All-Pro transfer case / exhaust skid plate?

Don't want to reroute the exhaust on my 2012 yet and from what I've read here, the only transfer case skid plate that will fit over the stock exhaust crossover (the moron at Toyota who came up with that should commit harakiri; I will gladly assist) is the one from All-Pro.

However, I have also read here that even that model doesn't fit properly on 2012s without some unspecified modification because Toyota made some changes that All-Pro hasn't caught up with yet.

Anyone successfully installed the All-Pro transfer case skid on a V6 2012 without problems or the need for mods?

 

I don't have an All-Pro but mine does have a pocket for the crossover pipe. Only problem I encountered was the exhaust pipe would vibrate against the skid and cause a loud rattle while driving. My solution was just to push the skid harder against the crossover pipe

 

Just reroute it.

 

What brand do you have?

 

Just reroute it like this. Its quick, cheap and easy.




If you really don't want to reroute it, then talk to Tyler

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/southern-california/215316-pelfreybilt-off-road.html

He's got a skid that will fit with out the reroute and it was designed for a 2012!

 

Re-route it an buy my skid

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...-pro-offroad-transfer-case-skid-modified.html

But seriously...if you are serious enough to want a skid to protect things, you will want it re-routed anyway because it catches on everything...

 

I'm concerned about voiding my factory warranty if I have that done. Should I be?

I bought the Tacoma based upon many positive reviews and its reputation. My first brush with that brain-dead crossover issue was while exiting on a very poorly designed parking lot exit that goes from a significant upward slope to a level road, an exit I'd taken many times with no issues in two different, low-clearance cars including a 1994 Ford Probe GT! I scraped bottom with my new "Off-road" Tacoma, looked under the vehicle, saw the crossover and thought something had come loose and dropped down. When I found out that this was a "feature," I thought "no f'ing way is anyone stupid enough to design that potential exhaust-plugging, strand you in the middle of nowhere weakness into an 'off-road' vehicle, especially not at Toyota." Unfortunately, there is.

 

Magnussen-Moss...The dealer would have to be able to prove that re-routing the exhaust explicitly caused the problem. So no, you have nothing to worry about.

 

same fit issues on a 2011. Skid hits the exhaust pipe and also the center holes need to be reamed out to fit the bolts.

 

Re the poorly designed exhaust. Mine was re-routed by the prior owner, who paid a shop to do it. It now looks a lot like a tuning fork. I think I get a little more vibe because of it, as compared to my nieghbor's stock exhaust. So Toyota might have been trying to avoid the tuning fork effect. But agree, what they did was definitely not the greatest.