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Rednexus said:
My local farm/ranch store sells metric bolts (grade 8.8) by the pound :). Most bolts on the Toyota are a M6x1.00 or M8x1.25 thread, which is super-common. The bulk bolts will have a slightly larger, non-JIS head (i.e., the M8 bolt will use a 13mm socket instead of the JIS 12mm socket), but they'll thread right in. I have a ton on these generic bolts in my rig.
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Good to know. I'll grab a couple from my local hardware store to see if I can get a match.
 
MrTorgue said:
Good to know. I'll grab a couple from my local hardware store to see if I can get a match.
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I have bags and bags of assorted metric bolts in my tool cabinet now :). I'm so used to metric stuff that I'll use metric fasteners on non-automotive applications now.
 
Rednexus said:
My local farm/ranch store sells metric bolts (grade 8.8) by the pound :). Most bolts on the Toyota are a M6x1.00 or M8x1.25 thread, which is super-common. The bulk bolts will have a slightly larger, non-JIS head (i.e., the M8 bolt will use a 13mm socket instead of the JIS 12mm socket), but they'll thread right in. I have a ton on these generic bolts in my rig.
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We don't have a farm/ranch hardware store on the coast, but we do have a samall mom/pop hardware store that has an entire, both sides of a row dedicated to only "loose" fasteners, brass, SS, iron, plastic, zinc, metric, imperial, any length, bolt configuration, e.g.: flat head, socket head, hex, etc. Yeah, Lowes is cheaper if I'm getting larger quantities of of things, but for "ons'ies" or just a mixed couple of whatever. Also it's only two blocks from my home. I love this store, been going there for over 35 years! I know the owner and staff, It's kind of like the hardware store from the show Home Improvement that Tim the Tool Man would go and hang out at.
 
r2m said:
We don't have a farm/ranch hardware store on the coast, but we do have a samall mom/pop hardware store that has an entire, both sides of a row dedicated to only "loose" fasteners, brass, SS, iron, plastic, zinc, metric, imperial, any length, bolt configuration, e.g.: flat head, socket head, hex, etc. Yeah, Lowes is cheaper if I'm getting larger quantities of of things, but for "ons'ies" or just a mixed couple of whatever. Also it's only two blocks from my home. I love this store, been going there for over 35 years! I know the owner and staff, It's kind of like the hardware store from the show Home Improvement that Tim the Tool Man would go and hang out at.
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We have one of those too - it's an Ace franchise, but has been in business for 50+ years. I buy almost all of my Milwaukee tools from them, and occasionally get nuts/bolts when I need just one. They are about the same price as the big box hardware stores for most other purchases, but vastly quicker to get in and out of. And they carry other stuff like grills/smokers, Yeti coolers/cups, GCI Outdoors rocking camp chairs, etc.

Totally OT - but when building our house, I found I could often get bulk products for the same price or cheaper from my local mom-and-pop lumber yard (which is also an Ace franchise) than from the big box stores. They had direct relationships with the distributors and what must have been a small markup - we were basically just paying them to deal with the distributors and get stuff delivered to the site. It was also really nice dealing with the same counter guy as opposed to 4-5 different people like at the box stores.
 
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Rednexus said:
I have bags and bags of assorted metric bolts in my tool cabinet now :). I'm so used to metric stuff that I'll use metric fasteners on non-automotive applications now.
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I'm getting there for smaller bolts, nuts, and washers. 😁

r2m said:
We don't have a farm/ranch hardware store on the coast, but we do have a samall mom/pop hardware store that has an entire, both sides of a row dedicated to only "loose" fasteners, brass, SS, iron, plastic, zinc, metric, imperial, any length, bolt configuration, e.g.: flat head, socket head, hex, etc. Yeah, Lowes is cheaper if I'm getting larger quantities of of things, but for "ons'ies" or just a mixed couple of whatever. Also it's only two blocks from my home. I love this store, been going there for over 35 years! I know the owner and staff, It's kind of like the hardware store from the show Home Improvement that Tim the Tool Man would go and hang out at.
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The hardware store near me is a smaller chain. Ohly a few locations in the region. It's priced well enough to avoid having to drive about an hour to home depot.
 
MrTorgue said:
I'm getting there for smaller bolts, nuts, and washers. 😁


The hardware store near me is a smaller chain. Ohly a few locations in the region. It's priced well enough to avoid having to drive about an hour to home depot.
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Yeah, ours is a small ACE chain, Denaults Hardware. Only about 3 or 4 stores.
 
Found my box of bolts and such from my running boards. Decided to do a test fit on one of the brackets so I can replicate them across the other spots.

Any idea what they torque specs are for these bolts?

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MrTorgue said:
Found my box of bolts and such from my running boards. Decided to do a test fit on one of the brackets so I can replicate them across the other spots.

Any idea what they torque specs are for these bolts?

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Are they tucked up high enough away from danger?
 
r2m said:
Are they tucked up high enough away from danger?
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Yup. I'll get a better representative photo to better illustrate this shortly.

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HAH! I took them off to paint them. I'll post up some pictures of the final product once I've completed it. :D
 
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So, finally got around to removing the passenger 3rd row seatbelt. I figured out how to access the bolt behind the HVAC. Video below.

Looks good with the delete trim.

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Nice, I still need to get the plastic vanity fillers for mine.

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PSA: Don't be a dumbass like me. See below.

I finished one harness and was in the process of bolting it up when I discovered the bolt hole threads had too much corrosion and weren't apparently sprayed when I had the winterized coating done. So now not only is my rock light idea not possible but I have to figure out how to get the corrosion dealt with. I suppose when I eventually get sliders I'll mount rock lights on them.

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Needed to take the rear bumper off for one of my items on my project list and POP. Snapped one of the bolts which I suppose got corroded a bit. Considering the corrosion and age I'm gonna need these brackets and a complete new set of bolts and screws for the rear bumper, splash guard, and mud flap.

Paging @Acrad . I'm struggling to find these part #'s.

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Now, the second thing is, I think I'm going to remove the factory hitch. Cannot find a guide on youtube on how to safely remove it. I'm pretty sure these bolts are also going to be rough, any advice from the community to reduce the liklihood of an issue during removal? I don't have a torch to heat them up with...
 
I finally removed the garage alpha grille. Finally got annoyed enough with it to go back to my F-Sport grille.

The garage alpha grille had quite a few issues.

-Had to be modified to even properly install.
-Feels very flimsy.
-The screws holding the center piece ("LEXUS") back themselves out.
-it rattles and flexes too much while driving.
-After several carwashes the silver paint on the LEXUS letters began falling off in large chunks.

Now, my problem is I erroneously used 3M undercoating spray on the chrome trim on my F-Sport grille and now it looks terrible. What's a safe way to remove it so I can sand and paint it? I'm tempted to either paint or find a black L badge too.

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Yeah its pretty awful. If it didnt say Toyota is would have got rid of me.

Slee was like WTF.... 😂
 
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