![]() I finished the installation of my Retrax and am all but certain I have the sides sealed. I thereafter received another email from the customer service fellow asking for my telephone number, which I provided. ![]() In any event, I replied that I intend to see if my solution will work and once again invited them to contact me if they're interested in improving their product in the event my mods work. No mention of the Gen 4 version being watertight one way or the other. I was surprised at this part of the Retrax email: "The 2009-2018 Ram boxes were not able to be opened all the way either as this is one of the most challenging beds to fit given the track system, narrow mounting surface and Rambox doors." So it looks like the same interference issue is present in the Retrax for the Gen 4 1500, as well. Retrax sent another email letting me know that I can return the cover for a refund if I wish, but gave no indication that they're interested in hearing about my mods if they successfully make the product watertight and compatible with Rambox. That's not happening, but it sure sounds like it. And all the while, really ugly cracking sounds happen as though the plastic lid or black plastic cover is splintering into shards. ![]() What you see in the picture, below, is what happens. But, as already noted, there is no watertight seal and.Įven when the lid is forced open, the seal doesn't just slide up the side of the lid as it's raised. If that was the case, it's an acceptable trade-off. My guess is that the tail is supposed to slide up the lid as the lid opens and some resistance in opening the lid is just the trade-off to get a water tight seal. When the lid is opened, the tail tries its mightiest to prevent the lid from opening more than a few inches. Now to an equally troubling issue: the tail on the seal that overhangs the Rambox and the bed side on each end of the Rambox. If the Retrax seal kept water out everywhere else, water will leak past the seal here and into the the bed. If everything else sealed, fixing this probably wouldn't be too hard.īut at each end of the Rambox lid there is a gap, as there must be. I didn't pour water here to verify the leaking part and it's not been in the sun to see how fast it deteriorates. The soft stick-on seal shown doesn't look like it will seal anything and it also looks like it will deteriorate in the sun very quickly. It will be interesting to see if Retrax wants to know what I figured out. The first part of the mod involves very minor alteration of the Retrax seal, which I've already done and it helped a noticeable amount. My plan is to do the modification within the next few days. ![]() But it will prevent water from entering the bed by evacuating all such water via a drain tube. It won't stop water from leaking past the seal. I really do have a solution that I consider pretty certain to work.
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