1 Year with the Tacoma Trailhunter

[MrB4D]

Well, today is the 1 year mark for my Trailhunter. 16.5k miles, lifetime average MPG of 18.13, 4 oil changes, and no ragrets. Just going to give a few impressions on the good, not so good, mods I've done, and mods I plan on doing in the future.

TL;DR: Great truck, I'm glad I waited, and I can't wait to go national park hopping next year. Looking forward to the 200k miles

Good

• Great truck, rides really nice, looks amazing
• Acoustic glass is awesome, it really does a good job of cutting out exterior noises
• Buttons and knobs! It has plenty of buttons and knobs for easily adjusting things like volume, AC, off-road controls; while still effectively using the infotainment screen for things like media, maps, and cameras
• The 14in screen is the perfect size for the vehicle, not too big not to small, and very responsive. I primarily use Android Auto, but from what I have used in the stock system, mostly logical (I wish we could hide things like apple/amazon music, and it would be nice if the satellite radio was not hidden with normal AM/FM)
• Seats/cabin is comfortable, even on long road trips. Plenty of places to store road snacks and drinks
• Built in air compressor is a nice feature and helped my buddies and me out a few times. (Didn't think I would use as much around town as I have)

Not so good

• Sometimes there is a high pitched whine coming from where the inverter is in the cab when the vehicle is driving, both at low speed and at high speed (no, it is not the pedestrian alert sound)
• Sometimes the drivers side ventilated seat makes a loud electric whine when at full power (no issue at level 1 or 2)
• Glare from the cluster at night is pretty substantial on the drivers side
• The windows tend to shake and rattle when partially down (known Tacoma issue from my understanding), esp when you close the door. No concerns, just something I will be keeping an eye on

Mods:

• Swapped the stock sliders for the Cali Raised LED sliders
• Several settings with Carista (no more seatbelt chime )
• Dash cam with the Dongar adapter to hide the wires
• Rear bed molle from Cali Raised LED
• Oversized cupholders from Z Precision
• Screen ProTech screen protectors
• Debadged tailgate

Planned mods:

• Steel front bumper with winch
• Replacing the OEM roof rack
• Full rack for RTT & awning

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[TrailAdventurer]

Howdy MrB4D,

Appreciate your observations. We've had our Trailhunter 5 months and have some similar and different observations at this point. I'll be curious to see how things evolve for us over the next 7 months as we head to 1 year.

Thus far, I certainly agree w/acoustic glass. The cabin's very quiet. Especially if you want to get rid of the intake sound and at highway speeds. We're not experiencing any window rattle at this point.

I'm also very pleased with gloved-finger friendly knobs and toggles. They did a nice job there...of course that's a Tacoma-wide positive. For Trailhunter, we both love the seats. I used to think A/C-ventilated seats were a gimmick. Well, I'm a big fan. Keeping yourself cooler makes for a much more alert and comfortable drive...especially on 10-12 hr days.

For our own experience in how we use our offroad/overland vehicles, we also changed to a similar set of sliders (Wescott Des). And, I'm very happy to have also used the ProTech screen protectors--especially given how dusty-dirty we got things last week.

Your next 3 mods are the same as ours.

One thing I did out of the gate though, was change up the tires. The reduced-tread OEM tires don't cut it for our own application where sharp pointy things are common .

Again, thanks. Enjoyed the read. Hopefully these are of value to others.

 

[tacorancher]

Well, today is the 1 year mark for my Trailhunter. 16.5k miles, lifetime average MPG of 18.13, 4 oil changes, and no ragrets. Just going to give a few impressions on the good, not so good, mods I've done, and mods I plan on doing in the future.

TL;DR: Great truck, I'm glad I waited, and I can't wait to go national park hopping next year. Looking forward to the 200k miles

Good

• Great truck, rides really nice, looks amazing
• Acoustic glass is awesome, it really does a good job of cutting out exterior noises
• Buttons and knobs! It has plenty of buttons and knobs for easily adjusting things like volume, AC, off-road controls; while still effectively using the infotainment screen for things like media, maps, and cameras
• The 14in screen is the perfect size for the vehicle, not too big not to small, and very responsive. I primarily use Android Auto, but from what I have used in the stock system, mostly logical (I wish we could hide things like apple/amazon music, and it would be nice if the satellite radio was not hidden with normal AM/FM)
• Seats/cabin is comfortable, even on long road trips. Plenty of places to store road snacks and drinks
• Built in air compressor is a nice feature and helped my buddies and me out a few times. (Didn't think I would use as much around town as I have)

Not so good

• Sometimes there is a high pitched whine coming from where the inverter is in the cab when the vehicle is driving, both at low speed and at high speed (no, it is not the pedestrian alert sound)
• Sometimes the drivers side ventilated seat makes a loud electric whine when at full power (no issue at level 1 or 2)
• Glare from the cluster at night is pretty substantial on the drivers side
• The windows tend to shake and rattle when partially down (known Tacoma issue from my understanding), esp when you close the door. No concerns, just something I will be keeping an eye on

Mods:

• Swapped the stock sliders for the Cali Raised LED sliders
• Several settings with Carista (no more seatbelt chime )
• Dash cam with the Dongar adapter to hide the wires
• Rear bed molle from Cali Raised LED
• Oversized cupholders from Z Precision
• Screen ProTech screen protectors
• Debadged tailgate

Planned mods:

• Steel front bumper with winch
• Replacing the OEM roof rack
• Full rack for RTT & awning

I’m at 13 months 20K miles. Zero regrets.

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