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Tailgates the same?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Eveibz, Oct 25, 2020.

  1. Oct 25, 2020 at 3:31 PM
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    Eveibz

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    Are the 2021 tailgates the same as the 20s?
     
  2. Oct 25, 2020 at 3:33 PM
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    JasonLee

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    Did you break yours already?
     
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  3. Oct 25, 2020 at 3:35 PM
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    I don’t see why they wouldn’t be. I would think same from 2016. I pulled my bed extender from my 2013 and now rocking in on my 2020.
     
  4. Oct 25, 2020 at 3:43 PM
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    Eveibz

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    Haha pick the truck up on tues actually!! Looking at some raised tailgate lettering just wondering if they were the same..
     
  5. Oct 25, 2020 at 3:44 PM
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    Yeah bro- you will be fine. All the same
     
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  6. Oct 25, 2020 at 3:50 PM
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    The TACOMA letter sizes are different from a 1:14 scale to a 1:16 scale.






    Totally just kidding, they are the same.
     
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  7. Oct 25, 2020 at 4:35 PM
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  8. Oct 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM
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    I believe the font is slightly different too.
     
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  9. Oct 25, 2020 at 5:11 PM
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    This is true but only the A's.
     
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  10. Oct 25, 2020 at 5:52 PM
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    And the recess on the rest of the letters is 1/4" vs the others being 3/8".
     
  11. Oct 25, 2020 at 8:12 PM
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    You say that... The soft open broke on mine in the second month of ownership and wouldn't allow the tailgate to drop all the way. It has taken a week and a half to get it fixed thus far. I'm now in a loaner because they can't get it right.
     
  12. Oct 26, 2020 at 5:27 AM
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    Just make sure you get the T-O-Y-O-T-A inserts and not the T-A-Y-O-T-O inserts that some knock-off sites are selling.
     
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  13. Oct 26, 2020 at 6:55 AM
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    Do you have a habit of forgetting what truck your about to own?
     

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