frunko1

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Truck 2013 F150 Raptor, 5.5 Bed. Have Bakflip Fibermax cover on.

First I will show you the rough locations of each hole.
Rear



Front




To open up the holes I used a new blade in my utility knife. I recommend putting some soap or other lubricant on the blade to make the cuts smoother. Start at the center of the hole and slowly open it up a little at a time. But make sure the cut pieces are big enough that you use the cut plastic as a spacer. I will get more into this in a minute.

You want your hole to look close to this when done. I kept test fitting as I went.


Once your hole is big enough that the bull ring sits down on top. You want to take your cut pieces of plastic, stack 2 pieces together and super glue them.



Now put a little super glue on one side and stick under the bed rail hole like so.


You want a little spacer like that on all 4 sides. On some sides you will need to use a thinner strip because there is some support. The reason for doing this is, if you don't the bull ring will pull the plastic cover down, leaving a gap in the middle. This makes it so the plastic can't pull down and leaves a clean look.

After this put your bull ring in, make sure it is hooked to the metal pocket. I put a little blue loctite on the threads of the screws to keep them secured. To start the screw you need to pull up on the metal ring.

Also if you want to keep the ring from moving around while driving put a little velcro on them.

FX4 TT

Appreciate this! Will be using the same method to install mine.

NastyFFX4

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Can you get a picture of the side of the bed? I want to see how they look from the side.

robertburns3

I wonder if you could drill a center hole, spray some lube in the pocket and then Use a router with a flush trim bit to cut the plastic back. I would worry about taking off the paint in the pcoket, but maybe if you ran the router slow speed and use some spray in the pocket, it might work with a bit like this:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_363089-10314...sales_dollar|1

Dunrollin

Great thread! Finished this project today and it looks like factory.

Hawkules

Using this thread I successfully installed 4 Pocket-Lok tie downs this past weekend. Took less than 2 hours. These are going to be used to install my Yakima bike rack above my BakFlip.

I'll put photos of the whole thing when done.

Bubbaloo

Hey Hawkules Can you post a finished picture of your Yakima racks? I'm in the process of doing the same thing and would love to see how you did yours. I am probably going to get some 1.5 or 2" square stock and bolt it to the tie-downs and then put the yakima tracks on top of them. Whats funny is i also have a bak-flip (fibermax) on my truck..

Hawkules

Please check this thread for details and pictures. Let me know if you need more info.

https://www.f150forum.com/f7/help-ba...e-rack-212309/

Corbin_Az

Glad I found this thread. Santa brought me some Bull rings for my F150 and was surprised when I walked out to install them today and I didn't see any stake holes in the OEM bed caps. WTF would they do that.

Corbin_Az

Also, what if a guy wanted to have 3 of those on each side of the bed. I have not removed my bed caps to look, but is there a stake hole in the middle? Also to complicate it further, the bed caps are raised/ribbed in that section as well.