How much is the tailgate? Ours got stolen =(

how do you check CL listings from 2.5 years back....

 

I just went outside and locked my pop and loc after reading this thread

I guess I'll be doing the hose clamp mod tomorrow

Hope you get your tailgate back...

 

He's been driving around for 2 1/2 years hoping someone will bring it back.

 

Another good excuse for buying a canopy.

 

serious, people are really not that observant sometimes....

 

same thing happened to me. paid just under $1200 because they dont come painted so your going to have to find a shop to paint it also. It sucks.

 

but your using current money value, back 2.5 years ago when this happened he would have gotten it done for less due to inflation...

 

Yep! You have me on that one....

 

CHECK DATES BEFORE YOU POST!

how on earth are people finding these old ass threads!?!?! haha

 

I'm guessing the guy that keeps doing it is just really good at reviving old ass threads.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/731-my-07-tacoma-stolen-2.html

I think it's just a cry for attention so people will look his cable lock pic.

 

Came across another one...you can stop it now.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/technical-chat/618-tail-gate-locking-systems.html#post1521071

 

you mean this cable lock ?

 

Well played sir.

But seriously, check the dates.

 

Try this:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pts/1637023784.html

 

just use a hose clamp..
but dont make it so obviously easy to remove (sorry dog tired), install it so you have to tighten it (or loosen it) from under the truck/between the bumper & body when the tailgate is open (cause that's how people steal them).
Guaranteed you'll never lose your tailgate..

btw-a pair of snip pliers will make short work of that cable, & "snips" are what most thieves commonly carry... (sorry again dog tired)

 

Well ASE we all know that locks are for honest people anyway. Any lock device including the hose clamp can be defeated. I feel the cable and hose clamp is cheap, easy , and just as good maybe better than the pop and lock devices

 

hey man sorry about the tailgate tht really sucks..do u still need to buy a tailgate cz i hve one for sale

 

i installed a gps in my tailgate so if it ever gets stolen i'll be able to track it down and whoop some ass

 

About two months ago someone stole my tailgate, and since they are quite expensive i delayed on replacing it... till one day i spotted this Tacoma with mine on there's! (he was too lazy to remove the terrorist hunters licenses sticker i had on mine) I ended up following him for about 5 miles hanging back a ways and noted where he lived. I debated for the next couple of days weather to call the cops or take matters in to my own hands... well i drove past one night and it was parked out side and decided to take it back, sure enough my vin on it! I did the smart thing and removed the sticker and de-badge it so that this guy would not figure it out. Then about 4 days later drove past again and there was his truck with another tailgate on it and it was not a brand new one so i figured that he had stolen that one also. So what did i do??? i took that one also, serves him right! I ended up using that one for target practice in the desert because i did not want to get in trouble for stolen property. Now i know that maybe his original one got taken from him in the first place and i felt sorry for taking that second one, but i felt like i was doing Karma's job plus payback is a bitch!