Canopy value request

Hello everyone,

I am wondering if anybody could give their opinion regarding this canopy and maybe tell me what you think it's worth!

Should I hold out for a better one by Leer or ARE, etc?

Thanks so much!!

https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/d/1998-toyota-tacoma-sr5/6255910616.html

 

You buying the whole truck or just the canopy?

That price just reaffirms that I need to sell my truck on the west coast. That price is too high for a five lugger

 

I agree.

But yeah I am just buying the canopy. I have a 99 Tacoma with the same bed length. Is it a decent canopy? Hold out for another better one? If not, what's a good offer for it?

 

it's an aluminum canopy, they weren't real expensive when new. Maybe 1-200? depending on age

If they want 5-600 definitely hold off for a fiberglass one.

 

What's the drawback to the aluminium one? Which one would be lighter?

 

Thanks so much for your responses

 

I bought an A.R.E. aluminum cap, which had a built in lumber rack, for $225. It wasn't new, and I still have it. I prefer my fiberglass A.R.E. cap, which came on an older tacoma I bought, but it does not have the lumber rack.

This one's for an extra/double cab, not a reg cab, due to the angle against the cab. They are not interchangeable.

 

Aluminum should be a bit lighter.

 

the aluminum is lighter by 50 lbs or so.

 

ext cab and DC have the same slope but different lengths so still not interchangeable.

the reg cab would have a more vertical front portion

 

reg cab



ext cab



double cab

 

Thanks everyone! Yeah, I have an extra cab. I like that the aluminium is lighter, since I'll be travelling across the country and any way to make the load lighter is great. I'm tempted to hold out for a newer one, and maybe one with a lumber rack, but part of me also wants to just jump on this as it'll be cheap and he said it doesn't leak at all. Think I should just go for it?

 

Right you are, Ken. I forgot about the bed length - never had a double cab.

 

I have an ARE aluminum on my 2014 company truck and I rather have a fiberglass one. The lightest hail storms have left a few dings while the truck body has got nothing. It also has very small leaks in heavy rain and snow melt.