Picking up my TRD Sport

Great looking truck!. I have a white TRD sport on the way, but have one question. The brochure says that the sport grille is "gray grille with smoked finish and chrome surround . Some pics I have seen it looks all chrome, but some like yours looks like the mesh is gray and the surround and emblem are chrome. Any info would be much appreciated.

 

NM- I just watched about 20 YouTube videos on it...

 

http://youtu.be/AFYX_5cS1go

That one is great for wheels. He has many many videos for every other part of any vehicle on YouTube. Dipyourcar.com is his website. Excellent, easy to follow instructions. Now my mind is turning on all the things I want to do...

 

The air we breathe is more than 80% nitrogen. Filling with nitrogen does nothing. It will heat up and it will leak just like regular air

 

Higher pressure is good for everything except traction. The number on the tire is the maximum cold pressure. The number inside the door is for traction purposes. The braking distance number quoted by Toyota was at 29 psi. If you go higher, braking distance will get longer.

Higher pressure is good for traction in the rain. It makes the tire push through the water to find the ground under it.

 

You are mistaken. The sticker in the door is the correct tire pressure to run given the GVWR rating of the vehicle. If you haul something heavy then you can temporarily raise the tire pressure. You can put the same tire on 4 different vehicle ando run 4 different tire pressures depending on each GVWR

 

I am originally from Pt Arthur!

 

I looked and there are small Phillips screws holding it on from the inside. The bottom ones may be a little had to reach. Then it will popen out.

 

The Toyota emblem center is chrome. The outer circle of the Toyota emblem and the grill is a smoked chrome.

 

Thanks Sam. I really want to see one live; I'm thinking the smoke chrome will look better than it does in the pics. I really appreciate your taking the time to answer everybody's questions here.

 

Thanks !!

 

..OK....now THAT was an excellent vid...and seems to me to be the answer to the cheese-grater grill?!.....

 

I beg to differ.... pure nitrogen is used in aircraft tires because 1. It does not expand/contract much due to heat or altitude and 2. It is not absorbed by the rubber like regular air and therefore loses little to no pressure over time.

 

It's something you can have done at a shop that does it but most stuff is DIY at home.
http://youtu.be/AFYX_5cS1go

 

Yeah, your truck isn't an aircraft.

http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/should-you-fill-your-cars-tires-with-nitrogen.html

 

How on earth have I survived the 100's of thousands of auto and motorcycle miles I've done without pure nitrogen in my tires? I was talking with a local dealer about a Tacoma and after they mentioned their fees for putting N2 in the tires I never spoke to them again. Any dealership that tries to swindle $90 from their customers for such a scam won't get my money. I can just see every car coming into this dealership and they pull the valve stems, drain the air from the tires, then fill with N2. Sure, that's gonna happen. Besides the fact that having pure N2 is basically worthless, chances are it'll never happen and the buyer would never know.

 

http://youtu.be/u8Gfd46AxLw

Here is one where he does chrome badges and a grille...the cheese grater doesn't stand a chance

 

Well you can't believe everything you read. I never said use nitrogen. I said you could use it as a reference. It's proven that you lose 2.5 lbs with normal air and .5 lb or less with nitrogen. Is it cost effective.... no! If you are diligent and check your tires regularly then there is no need not to mention they gouge you on the price. You can't disprove nitrogen use... the military has been using it for decades. I check my tires regularly, especially on the motorcycles.

 

You nailed it, check your tire pressure on a regular basis folks regardless of whether you use nitrogen or good ole air...

Buy the way - Nice Truck!

 

Sam, I just put on the backflip Vp tonneau on my truck this weekend. You should check it out, its pretty nice. Maybe some night this week I can come by and check out the new toy too.

Mike