Tonneau Covers. Its time to get a Tonneau cover for my 00 Lightning. Anyone have any experience on the roll top covers? The dealers really praise "Rock n Lock". I am also considering "Specialty Covers" version but theirs is very expensive. Or are the hard top covers the way to go?

 

beautiful truck, but that license plate holder has got to go.

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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

'84 Alan Record Carbonio, Aerospoke wheels, Campy brakes.
'00 SVT Lightning, silver, G-tech Pro, JBA headers

alphadoggy@jetlink.net

 

Hey Silver_2000_;
Where and how much did the lid run you.
I got a price for $920.00
That is the whole thing including tax.
grip
carpet
installed


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00 White Lightning
Window Tint
Clear Corners
Sal's filter kit on order
2\2 Chamber Flowmasters
Bedrug

 

DFW Camper - I went without the grip. They are supposedly tough to keep aligned. Plus Dont have the numbers but think lid bed rug install and rug on lid was like ~$1100.00.

Alpha - I am not going to pay some ungodly amount of money to have body work done just so I can give a cop an excuse to write a ticket... But the way the rock chips and scrapes are building up I will likely have the Ground effects worked on in a year or so and will reevaluate the bracket issue at that time.

Doug

 

Doug,

They didn't put the license plate bracket on the front of my L, and I really don't want to put it on now that I have my plates. But in Texas we have to have something there on the front, right?

And what would the 'body work' part have to do with it?

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Pritch

'00 Silver Lightning
'93 Taurus SHO, BORLA

pritch28@yahoo.com

 

Pritch

Lets hook up and make some noise some time !!
The body work would be to fill the holes.

Texas says you must have front plate but it is a rare ticket.

Doug

 

MRBBQMAN, how is it holding up, is the vinyl fading and does it role up and down without any problems. I want to get it but not if it will look like crap in a couple of years.

 

Anybody know the difference between the snug-lid and ********?

 

JacsLightning,
Heres a pic of my L with a Snuglid. If you get the Snuglid, make sure to specify no trim and I also had mine carpeted to match the Bedrug. The carpeting they did was a perfect job.

 

I have a Roll Top Cover made by Pace Edwards. It is installed on my Dodge full size. It is the second vehicle I have had one on. Here are the pros and cons:

Pros:

If you need to haul something tall, no problem.
It has locks so you can secure personal items.

Cons:

Difficult to roll into the closed position.
The vinyl material fades to a dark grey really fast.
It is hard to keep clean, the dirt tends to collect in the vinyl cracks.
When stored in the open position, then unrolled, both of mine had a depression/dimple mark in the center of it.
You lose about a foot of cargo space in the front.
They do leak, in the rain around the edges, granted, not bad, but non-the-less it is not a perfect seal.
The aluminum anodized side rails fade bad very quickly. (anodized aluminum does not withstand direct sunlight very well).

Would I put one on my Lightning--no way. However, would I buy one on the next truck that I use for utility purposes, yes. The fact that you can close it, lock it and then unroll it to haul tall items is a very nice feature. But if you are looking for something to put on and have it look nice, then this is not the product for you. Hope this helps in your decision making.


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00 Red L, adopted 2/29/00. 2" AIM drop, Bedrug, Snuglid. 14.098 best ET
98 Red Dodge V10 4X4 quad cab.
96 Competion Yellow Corvette LT1, 13.97 best ET.
99 Arctic Cat ZR440 sno pro.
98 Polaris Super Sport 488.
97 Seadoo HX.
96 Polaris SLX w/PSI triple pipes.
97 Banshee completely tricked.
96 Polaris Scrambler.
87 Polaris Indy 600 SKS w/SLP 707 full mod.
RC CARS: Associated; RC10B3's, RC10T3, TC3. Lossi; XXCR Kinwald, XX4. Yokomo; MR4TC

peteb3@home.com



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i have the roll-n-lock /bedreg combo on mine. pace edwards does not make one for the "L". i like the fact that you can use the "L" like a truck and haul anything with it. it is very strong (you can stand on it), doesn't leak, really does it all, and ought to for 900.00.

 

Thanks Peter, all my fears were answered by you. I think I will start looking for a hard top that is flush mounted. I know *******'s makes a good quality top but I do not like them because they are not flush mounted and they are heavy. Anyone out there have any recommendations on a hard top?

 

Snuglid
www.snugtop.com

Nuff said



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Got Silver 2000 Lightning 2/28/00!!
1st run 13.9 sec 1/4 !!
Doug
Carrollton TX
drbdkb@hotmail.com
Had 87 Turbo Coupe traded for
92 F150 XLT 302, Put K&N Filter, cat back and Chip on 92 Still not enough.

Silver 2000 Lightning, Valentine 1, Snuglid, Bedrug and K&N Filter. Have Sals Chip and Filter on order, cant wait.