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No kidding, I forgot about this amazing build! What’s new?
Damn it with all these regulations can I just have an aircruiser to fly around.^^may need to get license from FAA with that.
Can I ask if that rear hitch basket works well for you?
Any particulars to look for when getting one or will "Hazard Fraught" suffice?
I have been looking at something cheap like that to help get some stuff out of the interior that will just be dumped in the VRBO anyways once we arrive.
Totally forgot you had the 3rd row side windows... I really want some of those but have zero need at this moment!
Wanted to ask you about the TT tailgate lid - tried to PM you but can't see your profile - can we be friends? Or prefer I just post questions on this thread?
I'll post my TT Tailgate experience here as well for others:Wanted to ask you about the TT tailgate lid - tried to PM you but can't see your profile - can we be friends? Or prefer I just post questions on this thread?
I have the Wagon Gear version and would echo all of this. So useful but you gotta be careful about what you put in there as the tailgate gets very heavy. I keep a snow shovel, air compressor, recovery strap, and a small tool roll in there. Trying to cram both kids, two dogs, and all our gear along with my wife and I into the cruiser is tough, gotta utilize every inch of space you can!I'll post my TT Tailgate experience here as well for others:
I was one of the first buyers, if not the first. At the time Jason didn't even have a picture of one installed on a customer truck yet so he asked if he could use mine for the site. The reason I mention that is because he might have changed the design since, hopefully not much since it's been pretty much perfect and overly built tbh.
So from my experience, I love it. It stores those things you rarely need and you don't want "in the way" that you often forget you even have but they are there when you do need them. I have my jumper cables in there, straps, first aid kit, ax, etc.
You absolutely can put a ton of weight on it, it's super thick like 1/4" thick it overly strengthen the entire tailgate which is good because once you cut the inner sheet it's flimsy but the gate itself takes it back to 300% stiffer than stock. You will not buckle it I'm 190 and I've stood on top several times. The actual doors have metal lips inside that are welded, one came off but you can still stand on the door although I wouldn't do it out of fear of breaking the lip welds from the door.
The inside of mine is dynomat lined (for noise and protection) and I also added some foam matting for stuff that doesn't bang around, I think I have pictures on my build thread.
Now you might think there is no downside.... yes, there is...
It makes the gate extremely heavy, even if it's empty it makes it super heavy. There is a load spring inside on the stock gate that actually helps bring it down so there is some "weight assistance" that comes off when you install this, you lose that spring help. When friends open my gate without knowing the weight slams the tailgate down because they don't expect the weight of the tailgate. You have to expect and know the weight of the gate as you open it and bring it down if that makes sense otherwise it will slam down. I also question whether the original holding cables are okay with the added weight but they've held up well so far.