What'd you pay for your shell?

Snugtop Rebel, about $3k OTD (incl. tax) with LED ceiling light, power lock, headliner, roof rack rails, and roof reinforcement. I live in the Seattle area, so prices seem to be higher than the national average. Going farther out (100+ mi) to more rural shops only saved me a few hundred bucks at most.

Glad I didn't, because my canopy had a LOT of leaks that took several shop sessions to resolve. I'm planning to sleep back there on trips so I need it to be as waterproof as possible.

 

Getting pretty much this exact thing but only one windoor and one side with petscreen b/c i have 5 foot bed and they dont make sliding windoors on 5ft bed . However, I am having them alos upgrade my tailgate lock so both camper and tailgate also lock with key fob!!

 

Are you sure? I was quoted for sliding windoors on mine and they never advised it couldn't be done. Looking at this post here... https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/leer-100xr-or-a-r-e-cx-topper.543227/#post-17575036 it shouldn't be an issue.

 

Thank you for this! I just called my dealer and he is going to look into it/ask leer and get back to me.(Thought he already had placed my order. , but then I wouldn't know about the windoor sliders).

 

Something to keep in mind with windoors on a shortbed (any mfg) is you won't be able to get as much ventilation back there. This was important to me as I'm planning to sleep back there. I figured the bed wasn't deep enough that I couldn't pull anything out.

 

Are you saying because the windoors you have don't slide open? Also, 5ft vs 6ft is not that much difference. From my experience with my last truck, It would be nice to be able to get stuff in the back of the bed without having to crawl in all the way.

 

Leer design is lengthwise, Snugtop is vertical. In both cases, you get reduced opening size over a slider-only window.

 

Right, I guess I figure it will be enough for some airflow with the front slider opened and I can always hook up some portable usb fans to move air around if need be. Just for reference: I sleep in the back of my truck alot for camping, old shell had a front slider window and that's it, no other windows at all. Didn't ever get to musty in there unless it was over 70 degrees which at that point I am awake anyways.

 

I got an ARE MX series back in June and paid around $2,200 (I'd have to look back for exact price) and that came with the carpet liner, sliding front window, and duel locking handles. Something to consider with the ARE's is the molding around the bottom of the shell on the ARE's could separate. On mine the molding separated between the cab and the front of the shell. The good thing is the shop I got it from called ARE and they are warrantying it no questions asked, so that's nice. It's been a PIA but with all that said I do think it looks nice when it is actually on the truck!

 

I've heard that about sliding windoors and shortbeds several times here. I wonder if it's a dealer or regional thing? But they do exist, here's mine:

 

Ive never heard of raider before! Seems like they are able to charge significantly less than leer!

 

What a come up that was!

 

Nice find!!!

 

Same exact shells that are made in the same factory as Leer. I shopped around between Leer, Century, and Raider (all the same). The Raider dealer was quite a bit cheaper for the same model.

 

Interesting! Looks like there are no raider dealers around me. I also ordered my leer already, just waiting for it to come in!

 

UPDATE: Just spoke with my dealer - said that windoors sliders are good to go, just put order in for one on passenger side and regular window w/petscreen on driver side. Now to wait a month for it to come in.

 

What do you loose by buying the off brand? Warranty, available options?

 

Nice work! You’ll be glad to have the windoor

 

Warranty is the same. As far as I can tell, options are all the same as well. At least I didn’t see any that weren’t available.
My shell is a Raider Vagabong Elite, which is the same as leer 100xr.


They even use the same marketing photos and just photoshop different logos on:

 

Anybody got a recommendation for a shop in Northern California? Willing to travel anywhere in the Bay Area to the Central Valley and up to Sacramento. Thanks!