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Toyota Plastic Fuel Tanks

Discussion in 'New Members' started by nodrama12, Jul 2, 2020.

  1. Jul 2, 2020 at 12:32 PM
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    2008 Toyota Tacomas have a real bad location/material for their fuel tanks. Recently I was hit by a pair of thieves that drilled a hole in my tank to get the gas. It probably took them all of a half a minute to punch a 3/8 hole in the side of the 18 Gal plastic tank and let the gas drain into their 1 Gal bottle. The rest of the gas went into the street and down the drain. The tank is plastic and replacing the damaged tank with a used one cost me a cool $500. New tanks are about $700 unmounted. That tank can be reached by bending over slightly at the side of the truck and reach about a foot in.

    I'm looking for a STEEL skid plate that will cover that tank so these *a######s can't get to it. Would anyone happen to know where I might find something like that? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
     
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    That sucks

    No skid plate will cover the sides unfortunately

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    There are gas tank skid plates but they usually only cover the bottom part of the truck to protect the gas tank from getting hit by road debris.

    Edit: Heres another company that also sells Steel Gas Tank Skid Plates: https://mobtownoffroad.com/product/2005-2020-toyota-tacoma-fuel-tank-skid-plate/
     
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