Skid plate bolt size?

How many times do folks need to post M8 x 1.25 for you? Get at least grade 5, get a few different lengths to see which will work best for the thickness of your specific skid.

 

Look bruv everyone is saying sizes but how am i sure this will fit on my shit huh ? thats why i keep asking is this for third gen skid plates and if no one can help then fuck all of it then.

 

Welcome to the forum. Good luck. You'll need it.

 

This is the small ones. there is 2 that are larger as well.

 

@scocar - Sorry, I sent him here from a 3rd Gen thread. I tried looking it up, but my suggestions weren’t appreciated. You were right though, its the right size.

 

Well this thread helped me because all the bolts were broken off and skid plate missing before I bought my truck. Torch and left hand drill bit time

 

What skid plate are you installing? Just put the last of my Mobtown set on not too long ago, will be posting a ‘17 OR pie tin there soon for a pie tin price!

 

Who said an old thread cant be revived?

 

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I was curious if anybody here knows the answer. Just pulled my stock skid plate off my 1st-gen TRD. I have all six bolts, but one of them is not a stock bolt (cheap Home Depot bolt).

I wasn't paying attention to which ones were the long ones and which ones were the short ones. Does anyone know off the top of their head which ones are which?

 

put the short ones in first, if you don't get enough turns then use the longer ones

 

The best way to be sure would be to get under your truck and take one of the stock bolts out. Take it to Home Depot. In the hardware aisle with a million screws and bolts, there is a little shelf with a bunch of different sized holes with SAE and metric threads. It exists solely for people to bring bolts in and determine which size they are. I'm betting they're M8 x 1.25 pitch. Find some bolts in the same aisle that match what you have.

PRO TIP: Buy a thread tap like this one (just make sure you get the right size) and a universal handle, and clean the threads out before installing the new bolts under your truck. Then, get some

$7 Permatex 81343 Anti-Seize Lubricant, 1 oz. Tube , White

anti seize lubricant, and coat the new bolts before reinstalling.

 

here is an aftermarket equivalent to the OEM stock bolts avail at LOWES https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-1-...phate-Hardened-Steel-Metric-Body-Bolt/3013022 the head will be 13mm not a 12mm like oem