Rearended (yeah another)

[tom4bren]

... and the fuel tank shield is on backorder UNTIL FREAKING APRIL! I laughed at the guy when he said that and he told me I could take the truck back until the piece comes in and that it would be fully functional with the crack in it. So I laughed some more...

I don't believe I'll be off roading anytime soon where the tank cover will be necessary, but I'm kind of at a loss for words on any part backordered for 3 months. No way in heck it could be that high of a demand piece!

What PK said.

If it's a part that nobody ever orders, why would they keep it in stock. There are probably some still here in the States but there's no way for them to easily track availability of parts with all of the different Isuzu authorized repair shops.

Maybe send Marlin a PM. They may still have that VX at the boneyard that he's been canabalizing.

& yes, it's perfectly OK to drive around with the damaged shield until the new comes in. It is completely hidden behind the rear cladding.

Anybody have experience getting NEW cladding pieces recently, or know what Merlin says about availability? I thought it was pretty difficult to find these/track them down, and that contributed to so many VXs being considered "totaled" by ins. companies???

Yup, last spring the shop working on mine located the front bumper cover and left front fender cladding locally (after talking to Merlin).

Look at post #73 in this thread:

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...t=offset+saved