3 piece 1st gen Tacoma, 3rd gen 4runner 3/16" Steel Skid Plates

Mine should be here Monday, thought about going to pick them up they're only 40 mins away.

 

Got them primed, painted, and mounted!!



Snagged some SS bolts from Lowes (5 for the IFS (M8-1.25 x 40mm) and (2 for the rear tranny crossmember (3/8" x 2 1/2" with washer top and bottom w/ lock nuts)

they fit perfect and look great!! Thanks Ryan

 

Looks great Tyler! Enjoy. I sent 1/2" bolts for the rear, but I'm sure 3/8" will be fine.

The reinforced skids are shipped, tacomagirl's are shipped, the palletized order is shipped, new bolts for cdj1 are shipped, and M2WILD's skids are going to powder coat. That covers almost all of this order.

 

MY SKIDPLATES HAVE ARRIVED!!! No hardware but just tell me the sizes and I can pick the stuff up myself. They look good, the fedex guy had no idea how he was going to get them off the truck. Good thing I was here.

 

You didn't get any pictures of them being ripped open, did you? FedEx will be paying for new hardware, I just need to show pictures for why.

You will need five m8 x 25mm long bolts with washers, two 1/2" x 3.5" long bolts, four 1/2" washers, two 1/2" nuts, and six 3/8" x 1" long self drilling metal screws. Fastenal is the only people that carry the self drillers in that size.

 

No I did not it was raining so I just cut everything off so i could get them in my shop easier. I might be able to take a Pic but I think I cut right through where it was ripped.

 

Note to self ... take pic if hardware is missing.

 

Yours will be in cardboard since they will be powder coated. If anything is missing, you may have bigger issues.



I think it's a little unprofessional to be dragging packages to the point where parts rip off and not even bother to gather them up. I guess that's what you get with the cheap hired help they have for the holidays.

 

il send you a pick of my empty baggie too haha

 

Here's a question, anyone running theirs with a diff drop?

 

cdj1 is I believe.

 

too damn cold this weekend. Didnt get a chance to paint them yet

 

I'd imagine since they bolt up just like stock they should fit just fine. I can always just grab some washers to stack up and space the rear of the front IFS skid down a little. Just curious really.

 

yea I am, Toytec 1" drop. I took the Toytec spacers that I was using for the middle 2 bolts on my stock skid and used them on 2 of the front bolts (see pic above)

I didn't try to mount the new skids w/o the spacers but there's decent clearance and you might be able to do w/o the front spacers

 

Thanks. I have the toytec 1" diff drop, but just the long bolts and diff drop pucks, none of the spacers(got it used). I was just wondering for logistics really. Have a a ballpark idea of how thick those little spacer plates are?

 

1/2" ...... a few washers should do the trick; that is if you need them at all.

lemme know if you need them; I might take them out if I've got the clearance

 

Will do.

 

So it's possible to run a diff drop and no spacers on the skid?

 

i didn't try it and went ahead and put a 1/2" spacer up front (cuz I already had them). There is plenty of clearance w/ the spacer so it might be possible to do without it.

Sloth is gonna try it and let us know

 

Hell I'll try it, will put my mind at ease with the cv boots. It'll be a few week till I do it though.