sharper4

At the corner of the bed? Shouldn't there be a tie down or a hole or something that I could use to help tie my cargo down?



Like this?

johnwill

They are there. You just have to pop off the rectangular black plastic covers on the stake pockets.

sharper4

I guess I don't have the same "pop off". Looks like a slight indent where the hole below must be, but I'd have to use a dremmel or something to make a hole (which lets face it, I'd never have a perfect, smooth finish). That stinks.

Quick reply - thanks.

johnwill

Whoops, I stand corrected, sorry. That is weird. I have the little covers that pop right off, so I thought that was the standard. I am running the 2009 XLT with 6.5 bed. Do you have the black, plastic stock bed rail caps on there? Good luck

steenbag

Were your bed rail caps replaced as part of adding the tonneau cover? They don't look like the normal ones.

sharper4

Whatever it is, its "stock". However, I asked to have a bedliner installed when I got it.

I have an '09 XLT 5.5' bed. I added the BakFlip but that didn't change the rails out. I just find myself wishing I had extra places to grab on to with large items in the cargo space.

It would be especially nice if I could add a tie down like this to the back:

johnwill

That is exact same rings I installed on mine, they are great, took five minutes and can be replaced/put back to original if ever need be. Question: when they put in bedliner, are the sides and top rail all one piece? if so, I am guessing they first removed "stock" rails first. if so, don't forget, you still have the pockets under there. Don't be afraid to cut. Once you find anywhere in the hole when you break through, you can easily cut to go up against all four sides of pocket. It is worth it to put on them nice tie down rings.

D Boyer

My truck does not have the holes either, or any covers to pop off, and it's the way it came.

Abn150

++^^ I also have the bull ring tie downs and are excellent, easy to install and look good. They fit perfectly in the space in the rail cap when you pop out the plastic cover over the stake pockets.

But I have a 6.5 foot bed. I thought I had seen an earlier post here that claimed that the 5.5 foot beds did not have the pop out covers in the rail caps. But as stated above, the stake pocket is still there.

Whalersailor18

The holes don't come on the Texas Edition F-150's. They only come on the others, just not the Texas Edition.

No really though, they should be there under the plastic trim, you just have to cut the opens for them which you had better be good at or it's going to look like you did it.