Re: [A/S] Deep Tinted windows - etc.

["overlander_64" <overlander64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings Patti!

I can only imagine the turmoil that you must be in - - my move was 
completed on October 1st, and I wouldn't have wanted to add a new 
vehicle purchase to that stress.

Prior to purchasing my Suburban, I towed with a K1500 Chevrolet Z71 
Extended cab with the deep tint windows and installed a Leer cab 
heigh topper with deep tinted windows as well.  I never had any 
particular problems seeing out of the truck through the topper - - 
and I only noticed a very slight reduction in what I could see 
through my Overlander.  The side windows were the one place that I 
often wished that I would have splurged for the units that flipped 
up from the outside so that it was possible to access the bed of the 
truck from the sides (so far as being able to see through them was 
never a particular issue).  If you have reseravations about being 
able to see through the center of the topper, I know that Leer 
offered the option of front/rear clear windows just for this reason -
 - with the clear rear window, it wasn't immediately noticeable that 
it didn't match the deep tint on the side window (I didn't have the 
option on my topper, but one of my neighbors did).  The Leer topper 
that I had attached to the bed rails with a series of three 
specialized clamps on each side and one along the front rail.

I too had thought that I might want to remove the topper 
periodically, but when I watched the two installers struggle with 
the final alignment and installation of the topper on my truck I 
decided it was something that I would never want to try to undertake 
solo.

I hope that you enjoy your switch from Suburban to pickup as much as 
I have enjoyed my switch from pickup to Suburban.  I have absolutely 
no regrets about my switch and wouldn't consider going back.

Good luck with your new truck and your pending move - - I know first-
hand how stressful the move process can be for a free wheeler.

Kevin D. Allen
WBCCI/VAC/Free Wheelers/Computer Club #6359
1964 Overlander International/1999 GMC K2500 Suburban (7400 
VORTEC/4.10 Differentials)
1978 Argosy Minuet 6.0 Metre/1975 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible (8.2 
Liter V8/2.70 Final Drive)