CATALYTIC CONVERTER SHIELD FITS 2016 - 2023 TACOMA

There are two different places to buy it. Curious which one did you order it from?

 

From Caliraised

 

Caliraisedoffroad or Caliraisedled? Two different companies. More here:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...2016-2022-tacoma.784146/page-24#post-28288605

Caliraisedled started this thread so will see our posts.

 

Caliraised offroad

 

Good to know. Seems like Caliraisedoffroad is having more issues than CaliraisedLED.

Hope they come through soon. Best of luck!

 

LED is the manufacturer. Offroad is a reseller, as I understand it.

 

My understanding (from another post) as well. I bought ours directly from CaliraisedLED. Lead time is still listed as 3 to 4 weeks.

 

Bummer. Offroad and LED were partnered at one time, but LED parted ways when offroad was causing issues for customers. Due to some legal loophole they couldn't require offroad to not use their name, so offroad continues shit services and LED takes the reputation hit.

 

Have the fitment issue been fixed?
Hear there were a lot of people.having issues

 

I think they should make it right for everyone that has purchased this product. It appeared that they took care of the passenger side not to touch the rubber hoses, but haven't come out with a solution to fixed the driver's side rubbing the catalytic. Mine rattles as well.

 

I ordered a set for my 2019 DCSB SR5 12/23/22 and received them 01/28/23.
No issues with fit or installation.
Good hose clearance on passenger side and at least 1/4" clearance on drivers side from cat to shield.

 

Good to know. Mine was the first batch that came out.

 

Wondering as well about the clearance with the cat.

 

I ordered a set last week. It says 3 to 4 weeks. I will watch fitment as I will be servicing my truck and installing these after they arrive.

 

Man, I'm a little bummed to hear this. I've ordered almost a month ago and am thinking that if I would have waited that Caliraised is going to fix the design and the fitment on the drivers side is going to be addressed. I guess I'll just go the route of trying to modify/use washers and hope it doesn't rattle. Sure would be nice if this wasn't an issue b/c the product is nice and the price is fair.

 

Finally some good news. Will pick up tomorrow

 

So what's the concensus on fixing the rattle? I didn't notice it before but now its super annoying.

 

Finally got mine put on tonight. Passenger side seemed to go smoothly. There was clearance to the hoses but I added edge guard to that part of the cat shield anyways. I also added washers between the frame and the cat, on the security bolt holes, just in case.

Driver side was quite a bit trickier to install since there is a brace bar or something going over the cat. It makes sliding the shield on much harder if you are doing this without putting your truck up on ramps. I had to remove a bolt on the brace to give it just enough wiggle room to get the back side of the shield over the tranny bolts. If I had more room between the truck and ground it would have been a non-issue. Also put spacers on the security bolts between cat and frame to try and preemptively solve any rattle issues. Driver side cat shield touches the cat heat shield. I haven’t driven the truck yet to see if anything actually rattles or not.

Overall so far I am very pleased. It looks good, seems solid, and gives me peace of mind about my cats being stolen in the blink of an eye.

 

Where is your rattle coming from specifically? Did you use additional washers as spacers?

 

"Driver side cat shield touches the cat heat shield." That's very concerning, especially since you mentioned that you already added spacers. Is that the case for everyone else?

I'd like to hear from @CaliRaisedLed to let us know if that's normal/expected.