21 January 2009 - 20:45Tonneau Covers World

At Tonneau Covers World we sell tonneau covers, but we also try to help with resources where you can find out more about tonneau covers. We may not have the tonneau cover you are looking for, but we want to give you an opportunity to find what you need!

We’ll start with the definition of a tonneau cover:

A tonneau cover is a cover for the bed of your pickup truck. It is mostly used to keep your stuff out of the elements, but it also prevents thieves from taking your luggage or groceries….or whatever is in the bed of your pickup.

The styles of covers vary from the high-end one piece aluminum covers to the low-end homemade versions. Prices vary from around $100 for materials to make your own up to $2000 for custom-made truck bed covers.

Lets go through the different styles of covers.
Aluminum Tonneau Covers

Currently, there are two different brands of aluminum truck bed covers, LT Sport Extreme Flat and Lazer Lite. Both are very similar with the major difference being that the Extreme Flat is painted to match the body paint on your truck while the Lazer Lite has a tough black textured powder coat finish to match the black trim on your truck.

These covers were highly engineered and the design process is patented. We’ve heard from existing customers that these covers are better than any OEM cover you can buy. Prices range from $850 to around $1300. Both covers are designed for security, style and increasing your gas mileage.

They’ve tested their truck bed covers and found you can expect about an 8% increase in fuel savings. At today’s gas prices, that means you save about $.32/gallon of gas. In most cases, you can expect the tonneau cover to pay for itself in gas savings in about 3 years.