Ditching the tonneau

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I'm thinking about ditching my soft tonneau cover. I know it doesn't flow with the look of the truck at all but I REALLY like the semi-secure and completely obscured bed. I found a tonneau that is perfect for my future plans, but it is a grand without paint. I have an exterior mod that I want to do that will look kickass but I either have to wait for the new tonneau (that will be a ways out) OR go ahead and ditch my soft one.

Thoughts?

[myoung84]

So you can't do this new mod with the soft cover on? What about the undercover smooth tonneau cover? Will that work with your plans? It's a lot cheaper than the fiberglass covers and is still paintable.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

How often do you have something in the bed that needs protection from the elements? If not often or never, I'd say go ahead and ditch it

[(S.M.R) 101]

Might as well get what you want Dave. I think I might know the exterior mod, but I'm not sure..

[0212353]

I will never go no tonneau. I love mine, paired with the bedrug is tits.

[Graygoose]

I will never go no tonneau. I love mine, paired with the bedrug is tits.

winning x 2

[(S.M.R) 101]

I need to get on getting a cover for the bed..

[0212353]

part of me has been thinking of a different thing........but I can't bring myself to do it.

a topper.

yeah....there are a LOT of days that I fill that bed 2x to take headlights out for shipping.

So, I have 2 options:
1 - slow the f down on the freakin' lights............right.
2 - take 2 trips

Who am I kidding, I'm not putting an old man topper on my bitch

[myoung84]

I'd buy a little trailer before I put on a topper...

[Matt]

i've been thinking about that myself but not he old man style .. i've seen a few lifted with shells and they look pissed off

[myoung84]

Bam!

[0212353]

shit, I'd use the minivan before I did either. LOL

[0212353]

Bam!

wait.......thats hot! LOL

[myoung84]

LOL. Cheap advertising too...

[0212353]

yeah, but.....there are many other cheaper ways around it. LOL

sorry about the hijack!

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Alright, so I've been throwing this around again...

I'll go ahead and spill it as well. My idea is to take the bed rail covers and tailgate cover off, smooth them, and have them painted to match. I think it would be a very nice look. However, I know that if I put my bed cover back on it will eventually damage the paint, despite having a decent foam/rubber seal on the bottom to protect the bed rails.

Now, thoughts?

[0212353]

I like the idea for a show truck. for what that is a DD, notta.

[(S.M.R) 101]

I like the idea, never seen it done before.

anyway you could PS it to get an idea?

[DoubleTakeDodge]

I like the idea, but like you said, the cover will damage the paint over time. your truck would still look great w/o the cover though!

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I've decided to ditch the cover. I'll have another eventually, but the one I want is a grand without paint, so it may be a while.