-liner that needs to be addressed first.
I ripped my bed liner out and called it a day. It fit perfectly. I wanted spray in liner anyway. I wasted my money, instead of ordering spray in. First truck🤓
 

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Fits great on mine with factory bed liner. Easy install.
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