Let's See Some Softoppers

Ah, forgot about the magnets. That takes care of that!

 

&&.. Softopper for the Win.. My dad truck other day. One of reason I went that route.

 

& mine today.

 

Bed bars for softopper still available. Made by HEAVY METAL OFF-ROAD. Will let them go for $350 to someone in this thread picked up in Long Beach, CA!

Truck is being stripped down and getting sold.

My new old truck "2006 double cab Tundra" doesn't have a topper yet and boy do I miss the softopper setup.

 

Just FYI, I finally ordered a Softopper after going back and forth for several years. Ordered last Friday Nov 24, dropped on my porch this afternoon. That’s pretty good. Black, shortbed 3rd gen. Hopefully I’ll have time to put in this weekend.

 

It dosnt take long @ all.. Jus Doo it..

 

Just finished installing mine a few minutes ago. Letting it sit in the late afternoon sun a bit, but getting the snaps on even in California December (maybe 55?) was easy. I’ll wait a few days and maybe move the whole thing forward 1/2-3/4”. Right now the back flap fits well enough but a tiny bit loose even though I have a tailgate bikepad on the gate. One tip for installation - the prep took longer than the installation itself. I had never removed my bed caps and after 8 years it was filthy under there. Cleaning things up, adding silver tape plus some butyl and some Silkaflex sealant took several hours. As far as the front flaps, the inner is just hanging now, but after I reposition it I might add the snaps to the underside of the front bed track which I had added, since it won’t be very useful for tiedowns covered up now. I think that location may be just right to get the correct tension in the inner flap.

 

Wondering how soft tops do in heavy snow/ice conditions. Any concerns?

 

I've had mine for 3 Canadian winters. I don't know what else to tell you

 

Check out post #7902. Pretty sure that’ll answer your question.

 

Had this Bestop for 1.5yrs. Working great so far.

 

Finally did it. BF sale. Was a bitch to install at 25 degrees but she's on now!

 

Gnarly pic
What brand is your soft top?
Does the ice damage the seal around the edges?

 

It’s a softopper.

 

Oh jus wait.. ill post some “Better” pic’s & thanx @ Jackn7 i usually don’t get any Street creed..

 

Ok ok didn’t go outside @ All yesterday, probably got 4”ish then switched to Rain & got over 1” of that. Then bout 6pm switched back to snow where we got 13” of wet Heavy snow by 7am when I went out. To deal wit it.

 

Because I was conducting a Real World “experiment” for you all.. I left All that on there. Normally would have cleaned that Gnarly wet stuff off from day before.

 

& jus like that Magic pulled out into street cleaned off & Good to Go.

 

That is wild! Confirm no permanent bend to the overhead support bars? The first couple photos look like the bars were caving in a little bit, but the last one looks like it sprung back.

 

Not bent. “Softopper” it Squishes down but comes back up with No damage. I had my dad’s truck one Winter & I’ve had several Big Dumps on it & same thing.. & this pic was this morning.