Install the Cali Raised LED Cat Shield & Transmission Skid Plate on your 2024+ Toyota Tacoma using the instructions below. The plate guards the transmission from rock strikes and shields the catalytic converter to help deter theft. Hybrid and non-hybrid trucks take different plates with different hardware and steps; check the SKU on your box and follow your section.
Which kit do you have
- Non-hybrid: CR4329 (steel) · CR4331 (aluminum)
- Hybrid: CR4325 (steel) · CR4327 (aluminum)
Steel and aluminum plates use the same hardware and the same steps.
Fitment and installation time
Fits 2024+ Toyota Tacoma (4th Gen), 4WD only. Does not fit the OEM TRD skid plate. Fits most aftermarket suspension lifts; check custom or extreme setups first. Estimated installation time: 30–60 minutes. No drilling, no cutting, no permanent modification. Weight: steel 55 lb, aluminum 31 lb.
Non-hybrid kit (CR4329 / CR4331), as listed in the install video
- 4 M8 bolts with washers · 1 3/8 bolt with washer · 2 3/8 carriage bolts with washers and nuts · 2 plate washers · 1 snap nut with plate
- Tools: 13 mm socket, 7/32 Allen key, ratchet, 9/16 box-end wrench, two 14 mm box-end wrenches
Hybrid kit (CR4325 / CR4327), as listed in the install video
- 4 M8 bolts with 5/16 washers · 8 3/8 button-head bolts with washers · 1 1.5 in 3/8 button-head bolt with washer · 2 3/8 carriage bolts with washers and lock nuts · 1 3/8 snap nut with snap plate · 2 washer plates
- Tools: 7/32 Allen key, 9/16 socket, 12 mm, 13 mm and 14 mm sockets, 14 mm and 9/16 box-end wrenches, ratchet
Before you start
Both videos are shot on a lift. Let the exhaust cool completely before you start. Park on level ground and support the truck on jack stands; never work under a vehicle held up only by a jack. The plate is heavy (steel 55 lb, aluminum 31 lb); have a helper. Both videos are shot with a Cali Raised front skid fitted. The sway-bar-disconnect skid, where removed, does not go back on.
Non-hybrid installation steps (CR4329 / CR4331)
- Remove the front-skid bolts. Remove the four bolts at the rear of the front skid, then the two bolts in the cross support.
- Sway bar disconnect? Remove its skid. If your truck has a sway bar disconnect, remove its skid plate (three M12 bolts). It does not go back on. No sway bar disconnect? Skip this step.
- Loosen the two inside nuts on the transmission support.
- Slide the skid in, tabs over the bolts. Start with the skid behind the transmission support, then slide it forward so it sits between the front skid and the frame. The two rear tabs go over the two support bolts. Lightly thread the nuts back on, just enough that they won't slide out.
- Thread the four M8 bolts. With the nuts on, lightly thread the four supplied M8 bolts into place where the skid meets the front skid. Leave them loose for now.
- Fit the two carriage bolts. Driver side: push a carriage bolt up through the skid and the transmission support. On top of the support, stack a plate washer, then a washer, then the nut, and lightly thread it. Passenger side: the exhaust is so close to the support that you push the bolt through only until the tip of the threads pokes through. Place the plate washer on top, then the washer, then the nut. Slowly push the bolt through the support and tighten that nut.
- Fit the snap nut and plate. Snap the snap nut into its plate and set it inside the transmission support. Then start the 3/8 bolt and washer up through the skid plate into it.
- Doors on, then tighten it all. Install the two transmission doors. Then tighten all the loose bolts. Do not over-tighten. If the hardware will not seat the way it should, stop and email support before you force it.
Hybrid installation steps (CR4325 / CR4327)
- Drop the front skid's rear edge. Factory front skid: remove its back two bolts. Cali Raised front skid: remove the four bolts and loosen the two, so the skid drops down enough to slide the transmission skid in.
- Remove the factory sway-bar-disconnect skid plate. Take out its three bolts and drop it down. It does not go back on.
- Remove one nut each side. On the transmission support, remove the nut on the second bolt, on both sides, before you lift the skid into place.
- Slide the skid in. Slide the transmission skid between the frame and the front skid, and hang it on the bolts on the cross frame. Start the nuts back onto those bolts by hand. The hybrid plate arrives with its doors on.
- Front-skid hardware back in. Loosely put the front-skid hardware back in first, before you fit any other bolts.
- Set the snap nut and plate. Snap the snap nut into the snap plate, then set them on top of the cross frame, in the middle of the transmission skid.
- Thread the 3/8 hardware. Thread the rest of your 3/8 hardware through the cross frame: the button-head bolts with their washers, and the carriage bolts with their washers and lock nuts, in the same places as the non-hybrid (steps 5 and 6 above). Leave everything loose for now.
- Tighten front to rear. With every bolt loosely in place, tighten them all, starting at the front of the skid and working to the rear. Do not over-tighten. If the hardware will not seat the way it should, stop and email support before you force it.
Check your work (both kits)
- The skid sits flat and every bolt is tight.
- The front-skid hardware is back in and tight.
- Both carriage bolts and their nuts are tight.
- The snap nut and plate are seated.
- Both transmission doors are on.
Need help?
If the hardware will not seat correctly, stop before forcing it and contact support@caliraisedled.com.
Instructions based on the Cali Raised LED installation guide for CR4325 / CR4327 / CR4329 / CR4331, Rev B, September 24, 2026.
