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Just cut the mat to clearance the clutch pedal. Husky and Weathertech both say auto only, but they'll work on a manual with a little trimming.

 

Fair and good point. It's just the principle of it all. Trimming 120 bucks worth of plastic when they could just spec it to actually work with a manual. I will do a little more investigating and see what will fit a manual with no trimming.

 

I can only speak ro a secong gen, however, i have the Husky liners in my MT. I bought them for the other Tacoma I had with an automatic and swapped them into this truck. I haven’t trimned anything and haven’t had any issues maybe I just got lucky

 

The OEM all weather mats are probably going to be your only option.

 

Well, long story short, I ended up with an automatic transmission TRD PRO. I misread/didn't read the sticker sent via email and after going through negotiations to get to a good price I decided to just go for it. I've been searching over 3 months for a decent priced black manual transmission TRD PRO which has been a nightmare---and by decent I mean just MSRP. Earlier this week I was about to pull the trigger on a 19 OFF ROAD up at Koons in MD, but I got this 18 TRD PRO significantly below MSRP. Plus, as much as I love driving a manual, traffic in NoVA sucks. (Yes, go ahead and let the great debate b/w PRO and OR start.)

Guess I don't have to worry about the clutch with mats.

 

Welcome to TW and enjoy your new ride.

 

Everyone is buying new trucks and not sharing pictures. And I think it’s really rude.

 

Doesn’t have a name yet. Will pick it up Thursday and drive back down.

Was thinking Black Betty.

 

Because @EatSleepTacos already has Betty White?

 

@3pooches

 

The ultimate weight reduction.

 

uhhhhh

 

It’s all the rage these days!

 

so what actually happened?

 

Truck was getting close to overheating on the trails. Should idle around 186°-190° and I went as high as 240° at one point before I turned it off. Can warp the heads around 250°+ and then you’re fucked. Took the hood off to help dissapate the heat and it helped a bit, but was still floating around the 215° range, enough to make me uncomfortable.

My truck likes to puke a little bit of coolant out of the reservoir sometimes (I think I have an underlying head gasket issue) and I think I’m just low on coolant. So I’m going to do a coolant flush, new thermostat and clean my radiator as a starting point.

 

Try a new radiator cap also if you haven’t already

 

Good suggestion! I did, and it didn’t seem to help unfortunately.

 

That good looking garage!