007Tacoma
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Nope. Any issues with clearance can easily be fixed by moving the rear cross bar forward slightly. I've seen a few people use the Gobi Ladder with LFD Roof Racks.
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Nope. Any issues with clearance can easily be fixed by moving the rear cross bar forward slightly. I've seen a few people use the Gobi Ladder with LFD Roof Racks.
Lost-Again
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Disappointed in QC
Well.... at the first of last month I made my usual small order to slowly work my way up to a full rack. This time ordering a regular crossbar with a wind fairing. The regular crossbar was just as nice as the wide crossbars I ordered the previous month. However the wind fairing was pitiful. The edges on the top side, the side that shows, appear to be left unattended straight from the cutting torch. Meanwhile the bottom or inside edges are smooth and nice. It would have been nice if LFD would have made the bend the opposite with the rough edges on the inside. Or at least filed the edges a little. Oh well. On a side note I have to give credit to the Toyota engineers. When I installed the two wide crossbars I put them where Toyota stated would be less wind noise. Which was virtually none. But when my regular cross bar arrived with the fairing I could only install the crossbar before it started raining. So I drove with just the cross bar without the wind fairing for a couple of days and it would start to howl around 30mph. The wind fairing, ugly edges and all eliminated it.
Well.... at the first of last month I made my usual small order to slowly work my way up to a full rack. This time ordering a regular crossbar with a wind fairing. The regular crossbar was just as nice as the wide crossbars I ordered the previous month. However the wind fairing was pitiful. The edges on the top side, the side that shows, appear to be left unattended straight from the cutting torch. Meanwhile the bottom or inside edges are smooth and nice. It would have been nice if LFD would have made the bend the opposite with the rough edges on the inside. Or at least filed the edges a little. Oh well. On a side note I have to give credit to the Toyota engineers. When I installed the two wide crossbars I put them where Toyota stated would be less wind noise. Which was virtually none. But when my regular cross bar arrived with the fairing I could only install the crossbar before it started raining. So I drove with just the cross bar without the wind fairing for a couple of days and it would start to howl around 30mph. The wind fairing, ugly edges and all eliminated it.
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TRD PANTHER
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That’s unacceptable on the wind fairing. All edges should be deburred prior to powder coating. I would request another one. Do you have a preference on the wide vs. narrow bars?
Lost-Again
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I really like the wide bars. With the oem rails the two wide bars would probably have been enough. I was planning on going the 7/8 route but now having 2nd thoughts.
Lost-Again
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Being that it was Sunday...... No But I contacted LFD this morning.
LFD_Off_Road
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I agree, that shouldn't have shipped.
[MENTION=221453]Lost-Again[/MENTION], I don't see a message from you yet for some reason, but if you can send us your address we'll get you a new one.
Lost-Again
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Welp! I replied to the shipping notice and got kicked back. I then sent a new ticket #3775
jtgrinsell
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I just got my fairing in the mail yesterday as well and after seeing this post went to go check and mine looks to have some of the same roughness to the edges on the front of the fairing.
Besides aesthetics will this affect the fairing at all?
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LFD_Off_Road
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[MENTION=539129]jtgrinsell[/MENTION] Its an aesthetics issue. PM or send us a message on help desk and I'll get you a new one.
We see that happen on the laser periodically, typically from variations in steel composition. It should have been dressed a little more before heading to paint though.
Lost-Again
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And I received my tracking number earlier but couldn't get to the computer. Thank you for such a quick response! That speaks volumes about LFD!!!!
utctscanr75
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What very few times I've had to reach out to LFD about their products, they have been very tentative in their response and quick to take any actions necessary. This is what keeps me coming back to them and will likely lead me to use them when I finally get around to upgrading my skids.
Finslayer83
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Love mine.
Deuxdiesel
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I'm using Kuat dirtbag fork mounts directly to the LFD crossbars for a single bike and an ATOC Tandem Topper tandem rack directly to the crossbars for our fat bike tandem. The crossbars are very secure, but I use bolts with nuts and fender washers instead of the T-nuts. Rear wheels just get strapped down.
I understand that it is a town & dealer name... but your license plate bracket definitely brought out a chuckle given the status of the world around us...
krhayes79
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I am finally going to do it! Going to purchase the 7/8 side rails with some additional cross bars to add to the 4 I have already. Also going to purchase the skid plate set!
I did have questions for the current owners of a 7/8 rack and have a sunroof.
I do not really care about seeing the wind fairing out of my sunroof as I dont really ever look out of it. However, I do open it w/the rear window for nice solid airflow in the truck. My question for this is, can you hear the wind noise when the sunroof is open? I know the wind fairing killed all wind noise for me now but that is with the stock rails and it sits behind the sunroof. Does that change by moving it forward to the middle of the sunroof?
Second question, how many crossbars are you running with your 7/8 rack? I plan on having my traction boards, Plano case 52", high lift jack, and then hopefully in the future some solar. Will 5 be enough or should I go to 6?
Appreciate the help and suggestions! Thx!
I did have questions for the current owners of a 7/8 rack and have a sunroof.
I do not really care about seeing the wind fairing out of my sunroof as I dont really ever look out of it. However, I do open it w/the rear window for nice solid airflow in the truck. My question for this is, can you hear the wind noise when the sunroof is open? I know the wind fairing killed all wind noise for me now but that is with the stock rails and it sits behind the sunroof. Does that change by moving it forward to the middle of the sunroof?
Second question, how many crossbars are you running with your 7/8 rack? I plan on having my traction boards, Plano case 52", high lift jack, and then hopefully in the future some solar. Will 5 be enough or should I go to 6?
Appreciate the help and suggestions! Thx!
