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Predator Tube Step found a rock

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by mdk92799, Aug 6, 2018.

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  1. Aug 16, 2018 at 11:15 AM
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    Rustoleum bed liner spray looks like it will probably match the color and texture pretty well.
     
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  2. Aug 16, 2018 at 11:50 AM
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    Have OP send you his broken one, then you send him your good one. Wife will never have to know and you will have sliders within a month. Everybody wins
     
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  3. Aug 18, 2018 at 6:50 PM
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    I ended up using Rustoleum matte primer and paint. Worked well.
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  4. Aug 18, 2018 at 11:16 PM
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    What fab shop did you use? I’m in so cal too and suffer from a similar problem on my predator step.
     
    18CavalryTaco, Aug 18, 2018
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  5. Aug 19, 2018 at 9:37 AM
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    The Fab shop is Specialized Welding & Fabrication on Lambert in Lake Forest, CA. Ask for Dave Stiles.
     
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  6. Jul 16, 2022 at 8:27 PM
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    Sorry for reviving a *really* old thread. But I just wanted to thank you so much for this post. I damaged my brand new Tacoma in almost the *exact* same way, up in the mountains, on a rock. The photos are just too eerily similar, I couldn't believe it. Didn't know what to do until I found this thread.
    Took it to Dave at Specialized Welding & Fabrication and he set me up, and it looks good as new.
    Many thanks, much appreciated!
     
    fasteddo, Jul 16, 2022
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  7. Jul 16, 2022 at 9:15 PM
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    those things just beg to be snagged on a rock and ripped off.
     
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  8. Jul 17, 2022 at 9:11 AM
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    Fairly easy to repair and touch up using Bedliner from a rattle can. Wife wanted hers higher so they didn’t catch do much snow. So we cut them off, and shortened the brackets. Aluminum spool gun, reciprocating saw and a grinder with a blending disc were required.

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  9. Jul 17, 2022 at 9:37 AM
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    Look good on mine. Didn't really wanna carry around 140lbs I didn't need.
     
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  10. Jul 17, 2022 at 9:49 AM
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    Bedliner is probably the most durable answer (maybe recoat the whole step), but it looks like closer to a thin spray can wrinkle finish to me (likely wrinkle powder coat from factory).


    I won’t tell you to just remove them entirely, but I will say I don’t like Raptor lights - so, you know what I’m sayin here
     
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  11. Jul 17, 2022 at 11:45 AM
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    they were designed to be damaged
     
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  12. Jul 17, 2022 at 12:19 PM
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    This was my excuse! Was just waiting for it to happen. Those steps are designed to catch rocks. Haha
     
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  13. Jul 17, 2022 at 12:24 PM
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    After seeing how old this thread was, I thought for sure @Stocklocker revived it.
     
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  14. Jul 17, 2022 at 12:28 PM
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    For you few true “rock crawlers” out there, Predator Steps are just that, steps, and they have a function. As a … wait for it… step. Also protect against door dings and shopping carts.
    Sliders are worthless for the vast majority of Tacoma drivers since they don’t do real “rock crawling” and most that have sliders are at the mall with the rest of us, just posing. :p
     
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    My smoking hot petite trophy wife loves the Predator steps, therefore they stay. If I got rid of them I would never get laid again and would end up circle jerking with you losers.
     
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  16. Jul 17, 2022 at 12:53 PM
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    A lot of sliders aren’t step style and don’t function well for that.
    See you at the mall. :rofl:
     
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    Nice pics. Other than no snow I did that kind of truck camping all around the US and Canada in a F150 2WD for 6 weeks. Now let’s see some rocks! :D
     
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    LOL, that thought went through my mind too. :)
     
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    Yeah but he has a point I can’t just call him a mall crawler now lol. It’s been years and I miss that kind of camping. I do more canoeing and fishing these days and tend to camp in luxury cabins lol.
     
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  20. Jul 17, 2022 at 1:17 PM
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    Agreed, the brother is getting out there for sure.
     
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