Peragon hard bed cover

[Sfarris]

I just installed a Peragon hard bed cover on my 2003. I had a Roll-n-Lok on my 2000 Ram, and changed brands- too pricey, nice line in the vinyl top after less than a year of use.



The Good: The Peragon is collapsible, still too new to open easily. Locks, and appears weatherproof. No vinyl toplayer to wear out, and the fit and finish is very nice. Currently, a cheap price- under $500 or so, delivered. This is half the RollnLock, and a couple hundred the Pace Edwards, with much better quality, IMHO. The directions are written by someone whose native tongue must be Swahili, but I did get it on in a couple of hours- no cussing, no drilling, 3 tools. The entire top is removable and lightweight enough to take out of the truck, without removing the rails, if you need to haul a bigger load. It will fold up to about 6" in the front of the truck. Locks easily, leaves the tailgate open.



The bad: Needs a second locking mechanism to lock the tailgate, not compatible with toolboxes. Or Mopar Bed Extenders ( if anyone wants to buy one with less than one month, 1700 miles on it, let me know!) The bottom of the mechanism runs a bar across the front of the bed, which will have to come out before the whole bed can be used for hauling. This part comes out easily, however, with two wing nuts. The cover can fold up and stay out of the way without this piece, so you can still use your whole bed if you need too.



All in all, I would recommend. Bumming about the bed extender though!

 

[CPH]

Bed cover

I've had the Paragon for about a year. It does not keep all the water out of the bed, but is good enough for me. I put a lock on the tailgate handle(Pep Boys about $30. 00). it will bend if you let 25 inches of wet snow set on it. The good news is you can bend it back or buy a new panel for each one that is damaged. Very secure when locked. Easy to use but install instructions written by a one eyed dumb guy. For the money you can't beat it!



cph

 

[bkroupa]

I'm considering one of these, still happy with it?

 

[Sfarris]

Well, kind of. The locking panel went bad, which meant replacing two panels- $60, since it had only been a month out of warranty, they gave me a discount. Yes, it still leaks, although i did call and get info from their very helpful tech support to make it line up better- requires some shimming not in the package. The left shock is now bad, less than 2 years after purchase.



Much less in cost than other hard tops, and easy to take out if you need more bed room.



I bought an electric lock for the tailgate, which tied in very easily with the door locks, for about 70 bucks. Not a bad setup for the price.