Building A 4x4 Truck Camper | DIY Hard Side Pop-Up

I finished building the hard side pop-up for my truck camper. The pop-up is built of DIY composite panels and mounted to the camper with 5 drawer slides. Gas struts (AKA lift supports or air struts or gas springs) are employed to help lift the contraption. This was a big step in my camper project and I'm excited to be past it.

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[walterblackledge]

Very cool. I'm glad to see this project coming together and will love to see you two back on the road.

[cbeto]

Never seen a Pop Up before on a camper thats AWESOME!!👍

[flyovercounty]

Hi Matt - great idea for the guides and seal system. If you are planning to install a ventilation fan suggest you use a reversible model. Running it with the windows and doors closed drawing air in will pressurize the interior slightly to aid lifting the top. Running it “out” will help draw the top down.

[theangrypickleadventures]

Dude, you’re killing it! Absolutely love your build!

[jacklandismcgowan]

Great thinking on using the drawer slides for the pop up top as guides.👍😎

[onourwayeverywhere]

Really impressive work!! So many creative ideas to make it work.

[Raggedcampers]

Making me think back to when I watched your first Fiberglass video!! Looks awesome, a new era for sure

[natak]

Great!!! Glad to see a update on the progress!! Thanks for sharing.

[mikeahern]

Amazing design, planning, and workmanship Matt ! Looking forward to seeing the next phase!!

[felixcat]

Its a real pleasure to see this outstanding camper coming to completion.

Your meticulously precise attention to detail and superb craftsmanship are evident wherever one's eye rests.

This will be one of the strongest and lightest pop top campers, reinforced and sealed on every surface, providing years and countless kilometres of comfort wherever you park.

This is one of the best Travel Cabin's I have ever seen, thank you for sharing your phenomenal build.

[yeahman]

So great to see yall are doing ok and great to see the camper take shape

[GrantRTanner]

Awesome update. Indefinitely admire hard sided pop-up campers. Your camper is awesome!

[TeezerDriz]

Very clever use of drawer sliders, i love it. Gas struts are a super idea too, much easier to fit than a cable/pulley/hoist system.

[franklinbrown]

Glad to see your progress! Well engineered and thought-out design and process. Looking forward to see the completed product. 👍

[judyrobertson]

I’ve watched this build probably three times every time I’m amazed how you figured that out but what you’ve done is something I want to do I just haven’t figured out that one thing until now. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless you and yours.

[sideburnie]

I was planning on a very similar seal on a pop-up design i was considering and it's very encouraging / inspiring to see somebody actually pull it off so well with common hardware. I hope you're stoked and proud of the build.

[johnp]

love the hand made quality, ingenuity, and originality.

[quartamile]

Incredible!! Wow, thank you for sharing all the details!

[ThatJakeWorldWide]

Good to see an update on the build, its looking killer!

[chingon_grandpa]

Sweet set up..excited to see the end result, not mention the coming adventures