I hate parking lots now!

Just get it over with and make the 1st scratch yourself. You'll feel better LOL.

 

any brand sliders will solve problem? tired of wife saying why didnt you park closer to the store.... doesnt door still hit with sliders there?

 

Sliders wont solve all your problems....I just got a 2010 just a few months ago and and some asshole bashed the living F out of my truck right above the left wheel well.... a lower car door will make contact riiiiiiight there on the edge so its not spread out..... needless to say it went waaaaayyyyyyy past the clear coat..... i dont think it even had 1,500 miles on it yet I was so pisssssed off, I might post a pic later

 

after a couple of weeks I calmed down....and kinda felt like that

 

Yeah I totally do that...even when its 110°+ here in AZ. and its so funny how people still tend to hit your truck right?

 

Amen!

 

Everyone's in favor of sliders. That includes tube steps, right?

 

I park far away half out of habit, but also cause I can look at it on the walk back. =D

 

i park far too, ive seen people do some really dumb shit when parking. it always makes my friends mad. Whenever they complain, i just call them fat asses that need the exercise.

 

Always park away from other cars on the uphill side of the parking lot (usually the side closest to the building). Stores usually make their parking lot a very slight incline when walking towards the front door, so that the guy pushing carts in can control them and they don't runaway from him. Parking uphill reduces the chance of a runaway cart smoking your truck.

 

Good luck with that in Florida. lol

 

I park very far as well. People are idiots and don't care what they do.

 

I have always parked far away. My '03 taco made it 7 years without a single door ding, and I'm going to try the same with my 10!

My wife used to complain about it, but I think she has finally given up.

 

If i'm squeezed between two vehicles I always park closer to the nicer vehicle. Also, vans can be good to park next to because they have sliding doors.

 

i usually just try to park on the end at work. the first couple months i had the truck we took it to a ball game and someone nailed there door into the rear quarter panel!! i was pissed, they are lucky they were already gone!!

 

my wife hates it,but if i can i'll park as far away as possible.and if there's any woods around,i'll go park in there.

 

It depends on how wide of a slider you get.

I just put on some narrow sliders they stick out a little wider than the doors but some car doors could still hit me.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/beefed-taco/88531-beefed-sliders-05-aclb-4dsb.html

I cry a little everytime I see this picture.

 

I like my Demello sliders. They look clean and personally I think they look far better than tube steps or those running boards that look like they belong on a van conversion. The Demellos hug fairly close to the body, but stick out just enough.

They'll protect well against most car doors, but SUVs and other trucks will swing over them. Lifted + sliders is the best protection.

 

Yeah I wish i had some sort of protection, some asshole got my driver side door today (we were at an amusement park, so parking away from people wasn't an option). Thankfully it wasnt a 'ding' but it marred the paint (small white mark that I was *mostly* able to remove with 1 application of ScratchX). Fucking shithead asswipes! Ruined my fucking day