Cruzing one night, I was behind 18-wheelers when a carcus cleared the rig in front of me. I could not change lanes and I had to go over it. BAM! A very hard hit was felt. When I got home, I had to pop the rear lower lip back in place. Once I did my transmissuon fluid change, I saw hair on bolts and I saw this bent frame peice. I removed it and will replace it. What is it called?

If I was lowered, it would have smashed my bumper cover for sure.
I want a drop, but I will only go down apx. 1 inch, so Tein H-tech's right?


It took a huge force to bend this frame brace part.
If your box is lowered, be ready to jump. Or change lanes.

 

I bent the same part on my xB, I hit a spare tire (donut) that fell off a trailer in front of me. It was wedged under my car, I grinded to a stop and had to jack up the car to get it out.

 

Ouch, Dwestxb. I did the same thing in my old eclipse sypder.

Unfortunately for me, THAT spare tire was still on the wheel. I was in the third lane of the freeway at the time going around 65. Still not sure how I ended up on the right shoulder aligned with traffic.

 

ouch!

 

This might help 'name' the part...

 

no tomas the part he has is the mid "brace" which isn't listed on that diagram. it does nothing. it's cheap **** crap metal. and it's useless.

 

that little thing sits under the exaust, and i kinda just took mine off when the cat back was installed

 

Ah! OK. Thought it was farther forward. That's this piece, then:

 

tomas

where do you get these things

 

Right here, Don...



:D

"Don't leave home without 'em!"

 

my hero **music plays in background and tomas stand on a cliff, chest out wind blowing through his cape***

if im ever in a quandry i shal summon you, my friend

 

It ain't all that pretty, Don, and 'cides, someone stole my cape. http://tijil.org/SuperMod.jpg

The legit way to do it would be to get a full set of the electronic manuals for your vehicle from the 'paid subscription' Toyota TIS site, and load 'em onto a cheap flashdrive...


Tom

 

wow.....thats all i can say

 

you should replace it with this

i know there has been a lot of controversy about if this product helps but hey its relatively cheap considering the labor and time involved with production and it looks cool, however i have a friend that purchased it and said that it really did stiffen the feel up a noticable bit.
here is the link where you can find it
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=116948

 

My vote goes to aftermarket replacement also. It's a great opportunity to upgrade.

By the way, I thinnk you should shave of the rear "xBox" emblem and shift the whole thing a little to the left. It's sitting a little close to the edge.

 

Not only that but probally cheaper knowing toyota

 

Thanks for all information.
An aftermarket frame brace might be nice. I will post up the price from the dealer. $18.58! At Miller Scion Manassas, Va.
I did find the part name in the fisch and on the free pages of the manual.

I was going to play a game.. Name the bent frame peice..... But with such well informed users, it would not even be fun.

Thanks Again.... ONLY $18.58