hood scoop vs non hood scoop

Looks good from a distance, serves no purpose other than looks, don't like the sun glare and the lack of visibility (seemed way huge when I got the truck...don't notice it much anymore). Can take it or leave it. Would rather Toyota had left the scoop off and given us bigger tires...then again, I also liked the Blacked Out door handles on the Pre-production Pro's.

 

I like that. Is that legal?

 

Well...I don't usually have the LEDs scanning or blinking while I'm driving but I have them on constantly whenever the parking lights are on. I've been driving around with them on at night for well over a year now and haven't been stopped once. The same is true for the LED strips behind the grill and the ones that I now have inside the headlights (I used to have them outside).

The way I look at it is they are a legal color for the front of the truck (Amber) and are essentially running or marker lights like you see on tractor trailers. BTW, cops here are ticket happy. I did have one cop who was directing traffic say one thing though...He said "nice truck"

 

I know this is an old thread but couldn't help myself. Toyota has been putting fake leaf springs and frames on for years so a non functional scoop isn't a stretch.

 

I'd buy that any day.

 

I looked online to try to find something I really liked but in the end I bought some Chinese crap for $30 that I tore apart and modified to do exactly what I wanted it to do.

 

Actually the access cabs in Nova Scotia were unavailable in Nova Scotia when I bought mine. I bought the truck through a broker. It came from North Carolina and the scoop was one of the things I wanted. So up here in Nova Scotia I see very few Tacoma Access Cabs with a scoop. That was the first thing the local dealer picked up on. "Is that a US truck?"

 

I wonder what would happen if a person drilled a bunch of holes in the front of the hood scoop and then install a mesh over the holes... wouldn't that make it be functional?

 

it would force a bit more air in the engine bay as long as you doing 60mph or better

 

Hood scoop of course! Adds like 100 hp or so

 

I've thought about switching mine to the scoop. I think it looks nice.

 

I am waiting on my C4 fab brackets that allow me to put an LED bar in the slot. Now that's cool

 

I wish I had no scoop. Just takes away visibility.

 

There is a hood scoop hood trade thread where you could find a member that wants a scoop and will trade you his non-scoop hood for yours.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2nd-gen-scooped-hood-non-scooped-hood-trade-thread.224504/