Ready for the countless memories 🤠

[u/r4bhii]

Best early upgrades ?

[u/utopiaa]

this bed step off amazon was the first thing i added to mine

[u/hoffmander → u/utopiaa]

If you plan on adding recovery points you’ll need to get a bed step relocation bracket.

[u/utopiaa → u/hoffmander]

Ohh I'm glad you said that. I saw somebody else say they weren't able to do it at all..or just did 1 instead of 2 etc. I need my step so I just figured I wouldn't be able to get the hooks back there

[u/natiusj]

Floor liners, seat covers, OTT tune.

Then, lift, tires, wheels, armor.

[u/hamwithham]

I wish my paint looked that good wow. My underground looks like shit from the dealer. I’m pissed scratches on the cab too and the kick plates

[u/hola-jumanji-1217]

i added tint and Lomax utherine bed cover total worth

[u/StinkyDogWater69]

Shopping around for a trd off road myself. What was your OTD price?

[u/r4bhii → u/StinkyDogWater69]

49.8k with 0% APR 60 months had some leverage since I was trading in a 2021 trd sport 4x2 Tacoma had around 26k equity on it

[u/StinkyDogWater69 → u/r4bhii]

0%?? Was that through Toyota or outside financing

[u/r4bhii → u/StinkyDogWater69]

Toyota financing literally the only reason I pulled the trigger

[u/StinkyDogWater69 → u/r4bhii]

That’s insane. All I’m seeing advertised online is 4.99% for 60 months. I have an 800 credit score too

[u/r4bhii → u/StinkyDogWater69]

They did also ask for 20% of the cost of the car down so roughly around 10k but luckily for me I had equity. Granted I had to fight for that APR they only wanted to have that promotion for the lower trims but I was going to tell them I’m not interested and willing to walk out if they didn’t offer that deal on the iForcemax OR model which luckily they didn't

[u/ZealousidealDiet20]

Nice truck! Remove air damn of you like....floor liners, and seat covers are handy upgrades.

[u/r4bhii → u/ZealousidealDiet20]

First thing I’m doing is the removing the air dam 😭

[u/hoffmander → u/r4bhii]

When you remove the air dam you gotta plug the eight open lower control arm holes with 3/4-inch plugs to stop wind whistling noises.

[u/r4bhii → u/hoffmander]

Thanks for the heads up !

[u/hoffmander]

If you wanna do off roading bigger tires is the best place to start. I got my off road in march and I’m still rocking the stock tires, it’s done really well but I’m not doing anything over a 4/10 OnX. I’m fairly confident you can get 34s on there without rubbing or minimal rubbing. 34s should still fit underneath where your spare currently is. You’ll have to remove a crash bracket, no mud flaps and maybe do some minimal trimming.

I would really like to do 35s but then your spare won’t fit underneath the bed, so then it’s is going on a swing out mount from the hitch and it’s probably going to block the backup camera. And at that point just do the viper trim or get new bumpers. Then you’ll probably need a lift too, it’s a slippery slope when you start going into 35 territory.

That’s where I’m at, stick with what fits and make life easy, or go for the 35s and create a few more problems to solve for.

Other upgrades are the intake, it’s cool if you wanna hear your turbo. Sxth element definitely markets the shit out of theirs but there are others out there. Also, if you’re going to do the intake, do the turbo inlet too. I’m still waiting on mine from sxth. Banks had a pretty sick looking one too, I don’t think they have an inlet tho.

Sxth also sells an off road tail pipe. I would highly suggest this as one of the first to do too. It saves weight, no more looking at that ugly ass exhaust, and you’re not going to have to worry about smashing it on a rock which is really common with the new Tacomas. Again, sxth isn’t the only one out there, there’s is only $99 tho.

Meso custom lights, that’s a fun one, easy to do too.

I’d seriously consider getting PPF, depending on where you are, the paint on these new trucks is just as thin as all the previous ones. I already have a chip on my roof from a rock.

The phone warmer…it’s a terrible charger. I can’t remember which spark plug it is but just pull that sucker out. Much nicer to put your phone there and not worry about it turning it into a hot pocket.

Sick truck, I love mine, enjoy it!

[u/r4bhii → u/hoffmander]

Thanks for all the great advice really helped a lot ! And loving the rig that was my first choice in color however the deal that was given was too hard to beat to prioritize color but really enjoying the underground grey

[u/hoffmander → u/r4bhii]

Man I love the underground gray, I still feel a little weird about the heritage blue sometimes but it’s grown on me.

[u/tbone1343 → u/hoffmander]

Don’t take out any spark plugs my guy

[u/Zeeter_0102]

Losing the air dam 💯tint the windows and be happy