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Ken Cooke
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Trail Armor for Toyota Tacoma Question
Ivan has a Toyota Tacoma TRD and wonders if skid plating is available for the oil pan as he will be participating in the Pole Line Trail run in late
Dec.
Ivan is driving clear from Denver, CO to participate in this run, and any sort of carnage will prevent his drive home. Any suggestions???
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soulpatch
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Wow, that's not stock on a TRD? Go figure.
My wife's little Isuzu Rodeo has a lot of that stuff stock. It's been a good, troublefree ride for us down south. However, we have done NOTHING that
looks like what you have done.
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John M
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Tacoma
Get a Jeep!
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by John M
Get a Jeep!
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Blasphemy!
The TRD made easy work of the Pole Line Rd. in April...
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Any off road shop ought to be able to fabricate one for him - Save lots in repairs
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John M
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Fab shop
In spite of my smart a$$ comment, BajaLou is right. I just got an estimate of $180 for a real cool custom fab skid plate - well worth the investment.
john
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ursidae69
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
Ivan has a Toyota Tacoma TRD and wonders if skid plating is available for the oil pan as he will be participating in the Pole Line Trail run in late
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My TRD came with the skid plating. Maybe a dealer can order you one. there are also several fabricators at the TTORA board that could make one.
Good luck.
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Ken Cooke
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Does the stock TRD plating protect that vehicle's oil pan?
[Edited on 12-10-2005 by Ken Cooke]
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David is in Baja or he would be better to answer this on a Tacoma. On my 93 Toyota the oil pan sets up higher like maybe 4 or 5 inches that the front
cross member and does not need a skid plate. I don't think Toyota changed the engine/frame positions on the Tacoma from the older style. Have him look
under and see. If it looks like he does need one even just for peace of mind, go to a used metal shop and get a 1/4 inch piece of aluminum cut to the
size he needs and just bolt it to the underframe. Cost maybe $30 with bolts. He would have to drill the holes to match the frame or use a hook type
bolt.
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Ken don't forget to bring a bar of soap and Quik JB Weld for just such problems.
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ursidae69
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
Does the stock TRD plating protect that vehicle's oil pan?
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Yes it does. The only thing no covered well is the transfer case, but it is tucked up pretty high. The skid plates are not all that sturdy, but for
a hard trail here and there they are fine.
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The stock TRD skid plates are sheet metal but are reinforced on the top with welded hat sections so they are quite tough. I had trouble getting mine
straight using an eight pound sledge after Marian took a detour in Utah.
She ended up with the front wheels in the ditch on the right side of the pic. Broken radiator bottom (plastic). The camper was bolted to the bed.
Popped the spot welds holding the bed to the crossmember/chassis. The cabover then dented the top of the cab. Towed 30 miles by a Hummer 2. Oh, the
shame!
[Edited on 12-11-2005 by Neal Johns]
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I took a look at my 93 and it's not the engine oil pan but the automatic transmission oil pan that's more open. Part of it is covered by the front
diff. and drive shaft and the stablizer bar. Probably wouldn't hurt to install a cross brace just for the heck of it.
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Ken Cooke
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I will put the winch to work, and just move perilous rocks out of the way of the Tacoma as needed. I figure that's what I spent the $$ for, and
that's the least I can do to make sure Ivan returns home to Colorado in timely fashion...
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Neal Johns
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Real Tacoma skidplates:
[Edited on 12-12-2005 by Neal Johns]
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I have the original skid plates off of my '02 D/C if he wants to swing through Phoenix on his way south. What year is his Tacoma? Which model,
although I suspect the skids are the same for all models '01-'04.
BTW, the skidplates are standard issue on the TRD option in '01-'04 I'm sure. If his is an earlier model (pre '01), or '05-'06 mine would not fit.
BX
[Edited on 12-12-2005 by bajaxplorer]
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Yes, skids are standard on Toyota TRD Tacoma... Just back from Baja guys!
Ken, is there a more rocky grade than 'The Widowmaker' of Mision Santa Maria, on the Pole Line Road?
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Here's Fishunter's older Toyota truck coming down the Widowmaker that day in 2003...
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and my stock '01 Tacoma coming up a couple days later...
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Yes, skids are standard on Toyota TRD Tacoma... Just back from Baja guys!
Ken, is there a more rocky grade than 'The Widowmaker' of Mision Santa Maria, on the Pole Line Road?
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The Pole Line Road features what we call, "Oil Pan Wash" where sharp rocks protrude from the desert floor and have cut open a stock oil pan on a Jeep
during our last run. Here, you have a Rubicon with standard 8.5" ground clearance struggling for a safe path. Of course, the Basketball Hill section
is as bad as ever. Once again, several of us have winches, and will be pulling boulders out of the way to let the smaller rigs drive through.
Also, the endless arroyo crossings of Canyon Jaquegel, and the backside of Jaquegel Mtn. is literally covered in rocks. The place is a rock garden
set on the side of a hill. Neal will tell you the same! 
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