Drilling through the frame....need help

....no brainier when the no drill options exist, and are good options.

 

No drilling even one hole in your frame dude. Its unlikely you will ever need the frame replacement being in texas but you drill even one hole and you will not have any frame warranty after that. With Taco frames being what they are, I would not do that.

 

Thanks for all the responses. For those saying to line up the sliders with existing holes and just drill holes in the sliders, that's not how it works since the holes are pre-drilled. Not with the sliders I have anyway. That would have been nice though. I have the trail gear sliders. Coming in at $300 total (including shipping) they are a very inexpensive option. Welds look good on them but you can freaking forget about bolting them on. I would NOT recommend even trying. So for someone wanting to weld them on, it's a steal of a deal. For someone looking for a bolt on solution, keep looking...

I was hoping to keep these somewhat removable which was why I didn't want to weld them on. But yeah, at 5pm last night I phoned in a favor to a friend who owns a welding company. He hooked me up and knocked these out in record time. I'm pissed that they are somewhat permanent but VERY excited that instead of being a weak point on the frame they will actually strengthen it to some degree.

Thanks again for all the help guys. Everyone's willingness to help is what keeps people coming back to the forum.

 

Not true. If basic maintenance isn't done and it rusts through only at holes created by the owner they can deny coverage. The same thing applies to welded sliders. If the rust holes occur only at welds or behind a welded component they can deny coverage.

 

Ouch

 

So much in this thread. Glad OP got it sorted out.

Drill, no drill, weld - your truck your choice. I live in the desert and keep the undercarriage clean so I don't worry too much about perforated frames.

And yes, I drilled my frame.

 

No salt here in Texas either. My frame appears to be in perfect shape thus far even after 134k miles. If I lived up north I'd worry a bit more about rust and such but down here it's not that bad.

 

Up here in Canada, it's no problem drilling a hole in a Tacoma frame as long as the truck is about two years old. Heck even a hand drill will punch a hole through a frame up here.

 

Funny I had several Trucks the frames where repaired that both were bought back and some had the frames replaced.

Might be at the discretion of the Dealer Involved