Ta-Co-Ma - AWorthyOpponent's Build and Photo Thread

Ohh...there's soo much...I've bought 6 new cars in the last 2 years between me and my fiancé...

You gotta know what you want to get before you go in. Down here in south Florida, the larger dealerships usually give a better deal to the Internet sales team because they deal more in volume than anything else. Know what you want before you go in and have a price point set. Financing rates are always negotiable...as are the prices for the extended warranties if you want to put that in the mix. Cover all angles before going in because they may offer you a great deal on cost and trade, but give you a high interest rate, or good interest rate but not work out a deal on the price. Most wont give you a lot of wiggle room on the price. Try your best to make all the deals separately. Take the truck to carmax and get a no haggle buy price, so you know what you can get. Try to get the trade in to match that because you don't have to pay tax on the trade in amount if you trade it for another vehicle.

Work out what you are willing to pay for x number of months. Don't let them talk you past that. Use an online tool to figure out what payments should be before you go in.

Are you financing the new one? What kind of payments for how many months are you looking at max? Do you owe anything currently on your truck, or own outright? How much do you owe? What do you want to put down?

 

I havent had my truck appraised yet but was told I would be around 23k to 24k for it.
I am financing it , only owe 18k on the truck . My lean holder contracts with a company
That finds the new car you want and haggles the dealer gets a good price and I only deal
With my lean holder, if I dont agree on the pricing im not obligated to anything.

I have 2010 trd sport DC/LB with 48, 000 miles 2wd

I know I want 2013 trd sport DC/LB 4wd
Im looking to only make payments around what im already paying no more since its
Already pricey thats 430 a month. I have 4 years left on my current truck. My rep stated
That if we do a six year my payments would stay about the same. This is where he really
Got me he stated that my current interest rate would drop from 6.7 to 3.3 with the trade in.
Dont have anything for a down payment just trying to trade in.

 

Also no dealer fees

 

I would try to go to a dealership and see what you can get. Theoretically, you have a dealer thats gonna make money and then this leinholder that wants to as well. You might be able to get 0% from Toyota depending on your credit and promotions...South East Toyota Finance gave me a decent rate even before haggling.

With like 6k equity traded, on a (theoretically) $34,000 truck, your payments would be about $447 for 72 months. I bet you could talk down more than that...get the truck for $32,000 and youre looking at $414 for 72...30k is like $380...

If you can do it, and you can aford the payment, id say do it...On the other hand, you could keep your current Tacoma another year or two Miles and another year or two wont make a difference in price you will get for trad. By then, hopefully the new model will be out, or you will have enough saved up that you can put more down or even eliminate the truck payment all together...

 

Thanks for the advice. I'll keep that in mind, I mean im not obligated to anything.
so if I'm not liking the numbers, im walking away from it.

 

Very nice!!!!

 

Thank you sir!

 

NICE TRUCK HOMIE!!!!

 

Thanks man.

 

Howdy neighbor!.. I have pretty much the same rig as you..
I went with the Borla Cat Back, and 265 70 17 BFG KO's,
I have had trucks in Florida for many years, I have never found the opportunity
to get into or need 4wd so I went prerunner.

 

It pops right out from the back..it can't get easier..

 

What part of Florida are you in? we try to have small meets around here when possible...

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=269475&page=39

 

I don't know why it took me soo long to do the rear diff breather mod, but it's finally done. This could have seriously been done by a monkey. The parts total up to about $20 and it took me about 10 minutes after I figured out the basic concept of what was going on.

I put the breather behind the taillight for two reasons...

1) No drilling required. You can route the tubing right up in there and zip tie it to the body, completely hidden. No worries about spraying water in the gas fill cap area when washing.
2) If I have standing water at the top of my bed, I probably have more to worry about than the rear diff getting a little water in it.

 

Couple things done to my truck...

Re-Painted the front emblem with Satin Black...




Tinted the side mirror turn signals. Left a little bit at the end to make sure the signals are still fully visible. In retrospect, I didn't need to, but I cant even notice it unless you purposely look at it and know its there...





I figured while I was already at it, I would tint my fogs (a little darker) and new headlights (clear) to make sure they don't oxidize on me. All three are done with Lamin-X. definitely a relatively cheap way to protect your lenses for years to come if you intend on keeping the truck...

Before tint:


After Tint:






With Headlights and Foglights on:

 

Hey I'm in PBC too. Where was this car wash that they got on your roof? Just so I steer clear. Love that color...

 

It was Top Hat on Okeechobee Blvd. near I-95, next to the McDonalds. Since then, they also messed up my grandmothers car (machine dented it and took off paint) and they refused to fix it. Will NEVER go back there.


Also, make sure to check out the South Florida BS thread...we do meets and stuff with local guys relatively regularly. Decent people...

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/florida/269475-south-florida-b-s-thread-99.html

 

Hey Dan. This is actually my first post here. I've seen your truck around town. I just bought a 2014 dbl cab SB in black this past week. I've already debadged it. Next week DV8 customs will be installing a 3" Rough Country lift on 265/70R17 mounted on Rock star II wheels. A cold air intake and flowmeter exhaust. I also found a bull bar out of a place in Cali for $130 including shipping. I will be blacking out my grill emblem soon. I like how your headlights look tinted. What and how did you do it?

 

Awesome, welcome to the site!

If you want to do it on the cheap, you can search around here for the BHLM (Black Headlight Mod). Essentially it just involves you removing the lights, baking them in the oven to soften the glue and opening them up. Then you can take the chrome pieces and paint them whatever you want with some kind of high heat paint. Here's a instruction guide that someone made.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/lighting/2327-blacking-out-headlights-how.html

If you want to look like mine with the projectors and all, you'd have to get alot more involved. There are a few guys that do the "retrofit" and BHLM service, but it can get expensive...Way better investment than HID's tho. The output is remarkably better. Here's the guy that did mine...
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...fs-fx-r-mini-retrofits-bhlm-no-down-time.html

If you want to just black it out, you could always just get the lights tinted. It would reduce the light output a little, but if you don't go too dark, its not that bad. That's what I did with my Fogs. Might get stopped by PBSO though if they're looking for a reason to stop you. Tinted heads and tails aren't legal, so I wouldn't recommend it. Fogs and side markers aren't required lighting tho, so you can tint those as you see fit.

Make sure you check out the South Florida section. We meet up occasionally and there's a guy there (Ryan) that did a retrofit on his for relatively cheap.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/florida/269475-south-florida-b-s-thread-99.html

 

And stay away form Royal Palm Beach Toyota Service. They completely messed up my rear brakes 3 times...actually taking it in for a 4th brake service (will be the third time they have been "replaced", and I have 20,000 on the truck. If you're looking for a good service writer, talk to Mike Mazzone at Palm Beach Toyota on Military and Summit. Hes a friend and hes honest. Tell him I sent you...He'll take care of your truck...

 

From the other day on my way to work...poured like no other for like about 20 min...Puddle is really apparent in the video, but wasn't soo much in person...