Hey thank you! It’s CBI. It’s fine but not as stout as I had hoped. My rear bumper is C4 and I regret not going with them for the front too

lol excellent reference

I think the torque spec exists just so that some caveman with an impact wrench doesn’t over do it and strip the threads off the reservoir

Thank you! I’m sure that you could. If you want to lock yourself in it, you’d have to go with some sort of replacement latches though. I’ve tried with the stock ones and there doesn’t appear to be any way to do so.

Nice! I would do the same but unfortunately the rim on my full size spare is busted and discontinued. Some old lady texting and driving drilled it last year

Every 5k miles. I know that technically you can go longer with modern synthetics, but I want to take this thing to 500k miles lol

@@tacosauce4x4 Quite a bit different than changing oil and filter in my 2008 SR5. I guess the Toyota engineers determined that this set up would be better than the 2nd gen. Thanks for the video.

It’s probably not lol. I’ve had to use a heat gun to get the filter cap off twice now. I’m about to switch it to aluminum and see if that helps

Yeah just stick with OE filters for engine longevity above all else. Unfortunately the only real way to get more power out of this engine is either a tune or supercharger/turbocharger

He was really excited about it. Super nice guy, definitely first week on the job lol

If you know, you know.

It should. You just select the year, model, and trim and it should come with the correct wiring, or an adapter if needed.

It was rusted really bad after about two years. I went with a stainless steel one from borla after and it’s been great. Zero signs of corrosion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6iQYWZ9ebl4bZosi=LVROf-zh-5emImwH

I haven’t kept up with the drama. What did he do?

@@tacosauce4x4 I purchased their tuning package with the dongle for over $700. Recently, I wanted to flash back to a lower octane tune to save money, but I was informed by Matt that I would need to pay an additional $75 for access to the tune I already bought. He mentioned there was a two-year window for free "upgrades," but I missed this announcement that was made somewhere on the internet. My intention was to save money by reflashing, not spend more. It would have been helpful if Matt had sent an email during the upgrade window to inform customers. I feel that Matt is dishonest, and I regret spending any money with him. I will not be paying for any upgrade to regain access to what I already purchased.

@@tacosauce4x4 I purchased their tuning package with the dongle for over $700. Recently, I wanted to flash back to a lower octane tune to save money, but I was informed by Matt that I would need to pay an additional $75 for access to the tune I already bought. He mentioned there was a two-year window for free "upgrades," but I missed this announcement that was made somewhere on the internet. My intention was to save money by reflashing, not spend more. It would have been helpful if Matt had sent an email during the upgrade window to inform customers. I feel that Matt is dishonest, and I regret spending any money with him. I will not be paying for any upgrade to regain access to what I already purchased.

No way, that’s such bogus. Wow I had no idea there was an upgrade window. Guess I missed it too

@@tacosauce4x4 Ya I had no reason to keep up to date on tune status. Then I thought I might try and save some money only to find out all this...

Good call!

Hey thank you! So you don’t need any sort of tape. The canopy comes with a rubber seal attached to the bottom edge that sits on the bed rails. If you do want it to be water tight(ish) I would say grab some caulking for the corners of the bed closest to the cab. The Tacoma bed has some small gaps there that can let water through.

@@tacosauce4x4 Thank you for the quick feedback.

For sure

Olives probably

No problem!

It’s a cycle that every young wrench head goes through lol

Glad it was helpful!

Still working great. One of the DRLs is out and I couldn’t find a fix for it. Other than that the light output is still awesome

Check the dipstick before doing that. 6.2 is maximum fill. When you drain the oil it doesn’t totally empty it, so there will be residual oil in there.

@@tacosauce4x4 I did, and it’s right at the top not past the top dot

Yeah I’m always upfront with the mods and reviews that I do. There’s a lot of people who will make baseless claims when it comes to performance improvements, and that does nothing but put money in the pockets of manufacturers. Never understood it.

The dimensions of the mounting rails. They’re too wide to mount it straight on top. I had asked the distributor who I bought it from about a frontrunner rack specifically, he looked into it, and said no dice. I’m sure you could use some angled footings, but I wouldn’t risk a heavy load on that since now you’re putting torque on the mounting channels

Thanks!

Only about two feet of it was needed. Remember, you want to work it almost like a q-tip. The goal is to pull stuff out, not push it down. If you go too far you can definitely end up pushing the rubber grommet off of the bottom so I wouldn’t use more than half of the length of the pipe cleaner.

Damn I wish you mentioned that in the video, I stuck the whole entire thing down and def met a bit of resistance on the way back up. Any way I can find the bottom end to see if I damaged anything? Thanks

So far no

Probably should have tbh

Nope. Just louder

Yeah I use an off brand spray versions of fluid film every year and it does the job for the frame

Yeah so when I made this clip I didn’t expect it to really be that popular. Seems like it’s a pretty prevalent problem though. If you truck still smells you might want to steam clean your carpets and stuff. Last thing you want is mold or mildew in the headliner

Yeah I had no idea about cleaning sunroof drains. I had taken my truck to the dealer twice before they figured it out. Which was only after they told me my hood lights were the issue and that my third brake light was probably also the cause. They were wrong.

For sure 🤘🏽

It’s replacing it in their lineup. IMO better overall look and functionality, addition of the positive pressure event is huge, etc. So if you see the Explorer for sale somewhere it’s old inventory.

Yep exactly. I’ve had a couple short boards and even some SUPs on there and just used the Velcro on foam pads. No issues

Hell yeah! Happy it worked

I didn’t because we were leaving for a camping trip the next morning so I threw a Hail Mary and knocked it out without filming unfortunately. I actually had someone else message me about a how to install vid, so I may do a follow up and run down the process once it gets above freezing here again.

@@tacosauce4x4 Thank you for the quick reply. I'm glad I subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work.

Much appreciated. I'll try to knock it out this weekend if I get some spare time.

Yeah $400 for a hunk of plastic noise maker ain’t worth it

Glad it helped! The Tacoma itself is really easy to do oil changes on and I feel like a lot of people don’t realize they can totally do it themselves.