BUYER BEWARE: Explore Overland | Page 8 | Tacoma World

On their Facebook group page it sounds like they're having some serious staffing issues, as in most of the guys quit overnight. Not sure how it's going to proceed for existing orders, but just an FYI.

I did get sliders from them, but it was quite the ordeal getting them.

- I ordered them in August, with a delivery date of October 2021.
- October rolled on by. I was told there would be a 2 week delay.
- 2 week delays happened consistently until I finally received them around December 28th. The paint on the sliders were complete trash. It looked terrible and the paint easily chipped off. When I went to mount it to the truck, none of the bolt holes lined up. I contacted Derrick and he put me on a Facebook messenger call with their fabricator. We were able to discover that the order was messed up and I have received 5th gen sliders. I was told I would be contacted later.
- January 18th - I was never contacted. I reached out and got the typical "next week" response. They did send me a return label for the sliders and I packaged them back up. FedEx came and picked them up.
- February 7th - my sliders finally arrived and the paint job looked much much better. I was actually excited to show these off. not all of the bolt holes lined up, but at least the big ones did so I was happy enough. It's been about 4 months and the sliders have done good so far. My only complaint is the Explore Overland badge has already started to rust.

Very sad for the Toyota off road community they are going through difficulties. Seemed great at the events they hosted. I thought they were doing the fab themselves. That’s interesting that they were selling and relying on a separate fabricator for their stuff

The be fair, my victory 4x4 sliders arrived with a few scratches/ areas without coverage and I’ve had some areas flake off. The victory 4x4 logo on the plates is also rusting. I sprayed it with rust oleum rust converter

Update - it's highly suspected the business has closed and Derrick has filed for bankruptcy. It's highly recommended to pull your money out ASAP. See the TacomaWorld thread for how to do it.