[tibaal89]

I noticed this when under the truck.... driver's side wheel well sheet metal. Anybody else have this going on?

 

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These trucks are just crap:rofl:

I'll bring some scissors over and we can do yours. Then its you and me, class action lawsuit straight to the bank!! :thinkerg:

 

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I have a feeling not many are experiencing this... but if this spirals out of control I WILL have the thread deleted without question.

The cracks don't bother me, just thought it was interesting!

 

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Holy crap dude you want to go rip that thing in half tomorrow on chiva

If there is any sheet metal forward of the doors when we come back, I will be severely disapointed... :bandit:

 

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Oh $hit another place for cracks.WTF is going on with TOYOTA !!!!!! I'll go check mine.Thanks for the post Sorry for your Truck.Call TOYOTA and talk ish...:flame::flame::flame::flame:

Holy crap, cool down bro!! :lol:

Not gonna call Toyota on this one, my truck is doing just fine.

 

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I agree and would obviously prefer that my $30,000 didn't do this... but it's been through a lot and has held up incredibly well in my opinion. If I reported it, I'd hurt it's feelings... we're really close.

 

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That can't be my truck.... the towhooks are still straight! :lol:

And there isn't sand pouring out of the airbox!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

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I didn't have any bulges or rips (the normal kind, not these weird ones i talk about here) for a loooong time. A long time as in nearly 10,000 OFFROAD miles....

But yea at some point they started appearing, now my apron is completely torn in two plus these weird other tears...

 

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I fly a lot, and don't have them... i've stuffed my tires plenty of times at speed, but still no bulges. It's flippin weird. I am eagerly awaiting my bulges and cracks.. (seriously)

Yea, see that's what I'm talking about... I beat the piss out of my truck and didn't have them and used to make fun of people who did. :lol:

But then all of the sudden I got them hardcore!

 

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No second battery.... 32's on stock alloys, no extra spacing.

I suspect this is from wheel rub when crawling... I can stuff the tire up there pretty good with the sway bar delete.

 

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Still the stock battery...

With no sway bar I can in fact completely stuff the wheel up in there to rub the well... kinda of an unrelated topic, but is one reason i am very happy with a spacer lift on the front - the stock springs are light and super flexy.

So really there is no mystery how these cracks occurred in my mind. I've had major wheel/fender contact many times.

 

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Yea, I guess I was misleading in my original post... for these cracks - the under way down by the wheel cracks - there is no doubt at all how it occurred!!

I was just sharing and wanted to see if anybody had it going on...

As for the other cracks - the upper inner fender things... that remains somewhat of a mystery.

 

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Nope, I these days I have both these lower cracks and a SEVERE cracking in the normal spot on the inner (upper) fender dealy... it's completely split in two.

 

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Can I experiment on your rig with reinforcements?

I'd like to just weld the thing shut and then weld a piece of .125 plate over it and see what happens.

I would, of course, be expecting you to try to break it.

Doc, why don't we just cut the whole stupid fender out, put some sheets down, and try to run 37's?!?!?! :clap:

shhhh.... I mean I know why, but that's no fun.