It all began in
1970 when parts manager Jim Sickles became a Landcruiser enthusiast
and began selling Toyota Landcruiser parts and accessories out of
the parts department at Downey Toyota (Toyota dealership). This quickly
spread into the sale of Toyota Pickup accessories as well. The association
with Downey Toyota ended in the mid 70’s when the accessory
business was acquired from Downey Toyota by Jim Sickles, and the name
was changed to Downey Off Road Manufacturing.
Our milestone
years were 1979 when Toyota introduced the 4WD mini pickup, and 1984
when Toyota introduced the 4 Runner. The huge sales volume of these
two popular vehicles hurled us into modern CAD-CAM designing systems
and full in-house CNC computerized machining capabilities. These assets
hurled us into a position of dominance in the Toyota accessory market.
Today while other
companies only scratch the surface of the Toyota accessory market,
Downey leads in every aspect of the business. This includes:
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Bringing
more 50 state street legal products to market than all other Toyota
accessory companies combined.
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Inventing
Toyota performance, chassis, and suspension systems years before
they become “standards of the industry”.
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Remaining
the premier “Mr. Answer Man” with accurate Toyota technical
information that is virtually unavailable from any other source.