Bed Tie Down Hooks gone bad

A couple of weeks ago I was at the dealership with my truck and i was talking to some of the people who work there about some stuff, so then i told them that two of my bed tie down hooks wont stay in the rails. So they looked at them and said that they are shot, "they seized up" is what the guy said to me. So now i only have two, up until today, i tried to use the last two hooks i have and another one "seized up". So now im left with one hook. I also asked the guy how much for new set and he said 100 dollars, i couldn't believe it, i wasnt gonna spend the money but all of a sudden i need those tie down hooks in the bed. If any one has a non broken set of hooks for sale please tell me because i dont want to spend 100 dollars on hooks. Plus the guy said at the dealership that they break from people over tightening them which is what my a$$hole friends did. This is a venting, warning and searching thread for me

 

Dude, buy them here. Don't bother going through your own dealer.

This thread reminds me I gotta go get mine outta the bed of my truck before some fuckstick steals them. Oh well, its 40something outside and to cold for me.

They are $17 each for the bed cleats at the link, $17

 

that sucks man, sorry to hear that

you can get them here more cheap

http://www.trdparts4u.com/PD-PT785-35050-S1.aspx?MakeID=1

and this mini tie downs

http://www.trdparts4u.com/PD-PT278-35075.aspx?MakeID=1

 

beat me to it hehe

 

dude its the temp same here which is great! you better do it before you forget

 

Dam, good find 05 and Ed!!

 

i never carry those in the bed, i carry them on the compartment under the back seat....

 

dress in all black go to the stealership and steal some from them!!!lol j/k that would be wrong!

 

thats where my broken ones are, not sure why they are there

 

Its to cold for me man. I woke up and there was ice on my windshield

On a side note, Colin I think I'm getting the same lights that you have on your bullbar for my truck. lol

 

Great minds think alike

 

funny thing, i was there getting my oil changed and i went looking at the new tacos and all doors were locked excepted this one and it had the cleats sitting in the drivers seat, i was thing about taking them but my truck was in service and i would have to walk across the dealership and across the showroom building where they would see those new cleats in my hand, oh well lol

 

Really Alex? i bought my truck with them on, but i do know what my brother saw them for sale at pep boys, but awesome man, their good lights and bright too! THis morning i saw ice on my truck like normally for the past 3 weeks but this morning i found what looked to be snow flake marks on my winshield and covering my roof, snow rocks!

 

it may be blasphemous for me to say but try and get a set of tie downs for the rail system from a 06 or newer nissan frontier they are built from metal and seam to lock down much tighter and when i had my frontier in 06 i used them alot hauling wood and pipe with rachet straps and never had a problem my tacoma as soon as i go to use a strap with the tiedown that came with my truck they slide even when tightened down

 

Yeah man. I was lucky enough to get the free set from Automatcentral, should be here any day now. Itll be nice to have some extra light when im out in the woods or the country

 

would they fit?

 

yeah man, but one thing is that they are a pain in the a$$ to adjust

 

they should fit the frontier just has a little heavier track system if i could have my truck with the rail system from my frontier i would love this truck even more plus the frontier had rails in the bed floor also worked great for taking my friends cbr 1000 to the shop

 

That does sound pretty cool, why did ya get rid of the frontier?

 

because i got the bright idea to get a VW gti and spend way to much money on makes 300hp but that and the frontier had crap gas mileage