Best choices for bed stiffeners

Needed that ....... its Monday

 

My Cali raised are rusting out! Anyone make a stainless or aluminum version?

 

I bought an L clap at the Hardware store. (Not a true story)

 

Why did you get them?

 

hit it with some rustoleum. if your bed stiffeners are rusting out you probably have other issues as well.

 

or he just uses the bed of his truck and the paint chips off

 

Going with the greenlane stainless brackets. They are probably not as stiff as mild steel… but still better than nothing to stiffen up the composite bed. Given how frequently these brackets get hit and dinged with cargo any mild steel brackets will not hold up. Definitely not in Seattle where it rains 9 months a year. Pricey but buy once cry once!

https://greenlaneoffroad.com/16-tacoma/tacoma-bed-stiffener-bracket-set

 

Rago Fab makes a lot of their stuff out of stainless, the bed stiffeners as well.

 

Ooh… affordable as well!

 

@ragofabrication do you offer a TW discount?

 

Says good through Sept 2021

 

I might be mistaken, but after looking at the instructions these would only really stiffen front to back and not address the sideways forces by much other than the material thickness. Again I could be mistaken.

 

Got drunk, ordered Total Chaos BS

 

Went with Greenlane for my stiffeners, just thought they looked nice. They've served dutifully so far.

https://greenlaneoffroad.com/toyota/tacoma-bed-stiffener-bracket-set-nzajz



Total Chaos makes a set that goes further up over the angled portion for more support, and that looks neat.

https://www.chaosfab.com/accessories/2016-2020-Tacoma-Rear-Channel-Bed-Stiffeners-48676



4WP also makes kind of a stealth version that installs mostly on the "inside" of the bed, hiding most of itself away -- which also looks cool.

https://www.4wheelparts.com/p/4-wheel-parts-factory-tacoma-bed-stiffeners-61748w/_/R-4WPBR-61748W
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJW1mMnVv4M&t=45s

 

Billiebars.com has an option. Totally no intrusion into the bed. I'm not finding a link to just their stiffeners but here is a link to the stiffeners and tailgate panel. Too rich for my blood, but unique compared to all others.
https://billiebars.com/collections/...-bed-stiffys-and-tailgate-cover-kit-2005-2022

 

Wow! Pricey! I ended up going with Green Lane.

 

Yeah, these look nice, but not for that price.. Lol.. that's ridiculous.

 

Just read the description.. the stiffeners supposedly only clear their tailgate panel/cover, so they only sell them as part of a kit. Which is why the stiffener kit costs so much. If someone was looking for a tailgate cover anyway, looks like a good combo to have a clean stiffy setup.

 

Just purchased Rago’s mainly due to them being stainless.

 

Good decision. Mild steel stiffeners in the truck bed are garbage in no time. Had I not already placed my order for the stainless Green Lane, Rago would have been my choice.