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Wasn't today...Truck is in the body shop...some guy in a Rav-4 plowed thru a red light hit head to head with a 2wd Tacoma, and both smashed into me while I was sitting at a red light...needless to say, truck is a work in progress and I'll be back to square one!

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Wasn't today...Truck is in the body shop...some guy in a Rav-4 plowed thru a red light hit head to head with a 2wd Tacoma, and both smashed into me while I was sitting at a red light...needless to say, truck is a work in progress and I'll be back to square one!

Damn man, that sucks. Everyone okay?

 

 

I replaced my Morimoto low beam that burned out. I ordered 5500k like my last bulbs and these aren't as blue. We'll see when they break in. Pass bulb is such a pain in the ass to replace on these trucks.

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Installed the Borla Atak cat back, replace reverse lights with JDM astars LEDs and philips LED license plate lighting

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That truck is Rad. what suspension/ tires u running

Thank you. ICON stage 5 suspension and Toyo RT 295/70/17.

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Thank you. ICON stage 5 suspension and Toyo RT 295/70/17.

Mic drop...

 

Hahaha - impressive setup man.

 

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Damn man, that sucks. Everyone okay?

 

The other two drivers left in an ambulance...My truck is pretty banged up, and other than a pretty gnarly gash on my pinky, I'm good!

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I had my windshield tinted with Llumar Air 80 and had a new visor strip put on. Love it so far and its only been a few hours.

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Mic drop...

 

Hahaha - impressive setup man.

 

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Thanks man!

That's the suspension package that I have been saving up for. How do you find it so far?

It's amazing. Finally had a chance to take it off road a couple weeks back and man was it fun. Suspension had plenty of travel and held up great. Towards the end of the day I changed the damping from full soft to about 5-7 clicks and it was way better for off roading at higher speeds. Worth the money for sure. Best thing I have done to the truck.

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Thanks man!

It's amazing. Finally had a chance to take it off road a couple weeks back and man was it fun. Suspension had plenty of travel and held up great. Towards the end of the day I changed the damping from full soft to about 5-7 clicks and it was way better for off roading at higher speeds. Worth the money for sure. Best thing I have done to the truck.

Trucks looks great! I think on my next truck I'm going to go a similar route as well.

 

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Rotated tires, put running boards back on, and learned that I've been severely under inflating my tires since they are an LT so aired them up to 50psi

 

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Got my new foam cannon from chemical guys yesterday and used it this morning and finally gave it a much needed bath.

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Got my new foam cannon from chemical guys yesterday and used it this morning and finally gave it a much needed bath.

Chemical guys stuff is awesome, i did a full detain on mine, claybared with some swirl remover, whitelight, jetseal, and white wax and it turned out amazing.

 

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