gofastdan
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I took a trip this week across the water to Orcas Island in the Washington state San Juan's to Raingler Nets. The owner, Eddie, needed to test fit a Tacoma so I volunteered my truck. Raingler has two main products for the Tacoma, a barrier between the front and back seats, and a storage "loft" over the back seat.
Eddie was quite pleased at how easy the new Tacoma was to fit their products. Apparently some of the previous generations needed drilling and whatnot to install mounting points for the barrier. That wasn't the case here. He was able to use the seat belt mounting points for the barrier D rings and those same points for the loft, along with the existing back coat hooks which just needed to be flipped upside down.
The result is pretty sweet. TBH these aren't items I would probably have considered but that's mainly because I've banished the dogs from my truck. If you're carrying the dogs around then IMHO these mods are almost mandatory and now that I've got them I may reconsider my no-dog policy. Of course now I'm thinking about deleting the drivers side rear seat and building a platform in it's place.
My sunroof does intrude on the loft space but there's still quite a bit of space up there for items. It also intrudes a bit on back passenger headroom but I rarely have anyone sitting back there and if you're short (5' 7") like me then it's not an issue anyway.
I was surprised to see this morning that the site has already been updated with the 2024 Tacoma products. There are options for things like the color of the netting and to make a passthrough for the barrier if that's what you need.
Eddie and his wife are great people and I enjoyed spending a couple of days on the island getting to know them. They have a unique, quality product that you're not going to get off Amazon. This is the type of small business that I highly recommend supporting.
Eddie was quite pleased at how easy the new Tacoma was to fit their products. Apparently some of the previous generations needed drilling and whatnot to install mounting points for the barrier. That wasn't the case here. He was able to use the seat belt mounting points for the barrier D rings and those same points for the loft, along with the existing back coat hooks which just needed to be flipped upside down.
The result is pretty sweet. TBH these aren't items I would probably have considered but that's mainly because I've banished the dogs from my truck. If you're carrying the dogs around then IMHO these mods are almost mandatory and now that I've got them I may reconsider my no-dog policy. Of course now I'm thinking about deleting the drivers side rear seat and building a platform in it's place.
My sunroof does intrude on the loft space but there's still quite a bit of space up there for items. It also intrudes a bit on back passenger headroom but I rarely have anyone sitting back there and if you're short (5' 7") like me then it's not an issue anyway.
I was surprised to see this morning that the site has already been updated with the 2024 Tacoma products. There are options for things like the color of the netting and to make a passthrough for the barrier if that's what you need.
Eddie and his wife are great people and I enjoyed spending a couple of days on the island getting to know them. They have a unique, quality product that you're not going to get off Amazon. This is the type of small business that I highly recommend supporting.
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