Honestly, I don't think you could go wrong with Snugtop, Leer or ARE. My personal experience with Raider, was not very good. Had the Raider on my 99 Tacoma and had constant water leak issues with the side windows. The dome light would constanly draw power from the batteries when it was in the off position. Back door wouldn't close right. When I bought my '05, I found myself in the same quandry as you, wondering if Snugtop was worth the cash. I really liked the look and features of the Snug but ended up buing the ARE Z series for about 250 less. Never had a problem with it.
need advice on 2006 Tundra canopy
Hi everyone,
New to the forums, I stumbled upon this site while researching canopies for my 2006 Tundra double cab. looks like a gret place to get some advice. Ive owned my Tundra for nearly a year now and love it, but after last hunting season, fishing season, and the day to day driving the kids around and going to the store, etc,,, I have come to realize that I NEED a canopy on the truck for all the gear that im constantly hauling and want to keep clean and dry.
That being said, I have read again and again that snugtop is the best. Ive looked at several, including ARE, Leer, snugtop, and Raider to name a few. Ill be honest, the snugtop has given me some serious sticker shock. The supersport here in Portland is $2400! Way out of my price range, so Im looking at the hi-liner with carpet headliner and flip-up front window, and Ive been quoted $1775. I hear snugtop is the best and strongest, but it seems to me most of the selling points of this line are absent on the models that are in my price range. The windows on this model are aluminum framed, it has no frameless door. My problem here is I want the best I can afford, but raider has the vagabond and holding the brochures side by side it looks like it has everything the snugtop cab-hi has, but goes identically equiped for $1100 bucks whereas the snug cabhi was quoted to me at $1705. I can get it with the yakima rack for $1350. Also ARE has their CX series that another place quoted me similarly equipped for $1039. Can someone justify to me how the snugtop is worth $600-$700 more than these others? All have aluminum framed windows and doors, dome lights, LED brake lights, carpet headliners, matched paint, comprehensive lifetime warranties, and some sort of fold-down/flip up front window giving me access to the Tundras power back window. All the snug dealer has shown me is the bottom of the door where it contacts the tailgate is plastic on these other brands and fiberglass on the snugtop, and the snugtop is lockable from inside the cab. Hardly $700 worth of features IMHO. He also said the snugtop is stronger and will support 300lbs on top, which he said was about twice what the Leers can handle, but I dont know how this compares to Raider or ARE.
It seems that alot of you think snugtop is the way to go. Im happy to spend the additional $$$$ to get the best and most durable product, after all i want something that will last me as long as I own the truck. I was just hoping someone could give me a good reason why thesnugtops are SO much better. Thanks for any help, its greatly appriciated.
New to the forums, I stumbled upon this site while researching canopies for my 2006 Tundra double cab. looks like a gret place to get some advice. Ive owned my Tundra for nearly a year now and love it, but after last hunting season, fishing season, and the day to day driving the kids around and going to the store, etc,,, I have come to realize that I NEED a canopy on the truck for all the gear that im constantly hauling and want to keep clean and dry.
That being said, I have read again and again that snugtop is the best. Ive looked at several, including ARE, Leer, snugtop, and Raider to name a few. Ill be honest, the snugtop has given me some serious sticker shock. The supersport here in Portland is $2400! Way out of my price range, so Im looking at the hi-liner with carpet headliner and flip-up front window, and Ive been quoted $1775. I hear snugtop is the best and strongest, but it seems to me most of the selling points of this line are absent on the models that are in my price range. The windows on this model are aluminum framed, it has no frameless door. My problem here is I want the best I can afford, but raider has the vagabond and holding the brochures side by side it looks like it has everything the snugtop cab-hi has, but goes identically equiped for $1100 bucks whereas the snug cabhi was quoted to me at $1705. I can get it with the yakima rack for $1350. Also ARE has their CX series that another place quoted me similarly equipped for $1039. Can someone justify to me how the snugtop is worth $600-$700 more than these others? All have aluminum framed windows and doors, dome lights, LED brake lights, carpet headliners, matched paint, comprehensive lifetime warranties, and some sort of fold-down/flip up front window giving me access to the Tundras power back window. All the snug dealer has shown me is the bottom of the door where it contacts the tailgate is plastic on these other brands and fiberglass on the snugtop, and the snugtop is lockable from inside the cab. Hardly $700 worth of features IMHO. He also said the snugtop is stronger and will support 300lbs on top, which he said was about twice what the Leers can handle, but I dont know how this compares to Raider or ARE.
It seems that alot of you think snugtop is the way to go. Im happy to spend the additional $$$$ to get the best and most durable product, after all i want something that will last me as long as I own the truck. I was just hoping someone could give me a good reason why thesnugtops are SO much better. Thanks for any help, its greatly appriciated.
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