$75 eBay "tailgate reinforcement"

Anyone seen this?
What do you think?

edit: looks like Hooke road


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hooke-Road-Tailgate-Reinforcement-Steel-Plate-Guard-for-Toyota-Tacoma-2005-2015/124244662826?fits=Model%3ATacoma&epid=18038986221

 

Looks like it would work, also looks like crap. Check the thickness, this one is 1/16".

 

Looks like crap and makes my knees hurt thinking about crawling into the bed to grab something. I've got a couple of bags of paver sand in the back of my truck right now, I can imagine dragging them out over that with those bolt heads would probably elicit some words that the neighbor's kids don't need to hear.

 

Plywood would be more practical.

 

I think it looks like crap, on par with Autozone glue-on chrome.

 

Not sure why youd want to put a molle panel there. Sure you could attach stuff when the tailgate is closed, but when its open, that stuff is just in the way. And like someone else said.. thickness

 

Where's the strength in that? It's a flat sheet? If it was bent to fit over the top it would be a hell of a lot stronger

 

Looks like the bottom portion would get filled with dirt/debris and the only way to clean would be to remove the reinforcement panel. I'll pass.

 

wont do a damn thing for reinforcement.... flat sheet n all.

 

I was just looking at their bed extender. looks like is would catch all manor of thing
https://www.amazon.com/Hooke-Road-T...G3DQJXVXRQT&psc=1&refRID=66E2N8GX1G3DQJXVXRQT

 

Looks horrible. I'd put it under the existing cover. Not over it.

 

That looks like a class A knee destroyer.

 

I don’t understand the need for it. Tacos have a great liner already. What would be the point of that: a spider nest, gravel catcher, butt scratcher...I just couldn’t pick a more useless need for it.

 

Doesn't look like that would do much

 

Sounds pretty negative in here. The city boys with mall crawlers can’t even imagine what this might be for. If I designed one it would be about twice as thick and use countersunk fasteners. Also use a beveled edge so as not to catch when unloading bags of sand. Finally bring it up over the top of tailgate because that right angle would add more strength.

I used to haul round bales of hay and dry they weigh hundreds of pounds but wet it’s even worse. Rolled one off the back and that wimpy tailgate does flex in the middle, I know this from experience LOL so don’t find out the hard way like I did.

 

I've been thinking I didn't have enough crevices to catch dirt.

 

More import garbage from Hooke

lmao my favorite part about this piece of junk is the screws for the sides don’t even appear to have spacers or anything, so you’ll have probably a centimeter of just exposed screw threads.

 

This would be better and the cap rail below it. But, it adds weight to the tailgate.

https://mobtownoffroad.com/product/2005-2015-toyota-tacoma-tailgate-reinforcement-plate/