OEM 2019+ Ranger Tailgate Damper Part# VKB3Z-99406A10-A by DeeZee DZ43206

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These last few posts remind me, what ever happened to @TheMarkP and his tailgate damper? I was 100% in on supporting his venture and he totally ghosted a bunch of us.
Indeed! he seemed to disappear from the radar...
I would of much preferred to support a fellow member
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These last few posts remind me, what ever happened to @TheMarkP and his tailgate damper? I was 100% in on supporting his venture and he totally ghosted a bunch of us.
They ended up cancelling his account and were going to make him register as a vendor. I know he re-signed up with a different screen name and only made a couple post. He said he got tied up with other stuff and then by the time he got things going DeeZee/ Ford already had theirs out. It's to bad because I was also holding out waiting for his then he disappeared and I ended up with the one from Ford.
 

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They ended up cancelling his account and were going to make him register as a vendor. I know he re-signed up with a different screen name and only made a couple post. He said he got tied up with other stuff and then by the time he got things going DeeZee/ Ford already had theirs out. It's to bad because I was also holding out waiting for his then he disappeared and I ended up with the one from Ford.
Bummers...though I can see the forum administrators point...maybe he's working on a hidden design, ala F-150???
I could not believe this technology when I first saw it on a Tundra, looking high and low on a buddy's pickup as to where Toyota hid such a device...kinda like the Clampetts and the doorbell...
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Bummers...though I can see the forum administrators point...maybe he's working on a hidden design, ala F-150???
I could not believe this technology when I first saw it on a Tundra, looking high and low on a buddy's pickup as to where Toyota hid such a device...kinda like the Clampetts and the doorbell...
:LOL:

:LOL::LOL: I forgot about that one lol

When I first got my Tacoma I couldn't figure out where the damper was until I looked online. I would've liked one hidden in the taillight housing like that but this one works great. I'm in/out of my bed with stuff many times during the week and the outside strut has never been a problem.

 

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:LOL::LOL: I forgot about that one lol

When I first got my Tacoma I couldn't figure out where the damper was until I looked online. I would've liked one hidden in the taillight housing like that but this one works great. I'm in/out of my bed with stuff many times during the week and the outside strut has never been a problem.

I wonder who came up with the idea first? Toyota? Ford? Chevy? Dodge?
Whoever it was, I really thought there was some kind of sorcery going on with that gate!
 


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I wonder who came up with the idea first? Toyota? Ford? Chevy? Dodge?
Whoever it was, I really thought there was some kind of sorcery going on with that gate!
I'm not sure who did. My last F150 was a 2013 and it didn't have one and my 2016 Tacoma did.
 

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My 2016 Canyon had a built-in damper. I'll be ordering one of the dampers from Ford.
 

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Indeed! he seemed to disappear from the radar...
I would of much preferred to support a fellow member
I waited on Mark as long as I could, he said he thought there would be no interest in his because Ford came out with one, I told him I was still interested but that was the last I heard of him, guess he figured not many wanted one and was not worth the trouble. So I got one from Ford last week, installed in a few minutes and have one complaint, it takes to long to lower the tailgate, guess I am an impatient person.
 

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I seldom open/close my tailgate but went to lower it the other day and bam! Damper strut had basically broken loose from the top mount.
 

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I seldom open/close my tailgate but went to lower it the other day and bam! Damper strut had basically broken loose from the top mount.
WHOA!!
First time I have heard of this happening.
 

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Might be available from DeeZee next week... they keep pushing it back.

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