TonkotsuRamen
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Hey everyone. I have a 2023 Off Road manufactured September 2023. I noticed that my car's bed is not aligned with the cab. This is most obvious when you view the bottom of the rear window in relation to the metal bar that sits on the bed's perimeter nearest the cab. Alternatively, when you view the truck from behind, you can see that the tailgate too is not aligned with the rear window. What's interesting is that when I was shopping, the other '23s with the 5 feet cab at the lot had something similar, though to varying degrees. For those that did exhibit the issue, they all showed the gap between the window and the bar to be higher on the passenger side - I guess it can be interpreted as either the cab is lower on the driver side compared with the bed OR the bed is higher on the driver side compared with the cab - depending on if the issue is at the cab side or the bed side. Here's a similar post: https://tacoma3g.com/threads/2023-rear-passenger-side-“drop”.13642
I did some rough measurements (tank is half full):
Center of wheel to bottom of fender:
Now what's interesting, I also measured the distance of the door sills to the ground:
Other things to note:
Sorry for the long thread. Any thoughts? Frame issue? Bed manufacturing defect? Is it the cab or the bed? I'm at a loss here as to what could be going on...
I did some rough measurements (tank is half full):
Center of wheel to bottom of fender:
- Front passenger: 20 5/8
- Front driver: 20 4/8
- Rear passenger: 22 1/8
- Rear driver 22
Now what's interesting, I also measured the distance of the door sills to the ground:
- Front passenger: 21 2/8
- Front driver: 20 6/8
- Rear passenger: 22 1/8
- Rear driver: 21 4/8
Other things to note:
- I assumed that perhaps Toyota messed up the cab mount bushings, potentially over torquing them, so I measured the protruding threads from the mount - no major differences in length when comparing passenger side with driver side. There does seem to be a larger gap between the body and the part of the frame the mounts connect to though, but I assume that could be due to "Taco lean"
- I assumed too that perhaps the bed is the issue, but everything seems to be fine there as well - bolts are snug, no pinching, bed is flush with the frame, etc.
- I did notice that there is a slightly larger gap between the cab and bed on the passenger side at the top compared to the bottom. That is, I can easily fit a finger at the gap between the cab and bed at the top but not at the bottom.
Sorry for the long thread. Any thoughts? Frame issue? Bed manufacturing defect? Is it the cab or the bed? I'm at a loss here as to what could be going on...
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