Pop Top Camper suggestions and thoughts o

Hey all,

So I have an 06 double cab that I’ve been looking to get a pop top camper on the back of. Looking to part time out of it 2-5 days at a time and take it on road trips. I’ve been debating building an OVRLND/Kit Camper style one that sits on top of the bed rails. Or I was thinking of getting an older slide in pop top, Four wheel camper/Palomino style.

The main thing I want is to be able to use the roll down rear window to make a pass through from the camper to the cab. I like that the OVRLND style you are able to keep the tailgate and it’s also considerably lighter. But slide in ones are probably made better than I could have done and have more creature comforts.

I was wondering if anybody has experience using either of these pop top style campers and what their opinions were? Or if anybody would just like to pitch in their two cents on my idea I’d love to have some feedback.

Also anybody have a FWC hawk on a double cab? How’d it fit and how’d the truck handle it? There’s one that popped up near me on Craigslist for relatively cheap.

sorry for the ramble but would love to hear back

Thanks

 

The seal between the cap and cab is going to be important if you want to use the back window. I've had several trucks with sliding rear glass and a 4runner with an electric roll down window. Made the inside glass and headliner filthy, twice as bad as just the drivers window. Back when a/c was a luxury i couldnt afford. So the drivers window was usually down. But still, seal it as best as you can.

 

Yeah that Is a big concern, I found this company that makes rubber accordian boots I was hopefully going to use. I’m hoping that’s going to be a good solution but need to figure out some mounting situation. Maybe some 3M adhesive

https://www.accordionboot.com/form.php

 

What do you mean pop top? Like a bed mounted pop up?

 

no sorry for the confusion, but like this https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ce1i2gTuH-f/?igshid=MDE2OWE1N2Q=

 

It really boils down to price, amenities, or the lack thereof, and weight. Nicely appointed pop-ups are usually pretty heavy and will need at least air bags to stop the sagging, and probably should have HD leaf springs, but then it will ride hard if the camper is off. I've been looking for a long time and keep getting discouraged, and the prices can be insane. I keep thinking a tow behind pop up trailer might be an option for me, and towing one of those is a breeze, not much more than a M/C trailer. Light tongue weight and won't tax the trucks brakes. If you pull the trigger we'll be interested which way you went, cheers.

 

Four Wheel campers are really expensive.

Even the lightest campers will feel pretty big back there.

For about 10k starting you can get a GFC style. That’s the extent of what I would do.

This is one I saw in Death Valley pretty sweet setup.