Rippled paint near bottom of car on both sides

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So I noticed today near the end of the bed on the bottom on both sides it’s very rippled like this:
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Is this normal? Did it come like this and I never noticed before?
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I believe it's textured like that from the front wheel-well all the way to the rear, on both sides.
Thanks, you’re totally right now that I peek all the way under. It just seems to run up onto the side a little at the very back there, I presume for extra protection. Cant believe I never noticed that before!
 

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Thanks, you’re totally right now that I peek all the way under. It just seems to run up onto the side a little at the very back there, I presume for extra protection. Cant believe I never noticed that before!

My salesman actually pointed that out. He said a lot people come back and say something so he just tells them now in the beginning lol
 

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So I noticed today near the end of the bed on the bottom on both sides it’s very rippled like this:
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Is this normal? Did it come like this and I never noticed before?
It's a resilient coating designed to protect lower auto body panels from damage such as stone chipping.

Toyota has been using this for decades. Our 1st Tacoma had this back in 1997
 


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Pretty sure that is caused by installing a damper. The tailgate moves too slow to pull all the wrinkles out of the paint.
 

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Naw, it's just undercoating overspray that went on before the body paint ( circa Early 60's) before it became a dealer option and dropped altogether. Just doing it for service calls...:wink:

total b s but plausible story?
 

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Thats good to know!! Mine has it too! See how it holds up after 5 or 6 years.
 

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You sure that wasn't just really really bad orange peel... :oops:
Positive hahaha. The paint was black. The one thing that sticks out too was that I believe it was the first car we had without the little rain gutters over the door.
 

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Yes, stone guard protection, same purpose as the clear tape applied to the front lower portion on the bed by the back of the cab.
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