Purchased and Installed OEM Bed Extender
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Purchased and Installed OEM Bed Extender
The good; easy installation, locks solidly in place, breaks down in two pieces and folds to sides behind wheel wells, can be flipped forward and back with the OEM Boxlink bed cleats in place, no interference with Bak Flip tonneau cover, well designed and thought out.
The bad; overpriced for primarily plastic construction, accessing in bed light switch for LED bed lighting is difficult - I have to fold back my tonneau cover and reach down from the top cannot access the switch with the tonneau cover in place, when broken down and folded behind the wheel wells the extender sticks out beyond them, removal of the entire assembly if the full use of the bed is needed requires a T50 Torx bit.
I needed some type of bed divider since my redneck divider of cutting down a 2x8 in my 2013 F-150 was not working with my 2015. The pockets for the 2x are too far to the rear in the 2015 and the OEM Boxlink bed cleats had to be removed to get a 2x in and out. This looked like a better and more versatile option than the OEM bed divider. Overall I am happy with it, just wish I could access the in bed light switch without having to open the tonneau cover and wish it was more easily removable. Still stinging from the price. If ordered as an original option MSRP is $250, Ford list price for an accessory purchased after the fact is $360 and I paid $320 on Amazon.
The bad; overpriced for primarily plastic construction, accessing in bed light switch for LED bed lighting is difficult - I have to fold back my tonneau cover and reach down from the top cannot access the switch with the tonneau cover in place, when broken down and folded behind the wheel wells the extender sticks out beyond them, removal of the entire assembly if the full use of the bed is needed requires a T50 Torx bit.
I needed some type of bed divider since my redneck divider of cutting down a 2x8 in my 2013 F-150 was not working with my 2015. The pockets for the 2x are too far to the rear in the 2015 and the OEM Boxlink bed cleats had to be removed to get a 2x in and out. This looked like a better and more versatile option than the OEM bed divider. Overall I am happy with it, just wish I could access the in bed light switch without having to open the tonneau cover and wish it was more easily removable. Still stinging from the price. If ordered as an original option MSRP is $250, Ford list price for an accessory purchased after the fact is $360 and I paid $320 on Amazon.