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Snugtop hi-liner

 

First post! Snugtop XTR, which came with my truck (and definitely sweetened the deal for me, pricewise). I’ve since replaced shocks and window latches, resealed it, touch-up painted, and repainted the rusty top rails satin black, and added the Yakima crossbars. I’d never seen this model before I bought it, but I like it. I’d trade it for a high-topper if I could ever find one. . .

 

Very nice and welcome to TW.

 

Built out the back for North Carolina and Colorado this summer.

 

A r e

 

Digging the added height of that!

 

and the bright lighting .. is that something you added after purchase?

 

Yes it LED strip lighting tied into the rear brake light with a switch.

 

barnes828 can you post some more pictures of your hi liner?

 

Here’s a few from this past weekend at the mountain and one of my setup so far

 

How is it sleeping in the back during the winter/mountain weather?
This is a dope setup for snowboard trips!

 

It was around 20-25 degrees this past weekend. The sleeping bag is rated for 0 degrees if I remember correctly and I slept in my base layer with a beanie on. As long as I stay inside the sleeping bag it’s plenty warm and comfortable. No precipitation accumulates and I keep all the windows closed. I open up the windows between the cab and canopy for about 20 minutes while I drive with the heat full blast aimed into the back. It’s definitely not 5 star, but it saves me mileage, time, and gas money.

 

That's cool. Thanks for the insight.

 

Anyone here running a non-reinforced shell with a roof top tent?
Worried imma crack my v series shell

pic just cuz why not

 

Yep, lots of folks are doing just that. I'm on my second shell, neither of them reinforced. Have run the tent on both of them. Totally fine.

 

RLD Designs bed cap

 

Hey question about 3rd brake light wiring. I was trying to hook up the wiring for the Alu-cab I recently got, but it didn't work. I didn't have much time to play with it, but I was wondering if it's because I used one of the existing bolts going into forward part of the bed (where I have seen other people drill a new hole) as the ground. Any reason why the existing bolts won't work? Should I just switch it over to tap into the ground for the brake light?

 

Have you considered any sort of heating device like those Little Buddy heaters?

 

Late post from august 2020. I haven’t been on here since then I suppose. This was in SW Colorado. Leer....XR i believe? Got a pretty good deal on fb market

 

If the bolt only attaches to a nutserts in the composite bed then it’s not grounded. You have to be on bare metal rather than painted too.