My DIY bed cap

[Benbean66]

My son helped me pick the top up and put on a borrowed set of saw horses. And this morning I got the driver's side latches installed. They seem to work pretty good.

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[IzzyO]

Impressive. Will love to see the final product.

 

[Benbean66]

Impressive. Will love to see the final product.

Thank you. Me too, haha!

 

[S3th136]

Looks awesome. Great work

 

[Benbean66]

No pictures today, but I got the passenger side of the top made up and welded together. Hopefully tomorrow I can have my son help me put it on the Jeep for a test fit.

 

[Benbean66]

Test fit day! I absolutely love it. I have to make the tailgate yet, along with lots of little things and fine tuning.

 

[Stuntman Mike]

That looks fantastic!

 

[Rocksalt]

No major updates. We got a "new to us" rescue and he is a handful, so leaving him unattended is not really an option right now, lol! I will hopefully get some more done this weekend.

a blue pittie!

 

[Benbean66]

a blue pittie!

Yuppers! He is an amazing dog. He has his fair share of quirks, most likely from his previous "life", but he is a big beefy baby.

 

[CoachA]

Bless you for adopting. Your homemade cap is stunningly impressive.

 

[bucolic]

Test fit day! I absolutely love it. I have to make the tailgate yet, along with lots of little things and fine tuning.

Really impressive!! What a lot of work! Makes $4k for a Smart Cap look like a deal after seeing how much work is involved. Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[Benbean66]

That looks fantastic!

Thank you. I wanted it to match the lines and angles of the Jeep, and be purpose built for what we do. There will be a lot of little things going on once I get a little further along, which I'll do my best to show via photos.

 

[Benbean66]

Really impressive!! What a lot of work! Makes $4k for a Smart Cap look like a deal after seeing how much work is involved. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Haha! Agreed, but I knew it would be a lot of work, and I couldn't justify spending that kind of $ on something that did not check all the boxes. I have a buddy with an RSI, and I didn't like how the lines of the cap didn't match the lines of his soft top. The CX tops are nice, but only if you have a hard top, IMO. That, and I wanted a lot of ventilation due to traveling with the dogs. I have yet to find a top that offers front and rear ventilation, with the exception of the screened back window on my Softopper. I will also be adding some sort of grating to the windows for more security (keeping the dogs in) while parked for the night.

 

[Benbean66]

Bless you for adopting. Your homemade cap is stunningly impressive.

Thank you. He's our second rescue, and despite being a handful (he's roughly 18 months old), he is such a a sweetheart.

 

[RubiNewbCB]

Test fit day! I absolutely love it. I have to make the tailgate yet, along with lots of little things and fine tuning.

Time for a collaboration with MULES to build a production line for your aluminum version and his fiberglass popup version. Add some more competition to the saturated overland market.

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