Hesitant to purchase a topper

Another issue is the price has gone way crazy up on these camper shells.

 

Umm pretty sure you should able to drive with your mirrors with or without a cap.

 

Oh for sure. Nothing is safe from someone determined to steal. That goes for anything in my truck or my house. Best you can do is make it too inconvenient to steal easily. So far the shell has accomplished this for me, but I know that latch won't beat a crowbar.

It does bring me some peace of mind to know it's *probably* safe though.

I also really like the look of the truck with a shell on it. Super jealous of the RSI SmartCap, Alu-Cab, and GFC owners on this forum. Maybe one day.

 

Pertaining to the security side of things, when I have expensive things in the topper on my ’02 I still cover them up with a canvas tarp. My thought process is that a thief is less likely to break into the topper if they can’t identify anything of value like a chainsaw or a mountain bike.

 

nice wheels!

 

haha. almost as nice as black on red.

 

Welcome to TW!

 

thank you! Appreciate that. It’s a great forum with a lot of knowledgable people onboard.

 

Yes it is!
What size are your tires?

And you’re welcome!
Glad your here.

 

285/75/16. yours look to be same?

 

yes the same!
Cool I gotta figure out lift and backspace etc. haven’t really cared it’s all worked fine so far. I’ve done lite off road no rubs. Mine is all spacers I’ll change it if I keep it.

 

Indeed, welcome to the club @jerrybear.

 

thank you gentleman.

 

i sent some quick info on the lift. learning how that works. let me know if you received it.

 

I'm all about the windoors. I've had 4Runners for the last 20 years so a camper shell was a definite for me. I like having stuff out of the elements. The only thing that I don't like is that it makes the little tires seem even smaller. Hopefully that will be fixed soon.

 

Get a topper and enjoy your truck

 

You had any issues holding all that weight or leaks

 

@nglescobar1992 fully loaded for camping there's some sag going on so I am trying to figure out what leaf spring option I should go with to fix that. No major leak issues but if I spray water directly on the shell a little water gets in. I have an MDO floor in the bed now so if there is any water, I don't ever see it. Maybe I should check underneath it from time to time lol...

 

My wife and I use our truck bed as a sleeping platform. We love our ARE Z series. I detailed a bunch of bed customizations in my build thread over on Expedition Portal.