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Softopper vs Bestop

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by NJMevec, Dec 6, 2020.

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Softopper or Bestop

  1. Softopper

    203 vote(s)
    88.3%

  2. Bestop

    27 vote(s)
    11.7%
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  1. Dec 12, 2020 at 11:27 AM
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    5nahalf

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    Don't forget the factory install inclinometer!
     
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    :eek::eek:
     
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  3. Dec 12, 2020 at 11:35 AM
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    My 1992 toyota pickup had one in it that I got from the junkyard out of a dihatsu rocky. Best feature ever.
     
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    doublethebass

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    Pro for the win

    :thumbsup:
     
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    No real write up. Here are some older posts of mine. It's a @mattgecko light kit, an Amazon switch, 12v battery pack, large clear shrink tubing over the light strips, and lots of smaller shrink tubing, braided wire loom, and zip ties to hook it all up.

     
    dilbert, Dec 12, 2020
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    Hmmm gonna have to do some planning here. Think I may go for Bluetooth rgb strips that way I can have red at night and so on. Hours of research ahead :annoyed:
     
    NJMevec, Dec 12, 2020
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    The research, planning, and design are most of the fun. I love a good project. @tonered did red party lights in his, it's like a strip club on wheels. Welcome to the champagne room.
     
    dilbert, Dec 12, 2020
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    Strobe RGBs won’t get me pulled over... right? :bananadance:
     
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    I come back to this thread and it keeps getting better. Love it!
     
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  10. Dec 12, 2020 at 1:33 PM
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    Any pics you can share with the tent setup?
     
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    Mood lighting for just the right occasions.
     
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    For those of you that don’t put Velcro on the tailgate for the ST back window what do you do? That’s probably the only thing I don’t like. And I’m not a fan of putting something on the tailgate like Velcro.
     
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  13. Dec 12, 2020 at 1:57 PM
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    I tuck it. Mine is the old style with the curved bar though.
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    I do nothing, I let it flop around
     
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    Diode dynamics makes pretty good stuff for led lighting replacements. I can’t speak to their led strips though. Probably more expensive than Amazon kits.
     
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    I have DD SS3 pro fogs and they are amazing. I didn't even realize they did LED strips.
     
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    I don't know if the rear flap is long enough but on my Can-Back they stiched in like 10 magnets and that sucker doesn't move ever.
     
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    I feel like w magnets It'd be worse. It's gonna move and micro vibrate and rub into the paint. My paint is definitely getting affected by letting it flop but I wanna wrap the truck eventually anyway haha.
     
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  19. Dec 12, 2020 at 8:52 PM
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    A good strip of custom vinyl should take care of that.
     
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    It tucks the flap above the tailgate, or else it gets the hose again.

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