Buyer Beware: KTJO 4X4 Driver's Side Grab Handles w/ A Pillars, HUD, and Bowl Lights

Exactly. I’ve been on here and social media more in the past month than I have in a long time just trying to see if I missed something...

 

Ditto, paid shipping separately and chose priority mail and mine was shipped priority mail. If it is a manual process, that means she wasn't paying attention when printing all of them.

 

She's excellent with who owes what but can't seem to organize a party of one. I get where this is going.

 

FWIW, Sparks Toyota sells a retrofit kit using an OEM handle, but with an extruded U-nut (per the picture in the instructions) found here. Found some discussion over on Tundras over here

 

Sparks says

Additional Aftermarket Parts Included
1 - 1.5” long 1/4”x20 hex bolt
1 - ¼” flat washer
1 - extruded U-Type nut ¼”x20 in size

 

I 100% love the idea of being able to use OEM Toyota parts - handle and pillar trim. I wish Toyota had the same for the Tacoma. What I don't like about this Sparks kit is using SAE fasteners along with the OEM metric fasteners. Really? Any of you old guys like me remember having to switch back and forth from metric to SAE tools when working on cars back in the 80s?????

 

Thanks for posting this here. It’s hard to be sure of anything, and not everyone who preorders wants to burn time refreshing IG or FB because there’s no way to tell if your order is just a month late or pending a shipping surcharge or whatever.

 

When (if?) I ever get mine, I’m going to print this entire thread and make a papier-mâché grab handle effigy that I’m going to burn at a bonfire here in SoCal. Everyone’s invited.

 

Is attendance free or do we need to preorder a ticket?

 

Both/everything. Everyone gets different directions and times to the spot. Preorders fund the skunky beer but are served last or not at all with sand in their Solo cups.

 

Will you be performing your stripper pole moves at this event? Inquiring minds wanna know.

 

It’s always on the table.

 

Wait! The stripper pole is on a table? Or the negotiation is "on the table"?

 

Be sure to do a few one-arm pull-ups on the grab handle.

 

Current status and timeline for the curious:

2020-03-09: Ordered #208
2020-12-14: Received email request to confirm shipping info
2020-12-19: Responded to shipping info confirmation email
2020-12-31 15:55 PT: "ordered shipping" (usps priority) by my own will based on this thread
2020-12-31 19:08 PT: received ransom note for shipping
2020-12-31 22:16 PT: received email indicating an order on the way with a USPS tracking number
2020-12-31 22:17 PT: received another email indicating my "shipping" was shipped
2020-12-31 22:31 PT: received another email indicating my grab handle was shipped (tracking number also included)
2021-01-02 Sometime after 22:00 PT: Informed Delivery updated from "pre-shipment" to "in transit" ETA 2020-01-07

 

hey y'all, how does this hardware look? am I good or anything else recommended?

 

Is the nut an M8 with M6 bolts? Looks too big...

 

Looks like you have the wrong sized clipnut. Welcome to the club!

 

Wonder if this was shipped out before or after she finally realized m8s were put in the kits... if after, it blows my mind that she didn't look into options other than Toyota of China to rectify the issue before shipping the rest out. Also wonder if the ones after will still need to request an m6 through her exchange email... I feel like it might be too much to ask of her to make note of the remaining incorrect ones so she has less emails to go through.

It's funny that a little QA/QC and communication could have prevented the influx of emails that she so obviously can't keep up with.