05+ Tacoma Tail gate reinforcement group buy

half of the PC orders went out today, other half are being boxed and labeled and will be picked up tomorrow.

 

Got my tracking number!

 

Guys mine will be up for sale when it gets to me along with the hood hinge light brackets I ordered too. So if anyone local is interested that didn't get in on the group by shoot me a PM we'll see if we can work something out. I tried cancelling the order by email and phone but got no response before I got the notice that my order had been shipped yesterday. My reason for wanting to cancel is that I'm trading my truck in Saturday for a 2015 Tundra Crewmax Limited 4x4. It is time to upgrade to a full size for more room for my growing family otherwise I would keep the Tacoma. It will be missed....

 

Got my tracking number

 

Whoops, sorry about that! Haven't been in the office this week much more than to print labels so I missed the message.

Yep, everyone in the GB (less the canadians) should have tracking numbers now.

 

Congrats on the new truck!

 

Im tracking….

 

Thanks!

 

Got mine on Monday. Been slammed at work and haven't even had a chance to take the box out of my wife's car yet. I'll post some pics tonight and plan to install it this weekend. I have my screws ready to go. Excitement!

 

I just got mine and it's already installed!!! I put a piece of weather stripping on the top of the tailgate. Pushed in on the cap with my leg and all of the screw holes lines up perfectly! Even reused the inner plastic liner (you need to cut off the alignment tabs). Great product, great fit, thanks for the group buy! I went with powder coated aluminum.

 

Nice! pics? That's exactly what I ordered. Did you manage to do this without scratching your paint at all?

 

Thanks for the positive feedback.


On another note, for the guys that had minor misalignments of the screws I went through yesterday and measured and updated my files. All I could find were a couple holes off by about 1/16" (.05-.06") so things were very close but not 100% perfect as was brought to my attention... now they should be from here out!

 

Finally installed my tailgate reinforcement piece. No issues of the hole not aligning up. The key is just start the screws a little then start screwing from the center toward a outward direction. I also trimmed the bump stop for the tailgate instead of drilling a hole for it like others have done.

BTW when I inspected the tailgate when I open it up, I saw some early stages of the tailgate already beginning to bend. Thank God I bought this part in time Thanks again Eric. I didn't get a Relentless sticker though

 

I read some guys did

 

Every order that leaves my shop gets a sticker with it....unless someone isn't doing their job right. If someone in the GB didnt get a sticker and wants one PM me and I'll send you one.

 

Ups said mine was being delayed by one business day...sadness.

 

PM ya

Mine was sitting in their local warehouse for one whole business day, then I got it at the very end of the next business day. Don't know why it had to sit a whole day considering the warehouse was only 20 mins from house

 

I didn't get a sticker, but that's ok.

 

Mine's supposed to be delivered today! WHEEE!! I'll probably post pix this weekend also. I've still not even put my emblems back on my new tailgate yet.