Show me your shell!

love that idea, where did you get the big pieces of material from?

 

Home Depot or Lowes has it. It's basically bubblewrap, but works well for me.

 

awesome ty, definitely have to try this. did you do it so you can just flip it upwards and Velcro it to the roof?

 

I used some industrial strength velcro from Amazon. Cut to thin strips and placed around the edge of the frame, and matched on the reflectix. I also cut the reflectix to fit just inside the outer edge of the frame. I dont have the windoors tho so this may be completely useless to your setup. It came out perfectly fit, with an exacto.

 

sorry for the double post, couldn't find the pic...

 

Caps with the solid side windows, are they painted, vinyl, tint, solid or what? Is it removable?

After about 8 months of searching, I'm finally picking up a used cap for the RC next week. I'll be sanding and repainting it along with changing out the passenger windoor for one with a slider for the dogs but, I'm not sure about the driver side windoor.

Too good of a deal to pass up at $500, so I'm pretty comfortable with dumping some more funds into it to get it to where it needs to be.

 

Swiss cap

 

No, I didn't think of that idea. I will very rarely take it down anyway, so I'm not sure I will need to do that, but it's a good idea nonetheless.

 

Do you haul anything on top with the bars? I have a shell with Yakima bars and cant decide if i wanna leave em or not. Thought about mounting a basket on em but dont know what for.

 

The bars that are mounted to tracks like that are really quick to remove and install. I usually leave mine off, and then just throw them on when I’m hauling stuff. Takes less than 5 minutes.

 

I actually just bought them off another TW member, so I haven’t used them yet. They’ll primarily be for a Rocketbox I have and potentially an awning in the future. It’ll also be nice to have another bike carrying option with some fork mount trays. They are super slick to remove so I’ll just pull them off when not in use.

 

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Curious if I can change the side windows out for storage like on the contractor series shells?

 

Just got my new Snugtop Sport HiLiner installed, exactly 4 weeks after ordering:









Got a Bedrug installed at the same time:

 

My dealer installed the USB wiring harness this way:


Does your harness go under the shell and through one of the bed rail openings to get to the left brake light wiring?

Edit: Also looks like your dealer put a lot of RTV sealant at the tail end?

 

I wasn't watching the install, so I'm not sure precisely how it routes, but he did run both the USB brick and the dome light all the way to the battery. I was pleasantly surprised - figured they'd tap into the brake lights and I'd have to rewire when I get my second battery in, but they went the whole way.

Yes, he did. Not sure how I feel about that yet. There is a lot of excess, but it makes for a good seal with the tailgate closed.

 

I like your dealer better.

 

Yeah I drove like an hour away to get to this dealer - much better reviews than the guys down the street from me - and I was not disappointed.

 

I hung my roof rack for storage when not in use with 2x 125lb bike/canoe hoists and toggle bolts into the aluminum studs. Easy to use

 

How’s it holding up to the weather? Any significant leaking?