I am just looking for a regular hard top cover, that lifts straight up(hinged)nothing fancy. To haul clothes, luggage etc. not necessarily tools. Anyone in Dallas area have experience with good, negotiable stores with prices(under $600)????
Truck is a 2004 Single Cab.

 

dfw camper coral has some nice covers, im not sure what they have 600> but they have a nice website that has their products on it

ps ive never shopped there, but ive heard their name come up here before, and ive seen their logo on covers all over dfw when i lived up that way

 

I'm in Fort Worth.

Undercover is good bang for your buck, but it might be slightly over your price limit.

There's another one called Armorlid, which is simliar to Undercover. It costs less than Undercover but is not as strong.

Other than that, hard lids are not that inexpensive and I don't know of any other ones below $600.

 

I called a couple of places an with installation, matching paint price will be around $750. Should I be looking for certain brands or made with certain materials??

 

OK, if it'g going to be painted, then it's a fiberglass tonneau cover.

For your price range, look at Jason. There are other brands in that range (Astro, Raider, etc.) but Jason is a pretty good product.

 

Are there some brands that I need to stay away from?

 

I live just south of Ft. Worth and DFW camper corral in Arlington is where I had my Snuglid installed. I highly recommend Snuglid, and DFW CC. I had my struts seize up after a beach trip once, took it back to DFW CC and got 2 replacement struts installed FOC. I learned after that trip that before I close the lid on the beach to clean off the strut shafts with some light oil and a cloth.

I have seen Jason fiberglass tonneaus before, actually I passed an 18 wheeler hauling a trailer load of them on a trip home from work one day, kind of got a good look at them. They looked pretty well made.