Pickup truck accessories vary from purely functional to art in motion. Then there are all the options that are actually a combination of function and looks. Why don't truck manufacturers provide all the parts anybody could ever need?

Well, the target of what truck owners want is a moving target. That's partly because uses for trucks continue to evolve. Then the style that's popular evolves as well. Then parts suppliers continue to invent and innovate and there's a ready market for all kinds of different ways to make your truck a little different.

It may be higher, lower, bigger, smaller, who knows what appeals to whom?

Practical examples include pickup bed covers. That's a natural addition to protect cargo and protect truck paint as well. But how far to go with spending for a bed cover? A cheap soft cover does most of what a cover can do. But if you want more security, why not a retractable metal cover? But is there really a need for a remote control electric retractable cover? Must be, since they sell regularly.

Then there are the truck lowering kits, the ones that are invisible from the bed. How practical is it to have a vehicle that sits three inches off the ground? Not too... But then who says it's practical? It is about look and attention and just seeing what can be done... Let's face it, much of what happens to pickup trucks goes far beyond practical.

What happens to pickups is largely an art form and a way to make a statement.

Pickup truck accessories tailor trucks for any practical purpose you can devise for a truck. But much of what happens to pickups is pure fun. It is art in motion or maybe not even in motion. Maybe it's just art in sheet metal and it doesn't even move much. Let it continue. The truck modifying is all good clean fun.