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

Awesome hack, love the mountain bike, very cool indeed.

 

Thanks! It is gone now though. The Taco replaced so that I didn't need to wrench constantly. I miss its goofy nature.

 

Did you have a Russian-looking helmet you wore with it?

 

Hahahaha!

Nope. It was a helmet with a rear view mirror because that thing was mutha fuckin' slow.

 

The Good:
Well got my grab handle installed. Thanks to all for the tips and tricks. I think it looks very close to the passenger side in fit and finish. Install time was about 15 minutes. It feels very stout. The community here had awesome instructiions.
The not so good:
I have had it for three weeks but would not install until complete. It came with two upper covers and no lower covers. The nut plate that came in the kit was for 8mm bolt not the 6mm bolts in the kit. Zero instructions other than found here.
The total B.S.
The total lack of communication. Sent emails as soon as I received the parts and crickets from Ktjo, she did not respond until I commented on an Instagram post. Every mistake reported happened to my kit.
In summary:
I am overall happy with the product, but will not buy anything else from KTJO.

 

On. Side note. This lil guy parked at my job the other day.

 

The handles really balance things out.

What a PITA, though. We want Tacos, not PITAs!

Regear?

It is amazing what can survive and thrive on the left coast.

 

Idk! I'd imagine. I couldn't find the owner though, everyone kept claiming it was theirs haha.

 

I would have said the same. Sweet Pickup.

 

Agreed! On both fronts.

 

It was hilarious. The fam played along well.

 

I dig the bike attachment!

a while ago I had a plan with a buddy to each buy the transaxle Ural or variant, stick all our gear into the sidecar, and ride through Asia, Russia, and then Europe, since the Chinese ripped off the Russians who reverse engineered the BMW OG when Berlin fell; the thinking was we could get service anywhere we went. It never materialized, but I still think it would be cool. Or maybe I’d be shot the first day. Either way, epic.

 

Thanks! A friend welded a plate on for me. It worked great.

That sounds like a fun plan. I never did a big trip with it, but I did with my other bike. Just great adventures.

 

He could in theory do a handle with similar styling as the passenger-side OEM handle, but with the shorter driver-side hole spacing and mounts on top of the OEM A-pillar trim. On installation, you drill through the existing push-clip location and thread a bolt in the lower bracket with the same type of clip nut we use now.

2nd gen hole spacing is 20 cm. 3rd gen hole spacing is 19 cm:



EDIT: This is how the 4Runner folks do it: https://www.4runners.com/threads/driver-side-a-pillar-grab-handle.10893/#post-203587
Put C0 suffix in lieu of B0 in the P/N to get the black-colored part: https://www.mylparts.com/oem-parts/lexus-grip-handle-7468060010c0

 

Did my final install. I was originally waiting for a different style clip nut because I didn’t like how the dormwn clip was 1/2” raised off the bracket. Another poster said they had to put a spacer because it sucked the panel away from the tweeter trim. So figured I give it a go with the dormwn. I also finally bent the top bracket with the pillar attached no handle, 14mm deep socket over threaded bolt pulled to center. I’m not happy how much I had to bend the bracket and you can definitely see the bracket deformed.

I added some rtv to the lower bolt sleeve that kept coming out. I threaded both bolts but snugged the lower bolt first while holding the trim in a way to minimize gap against rubber weatherstrip. Then snugged the top bolt holding the trim to suck up the gap at weatherseal and headliner. There was a slight gap along weatherseal near bottom of the trim and I just pushed the rubber past the dash lip

Since had the handle off I took pics of the covers that I sanded down the edges smooth and to try to seat it flush (along with strips off duct tape). Still not perfectly flush but definitely better.

 

I do wish I had a torque spec. I tried searching for the passenger side but was not successful

 

I pulled the door seal away from the A-pillar to get a better look at the edge. That step was in the early how-tos of the Subaru tweeter mod.

 

I’m not sure we are talking about the same (although I don’t have an idea what you mean and I never did the subi tweeter) the picture below I marked the piece of dash (just that corner piece really) that the door seal was on top of originally, I just pushed it behind to close to small gab from this oem quality/plug n pray pillar.

 

So i ordered some interior door handle lights from KTJO 4x4 a week ago and haven't received an email or anything stating that my order is being prepared for shipment. Only an email with and order number as soon as i clicked buy. Just wondering because its been well over a week now and nothing has been sent out. Thought id be patient but never bought anything thats taken that long to ship out and if so the company usually lets you know. Should i be worried?