Originally Posted by FZRunner

Mine didn't go so well. The Pillar never fit right after getting the bracket in there. Followed all the directions, even cutting more out for the bracket, but the pillar would never stay in place. Finally just gave up and finished anyway. Now the pillar has a bulge in the middle area. Looks like shit, but what are you gonna do. I ran out of light so I'll take a pic, for what it's worth, tomorrow. Not blaming anyone, just to be clear, just seemed like my bracket was just a bit too tall. Didn't use washers on the bottom (screw) cause it would have been worse.
Maybe after surgery I can try again with the final steps, new pillars are only $70, so it's not the end of the world.

Originally Posted by sclui56

Make sure you trim enough of the underside so the black plastic doesn't interfere with the bracket.

Originally Posted by FZRunner

Yeah i tried washers with tape early on to even things out, it had no effect. I spent two hours trying to make this work, and basically ruined the A pillar in the process. I would never try to back out the screws by the way. It will be a couple months before I can play with this again. Appreciate the info though. Cheers.

Originally Posted by DeltaWhiskey

I presume this will fit without issue on a 19?


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Originally Posted by Jasontamu

hi all....thanks for all the interest and im glad everyone likes it.

like saker mentioned im out of town for work...ill return this weekend and next week ill be able to make more with my welder (i believe i only have one more in stock currently) so i can if all goes well have products shipped by Friday next week......just PM me and email is fine as well. Jasontamu2002@g mail.com

i see i have some PM's already so i appreciate that and can make some once im back home.

thanks,
-J

Originally Posted by ElectroBoy

Thanks, Jason for a sorely needed mod. I just installed mine today. It took me a good amount of time due to my paranoia about cutting into my A pillar cover. After many measurements and many test fittings I got it done.

I did make a few tweaks to your excellent instructions to satisfy my OCD.
It’s always good to protect your dash surfaces and A pillar cover with masking tape and put down a towel on the dash to avoid scratches while working with tools. I also taped all around the hole drill locations to create a “bucket” with the tape sticky side up in order to catch the metal shavings.

I found that the pointed blade end on the sheet metal screws wasn’t sharp enough to enlarge the initial 1/8 inch pilot hole. So I drilled progressively larger holes, up to 3/16 I believe, to get to the proper size for the sheet metal screws to take hold and tap a few turns for the threads. I then backed out the screw and cut off the blade ends with a dremel cutting disc. On my A pillar the screws seemed too long, there was some kind of plastic backing in there that would have been pierced with the screw blade ends.

I used blue loctite on the threads and snugged up the bracket to the pillar. With the cover installed I found that the white nylon base on the lower attachment point of the handle needed to be shaved down to make it fit flush with the surface of the cover.

It looks great and feels just as sturdy as the passenger-side handle.
Thanks to @Jasontamu and @Saker .

Originally Posted by Emer2013t4r

Hi. Good afternoon! Can you kindly tell me where did you buy the grip? Is it thesame as the right one? How much? I have 2013 4runner limited and planning to install this. Thank you and looking forward on your reply.

Emer