Show me your shell!

Ooh. That's not a bad idea either

 

Would be great if there was some way for it to be on a spring too, so that thing isn't hanging down to whack you in the head.

 

Sry for the crapy photo...
$600 couldn't pass it up, now for a rack, suspension ... Oh dear
* driving it home

 

Looks good. I can't find a used black long bed shell to save my life .......

 

The insides of yall's caps is so clean and fresh! Wish I could keep mine that clean...

Also, I dont know why I didnt think of that @Crom, brilliant. How would you keep them from rattling all the time? Those eye nuts are $$ and a bitch to find if I remember correctly.

 

Anyone have a photo of what wires are tapped into for the dome light/rear brake light harness? Thanks!

 

Wiring mine this weekend. Will take some pics for you.

 

Thank you! That would be awesome I won't be getting to it till next week anyway

 

I was drilling holes in mine the day i bought it to mount the tracks for my frontrunner rack.... caps need racks

 

Looks good and good find.

 

Thx. Only took a year of trolling Craig's list.

 

Ooh. maybe that was my problem, I tried for six months, gave up, paid out the ass ($2,400) for new.

I looked at the eye nuts. The issue with those is they are expensive as you mentioned, and they protrude over an inch into the cargo space in the cab. That may interfere with cargo loading and could hurt someone's head.

To fix any potential rattling of d-ring, put into bench vice apply tension to slightly deform the hinge. A hammer will work too.

 

I like the clean look of no rack, I would also never use it. I can fit everything I use inside the tuck...

 

I like the topper with a rack. I need it also. Kanoes, kayaks, construction material.

 

This is exactly what I did, except without those nifty black rings. Strung thin airplane wire from eye to eye and crimped them off. I also slid a small pool noodle/ foam tube over the wire and cut out little notches for where the I wanted the fishing rods to sit.

Works great.

Not a bad idea.. Could easily add a spring to the wire end (both sides?) and it would hug the roof better. Fwiw mine doesn't seem to bother me much with how it hangs

 

I like this idea as well, don't have to drill into top...

 

The way I did mine was to take a piece of blue painters tape and do a strip down the center from the shells brake light to the truck cabs brake light and find your center on the exterior top of the shell. Then make your measurements from there. I would not recommend drilling through the reinforced part you want your racks feet as close to the edge without being on the round part. you want it close to the vertical wall so the load is distributed over the bed rail and the strongest part of the shell. I just used bolts through the track with a large fender washer and nylon nut on the bottom. Also don't forget to silicon around the bolt where you drill you holes to avoid having any moister going through. I'll try and get some better pictures for you tomorrow.

 

Today I made a ceiling attachment system. Very similar to @DrFunker one shown earlier. I used wire rope, ferrule, home made captured brackets. I added loops at ends.

This is a nice mod, as it allows me to hang lightweight items from the roof, like fishing poles, clothes, wet stuff, etc.




I'm pleased with it. My almost 5 year old daughter immediately started hanging things. Good to have a helper.


Also, i could not find what i wanted in a home store so, i hand made these brackets. Made in 'Merica!

 

Got mine wired with some pics for you. Was not as easy and straight forward as I had hoped but it looks clean.