BAKFlip F1 Hard Tonneau Cover - Folding - Aluminum and Fiberglass

Video Transcript for BAK BAKFlip Hard Tonneau Cover Review - 2012 Honda Ridgeline

Today on our 2012 Honda Ridgeline, were going to be installing the BAK Backflip F1 Hard Tonneau Cover in a folding design out of aluminum and fiber glass, part number BAK72601. Now that weve shows you what the tonneau cover looks like in the folded or closed position, lets go ahead and show you what it looks like in the stored or in the upright position, so you fold the tailgate down. Now to unfold the rear hatch or any of the hatch sections, you can pull on this cable right here that releases the locking mechanism, and you can open it up from either the driver or the passenger side.Now if you look up here, each of the other panels, it has this cable mechanism as well which unlatches the panel as you move forward. Again, you can open it from either side by simply pulling on the cable in order to release the locking mechanism. Well then take one of the pop rods. Youll fold it up, slide it underneath this plastic track here.

Youll loosen up the plastic handle knot. Push down, tighten it back up. Go ahead and repeat the same process over on the driver side. Now with the tonneau cover in the upright position and in the locked upright position with our two pop rods, it gives you access and will allow you to haul a larger item in the bed.You can also drive down the road with it stored in the upright position as long as you have the pop rods secured and tightened back down. It will keep the tonneau cover nice and tight, and will not allow it to flip back forward nor will it fold forward and hit the back of your cab.

The drain hose allows water collected from the side rail to drain out of the stake pocket hole, keeping the bed of your truck dry. To begin with, were going to first go ahead and lower down the tailgate. Now, were going to go ahead and show you how to install the rail over here on the driver side.Now, keep in mind, anything that we show you over here on the driver side will be exactly the same over on the passenger side. Now to begin with, were going to need to remove this bolt right here. Now to do that, youre going to need a T40 torques head or star-head bit.

Next, were going to need to come up here into the corner. Were going to need to remove this tie-down bracket. Now, this star bolts are a little bit larger, so youre going to need a T50 to remove both of these. Well go ahead and remove the tie-down hook as well as the two bolts. We will not be reinstalling any of the hardware that we just removed.

Its a good idea to go ahead and clean out any dirt that may be in this pocket area while youre in there.Next, were going to need to go ahead and attach our rail. Now, heres what the driver side looks like. Well be using a mounting location here and the rail that will line up with the center hole from the screw we removed as well as this front one here has one hole. Now, I know we removed two bolts up here. Well only be using the rear hole to attach the rail. The front hole, its okay that theres not a screw back in it, so Im going to go ahead and line our rail up. Were going to take the smaller of the two Phillips head screws that come with the kit, and it will go through the hole right here, and well thread in. Well just going to leave that just snug for now till we get the other hardware installed.Go ahead and move up to the front where well be putting the larger Phillips head screw in. Were just going to go ahead and clean this area right up in here. Were just going to use a little bit of rubbing alcohol and a paper towel as were going to need to attach a plastic cover. Next, were going to need to take this little plastic cover here. Its got a couple strips of adhesive tape on the backside. This will be used to cover up that recessed area and help keep water from getting in there. Just set down on there like that, and it will just cover it up. To attach it, well just peel the backing off the tape, and then well attach it.Next, were going to need to attach our drain hoses. They go here on the underside of the rail. In this case, were going to peel back this bed liner. Right underneath this plug here, there is actually a drain, so were going to actually route our tube over to it. Now to get the plug out, just a flathead screwdriver along the edge. We will not be putting this back in, so go ahead and take our tube. Were going to go through the front tie-down loop. Well pull it up, slide it on to the drain fitting, then bring it over. Now, we will need to trim the tube or the hose down a little bit. Its a little too long. Were just going to use a pair of cutters. You can use a razor knife, whatever other means you want to use to cut your tubing.There is a drain that is in the bottom of this that will allow the water to exit once it goes into there. In this case, we have this mat in the bed. It goes back down on top. It will make sure it stays in place. Next, we can go ahead and attach our pop rod. Well attach this end here thats set up to accept the ball and socket just right here. To put it on, you just simply push it in place. When not in use, you fold it down, and it will be stored right here in this clip. Now, its a good idea when setting the tonneau cover up in a position to get an extra set of hands to help you get it in the correct position.With the tonneau cover set up on top of the rails, we can go ahead and unfold it, and make sure that we have it positioned correctly. We may need to move it forward or backward depending on how it lines up at the front as well as here at the tailgate. Once weve checked that, we can go ahead and fold it back up, so that we can install our hardware. Now that weve gone ahead and folded the cover back up to this position where we just have the front section or front flab that we can move up and down, we need to go ahead and fold that down on top of the brackets.Well want to make sure that we push the cover forward, so that we get a good tight water seal up against the back glass area as theres a foam strip that runs along there. We want to make sure that the tonneau cover is sealed up or pushed tights against it. Now to secure the tonneau cover to the brackets on the rails that we installed earlier, were going to be using the hardware that looks like this. Well be using this bolt here with the rubber washer as well as the sleeve on it, and it will go on the four holes that are in the forward most panel on the tonneau cover, so theres two on each side that well be using.With each of the bolts installed from the topside, well go ahead and install the rubber washer, the flat washer, the lock washer, and the plastic handle nut. Well go ahead and just snug them down for now, and well do that for all four locations. Now that we have our hardware tightened down up at the front, we can go ahead and continue to fold our tonneau cover back down into position, making sure as we do that we hear it click. The clicking youre hearing is this little latches at each of the panels that secures it to the rail.Now for back here at the rear section, youre not going to want to fold that down yet until you close the tailgate first, so well go ahead and close the tailgate. Well then take the rear section. Go ahead and fold that one down. Pushing that down as well, making sure you hear it click or lock into position. I will go ahead and double check to make sure we have a nice seal across the tailgate here as well as in this area on both sides. Now on each side, youll notice here at the rear, there is one hole thats drilled in the rail. Now to secure this rail to the interior part of the bed, youll need to use one of the self-tapping screws that comes with the kit.Now, we have each of our self-tapping screws in, one on each side. We can go ahead and close our tailgate back up. Take the rear panel of the tonneau cover. Fold it back down into position, securing it down. With that, that will do it for the installation of the BAK Backflip F1 Hard Tonneau Cover, part number BAK72601, as installed here on our 2012 Honda Ridgeline. .