$40 later the rack has been nicely powder coated. Thanks ProStrip. I dropped it off on a Wednesday afternoon, and got it back Friday afternoon. It turned out pretty nicely, and fits well, both bare and with a rack trunk in place.

My Toyota Tacoma has been a great truck and a faithful bicycle carrier for the last four years.  I have been using a Saris Cool Rack for the past few years.  It’s been a good performer, but doesn’t work very well with my bed liner.  I stole this idea from Keith Kidder. It’s a a great idea and works really really well. It mounts and un-mounts with a pair of bolts in seconds. I leave it in place under the tonneau cover.  I machined all the parts with my little CNC Taig milling machine.

Sheldon