[FOUND] Help with or shop recommendations for installing camper shell seal

Also, forgot to add that Stormin Normins campers in San Jose has been helpful in the past for me. Just in case your not interested in the DIY arena.

 

Unlike a typical cab-high shell the FlipPac is hard to lift with your back ... at least mine was, with my back. Also, most folks don't have overhead space for a crane or lift tall enough to lift a FlipPac from above. However prying up one corner at a time to get progressively thicker pieces of wood under each corner was quite easy. Not sure about the Gen1 Tacoma, but on my T100 the fiberglass extended far enough outside the bed walls/rear fenders, creating a good lifting surface, and I could insert an appropriate length 2x4 almost vertically, with the top of the board wedged into overhang of the shell at the top of the bed, and the bottom on the ground. The length should allow a gap of a few inches between the board and the widest part of the outer rear fender. With a towel between the board and the fender to protect the paint! I could then "walk" the board in towards the fender, until there's no gap, thus raising the camper. Again, wish I had pictures, but I used this technique to do exactly what you need to do when I got my used FP.