TFT Quote

[dmeyer07]

So i stopped in Toys for trucks yesterday and got a quote for a fiberglass tonneau by A.R.E. (www.4are.com). They wanted 856.00 for a cover for a 2000 dodge dakota quad cab (extra short bed 5.3') and were having a sale which brought the price to 815.00 (wow big sale huh)... they then went out and looked at my topper on the truck now, and gave me a quote of 200.00 for it.. it has some paint chips, and normal wear. Not fadded at all.

The new tonneau cover includes factory matching paint, and installed..

Does this sound like a good deal to you guys? 615.00?

Thanks

-David

[Jonathan]

Depends on if you want a pretty tonneau or a functional tonneau. If I were to get one, I'd look at the retractable covers like Pace Edwards, something that would allow me to roll the tonneau back use the bed of the truck for larger items, and put it back when I wanted weather protection/gas mileage. Cheaper than a painted fiberglass one, too.

[Bwcad1]

did you see the mythbuster espisod where the tested the tail gate down method and the tail gate up method? the tail gate down actually got far less gas milage than the tail gate up because with the tail gate up it cause a pressure build up behind the cab like an air bubble and as the air went over the cab it hit the bubble and flew over the tail gate. with the tail gate down it caused the air to go right down into the bed creating a negative pressure behind the truck. like a small vaccum. creating drag... and drag kills gas mileage!

[Justin from Detroit1]

Yes, that is an excellent price.

[dmeyer07]

Okay thank you, i'm not sure if i want to wait untill summer and let this topper i have take the winter beating.. i'd like to pay the truck off before i start buying new things for it.. bought it for 7 got it down to 4 in 1 month :) ... hopefully it will be all paid off in a couple months...

Thanks for the input

peace

[Jonathan]

"did you see the mythbuster espisod where the tested the tail gate down method and the tail gate up method? the tail gate down actually got far less gas milage than the tail gate up because with the tail gate up it cause a pressure build up behind the cab like an air bubble and as the air went over the cab it hit the bubble and flew over the tail gate. with the tail gate down it caused the air to go right down into the bed creating a negative pressure behind the truck. like a small vaccum. creating drag... and drag kills gas mileage!"

I saw that. Pretty cool. Engineers call the design a "locked vortex flow" now :) . Tonneau covers do improve mileage by a VERY small amount, but not enough to really justify the cost. For keeping stuff dry they're nice, thoughl

[JeremyC]

For keeping stuff dry they're nice, thoughl

Yep and for a few more bones you can tie them into your alarm, so now you have a dry secure storage.