1st Gen camper shell buying info

You haven't seen the dude with one from Alibaba on his FGT DC?

 

I guess not

 

Toyota stuff carries a premium around here for sure. It doesn't look like a deal to me. A new one is ~9k, so if you are dropping that money, you may as well get a new one. My truck won't fit in the garage with anything taller than the roofline, so they don't make sense for me. If it did, I see the draw . A quick comfortable tent seems sweet. Plus my wife prefers sleeping in the truck to a tent for some reason.

6K seems way closer to reasonable. Something like that should be around 50% of its purchase price in my eyes.

 

That's @Lundy . I want to check theirs out in person sometime; I'm interested in switching over to one.

 

Damnit. I’ve been on a witch hunt for a camper only to realize it’s going to cover my rear chase lights.

That's a damn shame. I also realized today that I will no longer be looking for a camper shell. It's going to cover up my third brake light/chase light and I spent way too much money on that just to block it.

 

There’s always the high mount stop light on the shell to fuck with

 

It's not out of question. Just a matter if I'm willing to spend another 250 bucks just for lights that will be redundant lol.

 

Let's see em

 

Now that I’m looking at it I think it might contact the camper as well.

 

Uh, your wheels came off.

 

Pretty neat

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaMU_6sI3j8

 

I replaced my oem 3rd light housing like a month before I got my cap, I sorta felt the same way

 

If you knew how much of a pain in the ass it was to get the tires off the old wheels… first guy I talked to in advance didn’t end up coming in. Second shop took all day. 8 hour ordeal instead of 2.

 

Check out this item on OfferUp. https://offerup.co/ARRdmZyfOGb

White350

 

I'm not a fan of high rise, but I do like that style.

 

I changed my HSML lights to LED the day after I got my cap. I feel you both.

 

Not Mine: Bentonville, AR

ARE for AC Silver

 

That’s for Thunder Grey, not the Sky silver or whatever the normal silver was.

 

Also, that’s the same model I paid $400 for a few months ago

 

Its not Leviohssa, it's Levioohhsa.

 

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/d/redondo-beach-2005-toyota-tundra-white/7712846979.html

Thinking of asking this owner for his shell, any opinions on the shell? Is it for a DC? Can’t see what brand it is

 

It looks clean enough. All windows intact. Read my warnings and stuff to look out for here: https://www.tundras.com/threads/camper-shells.94096/#post-2379108

I'd shoot them a message and say, "Hey, if you're willing to part with only the shell, I'm willing to give you $600-800 for that alone on a no-hassle sale, depending on whether it has any cracks, leaks, has keys, etc. If not, I understand totally and thanks for your time."

Be sure to bring a pair of helping hands or two to help with transfer. Expecting the seller to help you with just the two of you is kinda a dick move. I checked with my seller in advance if he wanted me to bring extra hands and he was cool with the two of us transferring over.

I think $700 is a great median price. $600 is a steal for you. $800 is a good deal for the seller. I would probably pay up to $1k for that knowing the paint looks immaculate and is well-matched, it's a good brand, fit is good, all windows are intact.

 

There are also some Cali dudes who may be interested in that double cab pickup...

 

So THAT'S what my truck would look like with black rims....

 

Wheels. Rims are the edge of the wheel.

 

Reee-ums

 

$$$$ but it's blue for a DC in TX