I thought about it as well but then decided to not do it because in the 30 years I've been driving, I've never had fuel siphoned from any of my vehicles, the labor involved isn't worth my time, and if you mess it up wiring I'm not sure if there's a way to manually open the door without breaking it.
Very nice write up. I have the exact same bar in my grill, however I went overboard with 3d printing a bracket to utilize more of the OEM mounts. I found just using the ones on the sides resulted in a lot of vibration since the grill itself is a tad flimsy. I also eliminated the CAN bus by...
That's a good point. I think my frustration right now is my parts guy said it's on back order and I was wanting to do all of my 4x4 fluids before I go on my next trip, but also when you look at the fluid specs, you can't find the exact thing on Toyota's parts website. Toyota lists a different...
20 miles on the odometer in March 2024:
30,000 miles in October 2025:
I don't have any recent pictures but I will next month on my next off road trip. Not really much has changed since the day I bought it.. stock suspension, larger KO3 tires, roof racks with some junk thrown on top, ARB...
I'm past due for my first xfer case oil change and I ordered the most ridiculously expensive gear oil from Toyota.. Diff Gear Oil Lf Ltr W which I believe is part # 00279-DGOLF-01.. someone correct me if I'm wrong. That crap is $50/qt! The parts guy said this oil is on back order for a few...
Technically 40,500 miles but it's not like that 500 is going to make much of a difference. These things are so easy to replace. To my naked eye it almost looks like some might be a fraction of a millimeter off but it could also be my eyes playing tricks since the electrode gap is so small and...
They didn't tell me that when I went, but when I went there was hardly anyone there. I'm going back camping for Memorial Day weekend next month if anyone's interested.
I'm contemplating on swapping front bumpers from my TRD OR to the TH bumper (I don't want to cut my bumper) and I have several questions about parts since Toyota's parts pages aren't very specific and even though you filter for the trim level, they still include the parts pages for the other...
Which site did you order from? I think I saw Sparks Toyota and one other were the best discounts.
I paid $310 including tax.. was $280. I just looked and they want $304 for it now. You just have to look for the ones in the area and compare it to ones nationwide and find which one is...
The fender flares on the OR are matte so the decision was pretty much already made, but i also like the look of the matte over the gloss. IMHO the matte grill will also match powdercoated bumpers too.
I have a Triple-R Linear-18 Elite+ which is a multi-mode yellow/low-white/high-white/both bar pushing out to 21000 lumins. I also have their Linear-24 Elite but it's collecting dust at the moment, not sure if I'm going to stuff it in the grill or not.
I also wanted a clean install with the...
I've had mine for just over 2 years now, I'll hit 40k miles in the next week or two. No big gripes, nothing that I hate about the truck except it does chip a bit easily.. but considering how much abuse it goes through at work and on the trails I'm not really complaining.
I went a similar route except I 3D printed my bracket out of ABS.. because I didn't feel like using nylon... but I have some noticeable vibration on poorly maintained paved roads and even worse on dirt roads that I blame the flimsy grill. Do you notice any vibrations with your aluminum...
My only complaint with the TRD grill swap is the small amount of vibration/flex when going over bumpy surfaces. You can see it at night when the grill light is on. It really needs a more sold mounting surface, not plastic.
While back I installed a TH Heritage Grill but used a different light bar than OEM and 3D printed a pretty sturdy bracket out of ABS--but I have some crazy vibration coming since there's no reinforcement to the grill. Is this an issue on the TH and TRD Pro or is there a support bracket that...