kevinmrowland
Forum Lifer
My friend Tim was nice enough to bring me his new 100 series to let me cut a big hole in it's tailgate.
Lucky for him I had a lid ready to go, and lucky for the rest of you waiting on 100 series tailgate lids, it gave me a chance to get some good installation photos.
So, first up we've got the truck:
Note that we've got that pretty 100 series paint and glass protected with some blankets and I've placed a piece of cardboard inside the cargo area and closed the liftgate down to hold it in place.
The blankets are there since the best way to make the cuts on the 100 series trucks is with an angle grinder and cut off wheel. This works well, but throws a lot of sparks so we need to make sure the paint and glass are protected.
The cardboard is to help keep dust and debris out of the cargo area. The piece that the tailgate lid comes wrapped in works perfect for this.
From there we just pull off the carpet pad.
And we are left with this:
...
Lucky for him I had a lid ready to go, and lucky for the rest of you waiting on 100 series tailgate lids, it gave me a chance to get some good installation photos.
So, first up we've got the truck:
Note that we've got that pretty 100 series paint and glass protected with some blankets and I've placed a piece of cardboard inside the cargo area and closed the liftgate down to hold it in place.
The blankets are there since the best way to make the cuts on the 100 series trucks is with an angle grinder and cut off wheel. This works well, but throws a lot of sparks so we need to make sure the paint and glass are protected.
The cardboard is to help keep dust and debris out of the cargo area. The piece that the tailgate lid comes wrapped in works perfect for this.
From there we just pull off the carpet pad.
And we are left with this:
...