Tailgate gap, bed splitting?

Given I haven't even wheeled with the rack on and all I carry on the rack is tred, hi lift and tire no roof top I don't see how the bed could be splitting and I have total chaos stiffeners.

I'm curious is this just lack of consistency and even building? I know beds have been misaligned for others and the dealer told me they 'have a tolerance of about a half inch'

My driver's side is just shy of 5/16" gap vs 3/16" passenger side

 

That’s not that bad, I’ve seen worse.

Get some bed stiffeners which will keep the bed from opening more.

http://www.chaosfab.com/2016-2017-Tacoma-Rear-Channel-Bed-Stiffeners-48676

 

i have those already, had them long before the rack even went on.

 

Ok just saw that. If you’re really worried just use a ratchet strap across the two stiffeners to keep it together.

 

the thing is its not splitting from there.

If you look in the bed at where the stiffeners are you can see the bedsides moving away from that piece of metal.
That's why I'm wondering if this is just crappy manufacturing from toyota.

 

Mine measure 2.5/16 on each side.

 

Uhhhhh... 5/32?

 

Sure, if you don't like mixing decimals with fractions.

 

Teacher asked me "what is the difference between 1/2 and 3 quarters?" I says "Hell yeah, what the F is the diff."

 

There it is!

Only took 5 posts in this thread.

How about removing the stiffeners and reinstalling them? Could’ve been done incorrectly.

 

thats toyotas quality control i have owned tacomas all my life a went an looked at a new 18 every one had body line issues so went checked out nissan perfect bought pro 4an love it

 

The stiffeners were installed when the truck was practically new and lined up perfect.

 

OP, mine is that bad. Maybe even worse. I have bed stiffeners as well. I wonder if the tailgate can be adjusted left and right? Eh, it is what it is.

 

Quality control lacking on these new tacomas

 

Try using a come along hooked to a tree and to the tailgate latch on the offending bed side,and slowly pull it in a little,then reattach the bed stiffener.

 

Shouldn’t you be on clubfrontier then?

 

The OP said that wasn’t the issue, but I can’t see what else it would be

 

Maybe there is not any issue like some have already said.

 

2/16 of an inch difference is nothing really,now if it was a 2 million dollar Bugatti I would complain.

And the come-along fix I mentioned will fix the tiny gap.

 

Not overly concerned. Just never noticed it and wasn't sure if this was typical like the misaligned bed. Given one of the guys I wheel with had his bed split I'm just being cautious .