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What is this part?
I had my skid plates off today and I found this sitting on my front skid plate. It's a little over 1" square and says "N018" at the bottom. Any ideas what it is?
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01-21-2022, 05:31 PM
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I believe that's part of the system that fastens the lower valence of the front bumper to the upper metal portion. Look where the lower valance bolts on to the upper part and you should see that there are 5 or six screws going through into the metal portion. Those screws go through the part pictured.
edit: I was thinking of part 90179-06127, which this is not...
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01-21-2022, 05:37 PM
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I did some googling and it looks like maybe it's a body shim?
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Looks like the shim for the brake line on the spindle to me.
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01-21-2022, 06:17 PM
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Quote:
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Looks like the shim for the brake line on the spindle to me.
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It's like 1/8" thick. I think the shims you're talking about are those thin sheet metal ones?
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It's like 1/8" thick. I think the shims you're talking about are those thin sheet metal ones?
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Yeah they’re thin and have a lip on one side.
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+1 for brake shim
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+1 for brake shim
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It's not the brake line retainer clip. Similar shape but the retainer clips are thin and flexible. This is thick and rigid. Plus I just checked and both of my retainer clips are in place.
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Originally Posted by texadelphia
It's not the brake line retainer clip. Similar shape but the retainer clips are thin and flexible. This is thick and rigid. Plus I just checked and both of my retainer clips are in place.
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Oh my bad I missed the 1/8in thick part. Welp that's all I got, that's the only thing I've ever seen that's the same shape
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Specialty Products Company 47183 1/8" Camber/Caster Shim
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sps-47183
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Well done sir! I just had an alignment done last week so it doesn't give me warm fuzzies that it was just chillin in my skid plate.
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Originally Posted by texadelphia
Well done sir! I just had an alignment done last week so it doesn't give me warm fuzzies that it was just chillin in my skid plate.
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Well, those aren't used on a 4Runner... they are for old-school muscle cars and similar. So at least YOUR truck isn't missing anything...
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Yeah, just called the shop and confirmed. He said the 4runners don't use shims and also said that body shops sometimes use them as body shims. I had body work done like 2 years ago so maybe it fell out of a fender or something.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by texadelphia
Yeah, just called the shop and confirmed. He said the 4runners don't use shims and also said that body shops sometimes use them as body shims. I had body work done like 2 years ago so maybe it fell out of a fender or something.
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I'm late to the party, but this is likely the case. Probably no big deal as long as all your stuff is still lined up.
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