Maxliner Venture Canopy Installed on 2025 Ranger Raptor

[momodog]

No problem, it’s what I am going to order.

Thats my choice if I want a roof top tent, nice

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[cc1999]

Good points & much appreciated! But by the time you start messing with truck freight to WA, painting, or painting & getting the truck to SoCal it gets that canopy extremely expensive. Now a $4.5-5K topper is pushed into the $7K plus range, maybe more.
At that price I’d just go with the light weight carbon fiber Narwahl canopy that weighs like 150lbs. Those are top tier, but spendy due to being fully carbon fiber, but once again…not color matched.
I’m ready to pull the trigger on a canopy in the immediate future. So I’ll probably seriously consider an A.R.E. Revo with the curved back glass & frameless windows. It’s what I ran on my previous F-150 that was traded in on my RR. I loved the look of that topper and the things built like a tank and in the Midwest. This might be the exact model I go back to for my Raptor. I can get it now, color matched, and I loved how it looked on my F-150 with that back glass & frameless sides.

cc1999 - that’s a good looking setup with the A.R.E. The white looks good with the canopy!

‘Thanks!

I started out planning to order the REVO model.

I really liked the look of the solid glass side windows,
After thinking through all my potential uses for topper.
I decided I needed widows that open for anytime I am hauling my dogs back there.
I compromised some looks for that reason. That was how I ended up switching from the REVO to the EVOLVE model, only switched to get those large sliding windows with pet screens.

 

[Buellsox]

cc1999 - makes sense! Sliders makes sense for the safety of your dogs. Really a good looking setup! And the back glass is so much classier looking than flat glass and that big obtrusive plastic duck bill looking flange/flashing that overhangs the tailgate.
***little advice (trust me I know) keep that center lock mechanism lubed up. I didn’t and after about a year & 1/2 it started giving me issues. Locking mechanism was getting stiff and wouldn’t lock with the key remote. You’d hear it making noise (which fools you into thinking it’s locked) but it was too stiff to actually engage. So i had to back it up with the key or it’d stay unlocked - not good. Had to spend about an hour fiddling with it off the truck and getting it smoothed out. After that I just kept giving it a little love (the entire linkage assy.) and it never gave me another bit of trouble. FYI !

momodog - that’s interesting with the headliner. I would’ve never thought that was a needed step to install a canopy especially in the roof.
Too bad you didn’t know it ahead of time while they had it dropped you could’ve gotten in there yourself and sound deadened the roof sheet metal while they were working away.

 

[momodog]

cc1999 - makes sense! Sliders makes sense for the safety of your dogs. Really a good looking setup! And the back glass is so much classier looking than flat glass and that big obtrusive plastic duck bill looking flange/flashing that overhangs the tailgate.
***little advice (trust me I know) keep that center lock mechanism lubed up. I didn’t and after about a year & 1/2 it started giving me issues. Locking mechanism was getting stiff and wouldn’t lock with the key remote. You’d hear it making noise (which fools you into thinking it’s locked) but it was too stiff to actually engage. So i had to back it up with the key or it’d stay unlocked - not good. Had to spend about an hour fiddling with it off the truck and getting it smoothed out. After that I just kept giving it a little love (the entire linkage assy.) and it never gave me another bit of trouble. FYI !

momodog - that’s interesting with the headliner. I would’ve never thought that was a needed step to install a canopy especially in the roof.
Too bad you didn’t know it ahead of time while they had it dropped you could’ve gotten in there yourself and sound deadened the roof sheet metal while they were working away.

You’re right. I was thinking of insulating the inside but i would have to take delivery and install headliner-carpeting and canopy so… i took the lesser evil to have them installed. Thx for the tip to lube the key locks. Thx Buellsox

 

[WESTRESCUE77]

Strange….within the last couple weeks I reached out to Maxliner about a desert tan color matched canopy and getting it to WA State. Their team (CA location) stated that color matched wasn’t an option at this time and I was out of luck with my tan request. All they could do is black. Kinda (actually it did!) rubbed me since their website shows color matches as an option.
And BAM!…..yours pops up color matched??? Too bad because I love the look of the Maxliner. Perfectly flat top and it lines up to the roof better than most of the other options. Plus, the frameless windows is the only way to go on these modern trucks. Really looks up to date and not like an old style canopy on a new style truck. And personally it may not be for all but I like the upper cut glass on the front of the windows.
Looks good……Looks REAL good! I’m just pissed you got a color match, HA! I’m envious…..those liars!

I had the same experience. I've been speaking with the Maxliner folks since before they had a US presence. They led me on, saying that I could get a full-color factory white Venture canopy for well over a year. However, now they're saying they will not "develop" a factory white Venture and pushed me towards the matte black option.

Wonder if it would be better to just get a black one and have it paint matched on the East Coast? Or maybe it's more advantageous to buy it painted in whatever color from Maxliner and then have it sanded and resprayed factory white?

 

[Buellsox]

That’s a tough call. Could get expensive. Shipping a canopy across the nation can’t be cheap. It’d have to be truck freight. And hope it handles the trip unscathed. And then the labor & material on a repaint. Depends how badly you wanted that particular canopy. Especially after they gave you the runaround.

 

[WESTRESCUE77]

Fair point. I really dig the Venture canopy - checks all of the boxes for me.

In other news, I did speak with someone at ARB the other day. They confirmed they have a plan to release the Ascent Canopy for the US Ranger at some point next year. He didn't have an exact date yet, but encouraging. Check it out: https://www.arb.com.au/ford/ranger/..._aG7VjgMPbM4eA6-Dn88Sl4D1qKefKI-Pcj3CdsgqZwTq

J

 

[cc1999]

cc1999 - makes sense! Sliders makes sense for the safety of your dogs. Really a good looking setup! And the back glass is so much classier looking than flat glass and that big obtrusive plastic duck bill looking flange/flashing that overhangs the tailgate.
***little advice (trust me I know) keep that center lock mechanism lubed up. I didn’t and after about a year & 1/2 it started giving me issues. Locking mechanism was getting stiff and wouldn’t lock with the key remote. You’d hear it making noise (which fools you into thinking it’s locked) but it was too stiff to actually engage. So i had to back it up with the key or it’d stay unlocked - not good. Had to spend about an hour fiddling with it off the truck and getting it smoothed out. After that I just kept giving it a little love (the entire linkage assy.) and it never gave me another bit of trouble. FYI !

momodog - that’s interesting with the headliner. I would’ve never thought that was a needed step to install a canopy especially in the roof.
Too bad you didn’t know it ahead of time while they had it dropped you could’ve gotten in there yourself and sound deadened the roof sheet metal while they were working away.

Thanks!
Yea I had read or heard the power lock hatch mechs were potentially problematic, and I do park in secure locations both at home and work, so I stuck with the standard manual keyed lock.
I skipped the power lock option.

I suspect it will be a rare occasion that I ever need to lock mine.

Maybe the occasional business trip where I am leaving it outside or in a hotel parking garage.
Or occasionally if I am traveling with something valuable in the bed.

 

[Chaz6G]

I’ve had my canopy for just over two months and couldn’t be happier with it! Last week, the button module failed, and Eve along with the engineering team came down to San Diego to replace it right in my garage—fantastic service. They took the faulty module back for QA assessment since this issue hasn’t been common. Maxliner really seems to stay on top of things. Everything is designed to be plug-and-play, so if any issues come up down the road, I’m confident I can easily get replacement parts from them and handle the fix myself—even if it’s out of warranty.

 

[Buellsox]

Damn! That ARB unit from the Australian market is Killer! Super mild kick up. Frameless windows. No duck bill in the rear and the kick up at the back of the window matching the rear doors is totally appealing to my eye! Now that’s a nice piece. Just might not be here soon enough or with good enough distribution. But wow that’s a nice looking canopy. Aussies get the goods!

cc1999 - smart! Keyed locks only. Bulletproof & less to go wrong. Wise choice. I don’t think I’ll pay the extra for the remote keyless this next go around. Constantly made me paranoid and always checking it.

You guys and your gray Raptors with the Maxliners…..show offs. HA! Seriously it looks really good!

 

[momodog]

I had the same experience. I've been speaking with the Maxliner folks since before they had a US presence. They led me on, saying that I could get a full-color factory white Venture canopy for well over a year. However, now they're saying they will not "develop" a factory white Venture and pushed me towards the matte black option.

Wonder if it would be better to just get a black one and have it paint matched on the East Coast? Or maybe it's more advantageous to buy it painted in whatever color from Maxliner and then have it sanded and resprayed factory white?

The Matt black is a texture finish so you need to do a lot of prep to get a smooth factory matching finish to your truck. I would buy a white 2 tone canopy. Personally I don’t like that all white look. Here is their rendering of 2 tone white on a white truck vs all white on a different truck.

 

[cc1999]

The Matt black is a texture finish so you need to do a lot of prep to get a smooth factory matching finish to your truck. I would buy a white 2 tone canopy. Personally I don’t like that all white look. Here is their rendering of 2 tone white on a white truck vs all white on a different truck.

I think both those look really sharp.

The two tone really works with that unique shape of the side windows.

I am not sure how well the two tone style would look on a topper with traditional rectangle shape side windows.

Nothing wrong with that solid white version, I think it’s pretty sharp too.

 

[momodog]

I had the same experience. I've been speaking with the Maxliner folks since before they had a US presence. They led me on, saying that I could get a full-color factory white Venture canopy for well over a year. However, now they're saying they will not "develop" a factory white Venture and pushed me towards the matte black option.

Wonder if it would be better to just get a black one and have it paint matched on the East Coast? Or maybe it's more advantageous to buy it painted in whatever color from Maxliner and then have it sanded and resprayed factory white?

Btw, they do have a full black available if you want to sand off and repaint all white

 

[momodog]

I think both those look really sharp.

The two tone really works with that unique shape of the side windows.

I am not sure how well the two tone style would look on a topper with traditional rectangle shape side windows.

Nothing wrong with that solid white version, I think it’s pretty sharp too.

It’s a personal taste, nothing wrong to like one or the other. Thats that good thing we are not the same and can share different ideas. Sometimes others ideas are better than my own haha

 

[cc1999]

Btw, they do have a full black available if you want to sand off and repaint all white

Yes.

They have a great configurator to play around with to get the look you want.
https://usa.maxliner.com/

All black

Two tone

Full body color.

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