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Old 01-30-2011, 08:20 PM
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Default Help with Camper shell

Tomorrow i'm driving 3 hours then 3hours back to buy a Leer 122 camper shell for $200. I need all of your opinions. It's going to go onto my 2wd regular cab 2000 Ford Ranger. Also it's black and going on my gold ranger.

Here's a pic of the Leer 122 camper shell the one i'm getting will be black
http://www.meiters.com/sitebuilder/i...22-468x276.jpg

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Old 01-30-2011, 08:26 PM
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its all in what you want, I drove 26hr straight thr n back from London, Ky to Allentown, PA to get mine.. mazda's are hard to come buy plus it was already painted to match my truck..
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Old 01-30-2011, 08:29 PM
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its all in what you want, I drove 26hr straight thr n back from London, Ky to Allentown, PA to get mine.. mazda's are hard to come buy plus it was already painted to match my truck..
damn.. 26 hours. I think i'd pass on that lol. but yeah i'm just wondering how it would look on my regular cab ranger. And brand new that cap cost's $1300 where as i'm geting it for $200
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Old 01-30-2011, 08:30 PM
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Thats a nice style and its a nice thing to have but driving six hours and paying $200 seems like a bad deal to me; especially since its not the color of your truck

maybe I'm just a little biased though I drove ten minutes to pay $40 for mine but mines not that great. So I guess it depends on what condition its in and everything.

Now that I saw Terry drove 26 hours 6 hours doesn't sound too bad anymore
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Old 01-30-2011, 08:33 PM
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Thats a nice style and its a nice thing to have but driving six hours and paying $200 seems like a bad deal to me; especially since its not the color of your truck
Yeah but the chances of me finding another shell closer and that price is really low. And if I was looking for the same color as my truck i'd be looking for ever. I may be able to get it painted for a cheaper price since I know a few people that own some shops but untill then i'm wondering on how it would look while it's black on my gold ranger. I live in a small town I could drive from one side of the town to the other in about 5 minutes or so lol. Just pull up christiansburg VA on google maps and check it out lol.
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Old 01-30-2011, 08:37 PM
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Yeah but the chances of me finding another shell closer and that price is really low. And if I was looking for the same color as my truck i'd be looking for ever. I may be able to get it painted for a cheaper price since I know a few people that own some shops but untill then i'm wondering on how it would look while it's black on my gold ranger.
lol now that I'm reading the other posts and the more I think of it maybe thats not such a bad deal after all, and you do make a good point aboat the color of your truck, that would be hard to find one like that. As far as the black on the gold I guess it can't look any worse than my current navy blue on bright red so I'd say go for it.
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Old 01-30-2011, 09:08 PM
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Old 01-30-2011, 09:29 PM
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voted yes cuz i just got one and i love it but i found out and you keep in ming that you may need a aal. mine sags pretty bad in back from it so im getting a aal
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Old 01-31-2011, 05:44 PM
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I drove three hours and decided not to get it so then I drove another three hours back lol. The back glass was scrached to hell, inside was mildewed and the weather stripping was coming off.
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Old 01-31-2011, 06:20 PM
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that sucks.
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Old 01-31-2011, 06:26 PM
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sorry man
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Old 01-31-2011, 07:00 PM
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sorry man
Yeah, all well only 6 hours of my life is behind me now. Any how I took the risk of not knowing enough about it and driving all that way to it.
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Old 02-01-2011, 08:12 PM
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Take a look at mine, it will give you an idea if you like it or not.





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