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When you need to switch between hauling gear and carrying oversized loads, the Pace Edwards Switchblade makes it easy. You can install or remove the entire cover in about 10 minutes using only a wrench and screwdriver—no drilling required. The clamp-on side rails and self-leveling kickstands keep everything square without overtightening. When it’s time to haul something big, the canister and rails lift right off so you get full bed access from front to back.
Opening and closing the cover should be quick and frustration-free. With the Switchblade, you just squeeze the pinch grips under the rear plate and the heavy-duty tension spring automatically retracts the cover into the canister. To close it, use the built-in pull strap and it glides along the rails until it locks at the tailgate. The stored cover doesn’t block your rear window, and the spring-assisted mechanism keeps movement smooth every time.
The deck combines vinyl and aluminum in a bonded ArmorTek design that looks seamless like a soft cover but protects like a hard one. The matte black finish gives it a low-profile look that sits just 1/8" above the bed rails for a flush fit. The rigid aluminum slats add strength against impacts and prying, while the vinyl top layer keeps out water and debris. A large tailgate seal closes the gap at the rear to help keep your cargo dry.
Rain or snow can ruin cargo, but the Switchblade directs water where it’s supposed to go. The side rails channel water into the front canister, and drain tubes route it out through the bed floor. This keeps water from pooling or freezing in the rails and helps protect both the cover and your gear no matter the weather.
When paired with your locked tailgate, this cover keeps your gear safely out of sight. The latch grips and pull strap sit underneath the rear plate, so they’re unreachable when the cover is closed. The heavy-gauge aluminum panels resist cutting, puncturing, or prying, giving you solid protection against theft without adding bulk or complexity.
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Hi, this is Scott with etrailer. Today we're taking a look at the Pace Edwards Switchblade line of tonneau covers. We will have one for your truck. Just take a look at the fit guide and make sure you get the right one for you. A tonneau cover is gonna give you a lot of security and it's also gonna give the stuff that you have in the back of your truck a lot of protection from the elements. One thing that's nice about this tonneau cover is it has that look of a vinyl one that's kind of like the soft style, but inside here it's gonna have aluminum panels that's gonna help keep it from being cut into and people being able to just cut into it and grab the stuff that you have in the back.
One thing I like about this tonneau cover that's different from the other hard type tonneau covers is this one is retractable. It's gonna allow you to use the bed of your truck without taking off an entire cap style of tonneau cover. This one will retract. (cover whooshes) When it retracts up into the canister here, it gives you the full access to the bed of your truck, and it also allows this to be put away where you don't have to take a great big cover off and have it in your garage taking up a bunch of space. That's really nice, it's gonna really help you be able to use your truck like you want to use your truck, but also be able to have a tonneau cover when you want to cover it up and have security to the stuff that you have in the back of your truck.
Another thing I like about this one is it all hides up in the cabinet here, and some of the tonneau covers that you can get will actually fold up in panels and then it will fold up and then cover up the back of the window. Nice thing about this one is, is you still have access to see out the back window of your truck where a lot of them will cover that up. It's gonna be really easy to operate. It does have a strap here that you can just hook and loop right up here to the end of your rail. You can just pull it down and just close it right up like this.
Just give it a good pull and it's gonna automatically latch when it hits the back. And with it all closed up, it's gonna have a really nice weather seal here that's gonna keep a lot of your elements out and it's gonna have a seal kind of covers up all around all four corners of it. And it is gonna have a weather strip that goes along the front towards the cab and it also makes it a little more weather resistant. To unlatch it, it does have little pinch grips here. You just squeeze those together and it's gonna allow you to release your tonneau cover and lets you bring it forward.
It does have a spring assist that will also make it easier for it to retract. The canister will set up on top of the edges of your bed rails here. And one of the nice things I like about this system is if you get any water that gets in your canister here, it does come with tubes that will come down and drain out on both sides, so that's really nice to help keep water and stuff out of the inside of your canister. This tonneau cover is gonna have a really sleek looking design. It's gonna sit almost flush with the edge of your bedrails here. Some tonneau covers may stick up about an inch to two inches and it kind of sticks up a little bit. I like how this one sits nice and flat and flush, and if you look at it from the side straight across, you can barely see that it's there. As far as installation goes, this is pretty straightforward. The only tools you're really gonna need is a screwdriver and a wrench. You're gonna have all your brackets and everything that you need in your kit. These are gonna be no drill brackets here. It's gonna have your little kickstand here where you can adjust where your rails sit. And in most circumstances, you're not gonna need to drill any holes. The only holes that you may have to drill, it depends on your model. It will be for the holes, for your drain hoses, for your canister. Me personally, I would go with one like this because I like the security of this one with the aluminum slats in here. I do like the vinyl look too. It kind of gives it that old school look and it still kind of has that pad feeling with the extra security. Another thing I like about this one is it sits low, and it's gonna give me access to the back of my truck so I can use it like a truck. Where with the other ones that you kind of have to fold up and it covers the back window, I'm not a real big fan of that. The way this one looks for me is really the selling point. I like how low it sits. And that was a look at the Pace Edwards Switchblade tonneau covers. I'm Scott and thanks for watching.
Ratings & Reviews
Great product to use on my 2022 GMC Sierra AT4 2500HD that has a BW slide 5th wheel. With the cover retracted I can tow my 37 foot 5th wheel with no rurning clearance worries. When closed this is a good looking addition to my truck and keeps prying eyes off of what's in the bed.Installation was pretty easy, but instructions could use a little bit of work.
Just installed this afternoon, so not a lot of experience yet. I installed by myself in about 1 1/2 hours. The instructions were clear and brief. I had a little trouble getting the front clamps in place, but that was due to the thickness of a brand new spray-in bed liner, it was pretty thick. Once everything was in and adjusted the cover works good and looks like it will keep most of the weather out.
Overall for the price I’m not satisfied. I followed the manufacturers instructions and it worked smoothly for about a month and then the tracks started getting rougher and rougher. It will open about half way and then you need to get in and push it from side to side for it to fully retract. I also had the cover fall down off the track in the center and it was a huge pain to get it back in the track by myself with cargo inside the bed. You are better off spending an extra $100-200 and going with the “real truck” roll up bed cover.
The cover looks great and DOES work on a 2020 Ram 3500 8'bed. It was easy to install. It was missing 2 hex bolts to connect the rails to the canister but a few dollars at the local hardware store fixed that. The only concern I have is the canister cover is a little warped, either from shipping or manufacturing, allowing the cover to retract in the canister without touching the brush on the canister cover. This could allow dirt and dust into the canister later as well. All in all great looking cover that does what its intended to do.
Love the look ..only thing is my bed is 8 ft and had to purchase additional levelers so rail doesn’t sag at the rear
Unit was delivered in a safe and timely manner. After verifying all components were packaged I performed installation, which went smooth and was easy. Once unit was assembled on vehicle and a few minor adjustments it worked great and looks good. Thanks!
I love this tonneau cover, I’ve had this one in the past, I have it installed already and it looks and works beautifully!!
It looks great once I got it put on my truck! The only complaint I had is that the install instructions they sent with it to put it all together wasn't very clear on how to put it all together. I had to look up a video on YouTube to get better instructions to do so.
Over all it’s a pretty decent tonneau cover, it really flimsy and looks like it’s going to blow in when you go through the car wash. Install is really easy and it looks good. The down side is the front seal to the cab. Why they don’t give you a longer rubber to seal to the bed. When going through the car wash the front of the bed fills up with water due to the 1/4 gap between the cab seal and the bed. This is cause by the plastic side rails that are installed down the truck.
My solution was to go to HD and get a garage door seal and make it work. So far it seems to hold up good and seal. Not sure why the company can’t do the same. Surely th rubber seal doesn’t coast that much, especially as much as this cost.
Extremely easy to install. Although it says 1 person installation, having two makes it just quicker. Box arrived open (main cardboard flap) but all items were accounted for. Just recommend banding straps prior to shipping. Feels very sturdy and well secured to the bed with no holes. Drain plugs fit as OEM and were simple to install as part of the process. Hoping this cover stands the test of time. Highly recommend! etrailer.com was quick to ship and purchasing process was very smooth!
Only negative would be the back brackets were very difficult to slide over the lip to get them in position. It required a bit of finesse with a hammer. Otherwise all good instructions, video helped greatly from the etrailer team.
Quality product, easy to install. Great customer service and quick response!!
The products instructions sucked & it was missing 1 part. It took much longer than 10 minutes to install as indicated. Plus I was expecting to see a video of installation on your website, but there wasn't any.
Tonneau cover was delivered as requested and the product was installed in less than 1/2 hour. Prompt delivery with zero problems,I would highly recommend this product.
I know that it is not your problem but the installation instructions need to be better I learned more from a video on the cover than what the instructions told me .Maybe Pace Edwards should include a link on their instruction page
Finally got time to install my bed cover. Love it, much better than the old back flip that I had on my old truck.
Great service and fine product! Order was delivered in two packages and delivered on time, and all the parts were included (nothing left out as sometimes happens). Tonneau cover was easy to install both by following included directions or by using the demo video on the website. Item fit my 2026 RAM3500 DRW MEGA CAB like OEM and worked properly upon installation.
I have only one slight concern as you will see in provided pictures. To make the cover fully "water tight", you will need to add some type of seal or trim where the bed meets the bed rails, as the provided seal does not extend over this small, open area at the joint.
Abigail helped me find the correct tonneau cover that fits an 8 ft. Truck bed. Order came pretty quickly and my wife and I installed it in about 1 1/2 hours. The materials seem to be top notch and look amazing on my truck. Love the low profile.The cover slides back and forth with ease. Great fit! Great Product. Do watch the video's on the installation. Very helpful.
Thank you eTrailer for your install videos. They are so much better to follow than the instructions that come with the cover. It took me about an hour to install if not a bit longer due to the rain. I installed on my own, which the install woukd be faster if you have someone helping you. The only thing I had an issue with was the weather strip but it was also due to the surface being wet and hard to dry.
It is installed and was fairly straight forward. Despite others indicating there were no instructions, mine included somewhat clear instructions (could be better). If I had understood that staples through vinyl into aluminum was the core of the design - or a plastic bin was the container, I would certainly have kept looking for something with a more robust design. I expect a couple/three years before replacing, but it solves my immediate need. In this case, ability to see the gooseneck ball from the center high-mount camera that was blocked with the tri-fold cover. Like others have shared, don't expect a dry bed! The omission of a seal from the rear of the rails to the tailgate is confusing - as is the lack of seal length on the head rail to from a seal up front. I'll figure something out for both eventually, but a little underwhelming for the would-be low cost to address in design.
I have just received my Pace Edwards Switchblade Retractable Hard Tonneau Cover. It was super easy to install. You guys at etrailer are awesome. Super fast delivery. This is where I’ll shop from now on.
Excellent product very easy to install fits my F350 perfectly
E Trailer has great customer service I would recommend this product to anyone who is looking for a retractable tonneau cover
Very easy one man install. Looks amazing. very flush with bed rails. will slide over 5th Wheel hitch. gives enough room under Canister to put 36 gallon fuel tank.
Love the sleekness of the cover. I removed a bak revolver and replaced it with this one. Much easier to hook up the 5th wheel without the giant roll of cover behind the cab. Super easy to open and close. The only issue I had was the front mounting hardware did not fit for some reason. They would not loop together due to the Engel of the truck bed. Not a big deal as I made it work just fine.pretty easy install as I did the entire thing alone as a 58 year old man with a wrecked back!
The bed cover is amazing! I have a low bed rack that doesn’t work with a folding cover, so this retractable cover was the perfect choice. Now I can leave the rack in place and access the bed. Installation was pretty easy, a little confusing just from the directions, but it probably would have been easier if I watched a video. The clamps weren’t intuitive, but made sense once they were in and feel super secure. I’ve only had it in for a few days, but just took the truck camping for a long weekend and used the cover a bunch. I can’t speak to the longevity yet, but so far, so good!
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