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Fuel Tank Skid Plate - Install TE one on an SR5
I am thinking of swapping out my 'tiny' skid plate protecting my fuel tank on my SR5 with the one on the TE that covers it 100%. I was curious if this can be done? I would assume the fuel systems are identical, but wonder if they might have relocated bolt patterns on the TE because of KDSS?
Part is 77606-60190 - Parts manual on the forum says $287.54 but my dealership quoted me $301.89.
I know I have the 2nd option to go with the BudBuilt system, which is overkill for what I would need I think.
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The BudBulit Tank plate runs $379, then whatever it is for shipping. If I was local I think I would spend the extra $80 and do the BudBuilt, but I have a feeling shipping will run me another big chunk of change too, which makes me lean back to the Toyota TE one.
For those who have the TE, what do you think of the plate?
I am not going to be doing heavy trails or anything, not 'planning' on dragging it across rocks. I might do a couple trails here and there, lot of soft sand beach driving. My previous SUV had full coverage and when bouncing up and down on the deep tracks on the beach you could feel the whole thing bottom out, I hate the thought of the fuel tank taking that abuse directly.
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12-06-2010, 12:24 PM
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The factory skids are not even in the same league as the budbuilt ones. Even if you never offroad your rig The extra cash for the budbuilts is well worth it
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12-06-2010, 12:27 PM
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How about if you contact someone for the used one they took off, when they bought the BudBuilts?
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12-06-2010, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Foosmatrix
The factory skids are not even in the same league as the budbuilt ones.
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That I 110% agree with!
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Even if you never offroad your rig The extra cash for the budbuilts is well worth it
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That I disagree with....somewhat. If the TE plate would hold up fine for what I need there is no need for me to 'waste' money getting an even stronger one. Rather put the extra $$ into another area, like replacing the stock speakers.
It all comes down if the TE plate is decent, which I am hoping the elite members of the 'secret' TE Club here will chime in on
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12-06-2010, 12:36 PM
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How about if you contact someone for the used one they took off, when they bought the BudBuilts?
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I know Haper did his but his plate would have been the same as mine. I saw a couple other posts with people saying they 'were' going to order, but no real confirmations or pics of them installed on a TE.....BUT.....if any of you TE's have done this, and would like to part with your stock plate let me know!
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12-06-2010, 02:04 PM
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This was another of Toyotas cost savings on the 5th gen. All model 4th gens had full length gas tank skid plates.
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12-06-2010, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 03_4x4Runner
This was another of Toyotas cost savings on the 5th gen. All model 4th gens had full length gas tank skid plates.
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Sure, I will agree with that....but I was reading through the 5 page thread on the 4th forum about what 'drives you all crazy about your 4th gens' and it was actually interesting too see what a lot of people complained about was addressed/fixed in the 5th gen, almost like 'someone' was listening. Sure, they took away some features on the 5th also. Seems like someone had a bottom line number they had to reach and corrected some things, but at the cost of others. No use to complain, just what can be done to 'fix' it
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To date, has anyone switched their SR5 / Limited partial fuel tank skid plate for the full TE OEM skid plate?
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04-04-2011, 08:38 PM
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To date, has anyone switched their SR5 / Limited partial fuel tank skid plate for the full TE OEM skid plate?
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I did this last weekend - I got the full trail part for a great deal from partznet.com (but don't order the one from the website without calling - even though the pic on their page shows the trail part the price is not correct and you will get the wrong part - trust me I found out the hard way).
I had a coupon and ended up paying less than $200 - no shipping - no tax (just not sure if they will do it again - they told me it cost them $124 to ship).
Its worth a shot and for me it was far less than the budbuilt and will serve its purpose.
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Excellent.
I ordered the TE skid, and it is due in this week. Hopefully I can install it this weekend.
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Originally Posted by hoeftm2002
I did this last weekend - I got the full trail part for a great deal from partznet.com (but don't order the one from the website without calling - even though the pic on their page shows the trail part the price is not correct and you will get the wrong part - trust me I found out the hard way).
I had a coupon and ended up paying less than $200 - no shipping - no tax (just not sure if they will do it again - they told me it cost them $124 to ship).
Its worth a shot and for me it was far less than the budbuilt and will serve its purpose.
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what happened to your BP limited to trail conversion?
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04-05-2011, 09:00 PM
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what happened to your BP limited to trail conversion?
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04-05-2011, 09:15 PM
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Excellent.
I ordered the TE skid, and it is due in this week. Hopefully I can install it this weekend.
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Cool - the bolt behind the drive shaft is a PITA - get to take it off and then put it right back on!
I found a socket wrench could get back there for part of it and then just an small pliers for the rest of the way (my socket was to thick to be able to get it all the way off - actually had to re tighten a bit so i could get the wrench out)
Also the part will not come with the two extra bolts needed to put the trail skid on - I went to my dealer with one of the bolts and they found two the same length and thread pattern and gave them to me for free - the dealer is next to a Home Depot so that was my next stop if needed.
Good luck!
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04-05-2011, 10:26 PM
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Thanks for the bolt warning.
I have actually been pretty impressed with the Parts Dept at the dealer. They have been helpful for years with my FZJ80 needs. When they ordered the skid for me, he pointed out that I would need two more bolts and included them in the order.
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Before my lift I bashed up my gas tank skid in quite a few places. It's nothing compared to the budbuilts. If I was stock height I would definitely go Budbuilt, but since I've lifted it, I haven't hit the gas tank skid once so I'm waiting a while before I get Budbuilts.
When I order the Budbuilt skids, I'd be ordering the whole package to get the discount. I'm hoping maybe by then he will have front and rear bumpers available then perhaps I can possibly get a huge discount on everything.
As far as shipping costs go, about 4 years ago I ordered the complete package for my tacoma and the total UPS cost was around $180. AS soon as you go over 200# for a shipment, you save quite a few bucks. Each piece was about 30-45# x 5 pieces.
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