Hey it's a new guy with a new truck

post a pic or a link

^ nice

 

Love my new truck! Still waiting for the mileage to come up a bit. Shes doing 16 mpg.

 

^ looks good my mileage hasn't been stellar- about 19 mpg from Bozeman to Billings (150 miles) interstate at 80 mph, at Billings I gassed up and immediately hit a bad head wind, the next 150 I got about 15 mpg

if the wind would cooperate and I slowed down maybe 5 mph, should be able to hit 20 me thinks????

 

Great idea/look for the trd center caps. Anyone know for sure if the TRD center caps part no. PT904-35070CC shown on new guys sport will fit on 2012 TRD DCSB OffRoad which has the 16, not 17 in. tires? I really like the look and want something simple to set off my truck but don't want to order unless they fit. Thanks for help, mcdee.

 

w/ the OR 16" 'ers you have to trim the interior of the center caps a bit- there is a good thread floating around where several folks have done that, basically you just match up the length to the oe ones and trim appropriately (most use a cutoff wheel/dremel)- if I can find the thread I'll link it

 

Is this it?

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...trd-centercap-mod-trd-wheels.html#post2064214

btw, I'm new around here...although I have been lurking around since I bought my 1st truck, 2008 TRD Offroad DCSB, 2 weeks ago

 

Nice Truck....Welcome from First State.

 

yup- that's the one

danke kind Sir!

 

thanks for info- didn't know a mod existed and was needed.

 

installed a TRD exhaust- you can see the smaller diameter muffler, what is tougher to see is the larger diameter exhaust of the TRD 2.5" vs 2.25"




shiny



cut down the rear mudflaps as well, just cut a straight line w/ tin snips, then used the lower portion as a guide to get the curved portion the same





finished

 

Nice job on the flaps, i have been considering the same with mine. Have you gotten any stone damage in the front end since you took your flaps off??

 

Welcome, fellow Montana Tacomerer!

 

no stone damage (yet anyways), but after a recent rain you can see a little more "splash" on the sides- so they were doing what they were designed to do- if it starts getting problematic, I might put them back and just trim them like I did w/ the rears

^ thanks- now that I'm actually looking, seeing a fair number of Tacomas in travels about the state