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Have a small pickup and planning on building a topper from tubular steel and aluminium sheeting. Sealing is my only issue.

From experience, spar varnish looks nice . However, put a coat on every year to maintain it .because if the topper is left out in the weather , it's going to flake...( this isn't your grandpas spar varnish to use on a boat). They have taken a majority of (toxin) chemicals out . Basically pulling its teeth... a better choice is to fiberglass it .. Nice looking topper ...👍👍👍

Awesome build

Badass, Bob

I'll send picks I haven't started but oh I have ideas

Awesome build Bob! ❤

Great Job!

I fish a lot of canyon lakes in Colorado. How do you manage the spray?

Nice work. What did it cost you? It's nearly impossible to find a great condition shell for 03 SR5 Access Cab for under a grand.

Good job. My design cost less then 200 so far. th-cam.com/video/8nBXaCwk4Qw/w-d-xo.html

Really enjoyed. Great job @

People charge $50-200 for nice used fiberglass toppers all the time. Nice job building this but people practically give them away for anyone interested.

What you use to seal the wood?

Awesome!!!! Thank you.

I know this is fairly old, but I wanted to give you some firm info on whether its required to have a 3rd breaklight for the benifit of any DIY guy or gal out there wanting to do this: The answer is yes, but no. Federal law requires caps that are sold by dealers to have a center stop lamp if they (the dealers) install the cap, and the cap would obstruct the original stop lamp. HOWEVER you can buy caps without them, and install them yourself. You can also make one DIY and install it yourself. Because the owner of the vehicle is not, by federal law, subject to the part of the law that requires replacing inoperable stop lamps. TLDR: If you install a truck cap that would block your 3rd break light, you are not required to put one on the cap. Only companies that manufacture AND install are subject to that part of the law. Link to NHSTA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) Saying exactly what is mentioned above: www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/15737ztv I would like to comment that its a good idea to have one, but if you aren't absolutely sure you know what your doing, do NOT mess with vehicle wiring. As an electrical engineer I'm here to tell you don't do it. It's dangerous, you could seriously harm or kill yourself on live wires (yes even your break light wires) or more likely, you'll fry your vehicles internals. If you really want to get a 3rd light, get a mechanic to do it for you, or at least be present to instruct you.

thanks for sharing Bob!

Bob, They Steel your Tools by Removing the Pins from Your Hinges… thanks.

Why is boomer whispering. The ad before was twice as loud. And it’s on max volume

Uncle Bob, dude🎉 ill be doing this! Way cheaper than buying from leer here inthe USA

I'm going to build one of these for my Ford sport trac's since they didn't make very many bed caps for them this would be killer to have for winter camping

How long did it take you to build camper top?

Didnt know you guys got the hilux in canada

hello bob

Great job on the design and construction of the topper. I might have fiber glassed the whole outside so as to protect the plywood and then painted or varnished over the glass. Do you sleep inside the truck bed and if so have you given any thought to installing s insulation boards to both firm up the side panels and to provide insulation?

I enjoyed your video.. your Canadian A guy from Brampton Ontario 😊 Cheers

Nice work! I've been looking for a DIY topper for my truck to keep the dogs. I'll also add plenty of sound deadening/insulation as well to keep the road noise down. Thanks for posting!

You can polish the rust on the hinges down with a green "Scotchbrite" nylon dish cleaning pad. Then, I would car wax over them, to prevent any new rust. cheap and easy

Wow this is great thanks for making this tutorial really helpful gives a lot of confidence for me to try it myself

What is weight of shell?

Great video! Where did you buy your locking door handles?

Thank you for your geat video, what means did you use when cutting and drilling the Plexiglas to keep it from cracking?

Have you patterned this design? It’s incredible! Your additions are genius! ❤

Good video..

Good job too many insignificant details though

Great idea what you have done. I thought about building one like that only covering with the white plastic like material that you see in restaurant bathroom.

Very nice! How was the trip in Mexico? Any problems?

Cool! Now that’s an amazing barn!

I just got my short bed silverado truck topper estimate at 3500 bucks for some fiberglass, Gonna build my own out of ply and pine.Thanks

I have been planning to build a frame like that inside my fiberglass topper, there's nothing to hang anything and to strengthen the top for a rack on top

Thanks for sharing. Now, I'm thinking of building my own for our 2023 Tundra.

I'm just going to Gorilla tape the whole thing🤔

Why did bed cap shells fall out of favor? We always had one, never interfered with using the truck, extremely usually bad weather, shipping, etc.

Very nice job

Excellent build

Glad you used polycarbonate/lexan for the window instead of acrylic/plexiglass.

Great job bro , i am in the process of just building one for my Isuzu D Max Diesel 😁😁🤘🤘

Nice work 👍

How'd you get a Hilux.... In Canada

You get extra thumbs up for the "what is that- $20 US?" 👍👍👍

I am SO going to copy this (with maybe a modification or two)!