Oahu Members Thread

Nissan did it right with the floor mounted rails. I'm sure adding an outlet wouldn't be too hard

 

Sick deals, tires look great, one of these days I'll get up to 305's. I saw one of your posts on a getting muddy thread with your old tire combo, I liked that combo too.

 

"Aircraft grade" haha just regular aluminum

 

That looks great!!! Glad you put it to good use.

 

Thanks again

The passengers side is having trouble sticking to the textured finish on the bed cover rails, but some 3m foam tape has always fixed that in the past.

 

I really miss the bed rails and tie downs on my pro4x...

 

So I ordered 4 tires from Amazon.

They shipped out 3 via FedEX and 1 via USPS. Unsure why but anyway

They were all scheduled to be delievered today. Well the FedEX driver rolled 3 of them into my patio behind the gate for me. Sweet!

The USPS driver decided to walk around my garage, NOT knock on my door, and then leave me a notice in my mailbox that says I have to pick it up tomorrow. Guess she doesnt want to redeliever it tomorrow if I sign the paper as that section is crossed out.

Grrrrrr

I have a camera in my garage that sends me video everytime there is motion so thats how I know what happened.

/semi rant off

 

Maybe you have to leave some cookies and milk out for the mail lady. lol

 

Finished my reverse/turn signal switchback mod!

 

I bought LEDs and tried to install them today. While installing, I notice the bulb began to slowly coming out the slot. As I seen this happening, I carefully started to take out the bulb. While doing so, the bulb got loose and fell between the light housing.I tried to take out the headlights so I can rattle it out but it was a no-go. Headlights couldn't come out. I watched tutorials and still no luck. Looks like i just wasted money on that. Will attempt to try this again tomorrow.

Can anybody help me figure out how to get it back?

 

Maybe magnet on a string? I'm sure there's some iron in the bulb. Best I can think of aside from taking the housing off the truck.

 

Yeah I tried but I couldn't take off the headlights. Watched all tutorials and still no luck. I guess I have LEDs in each of my headlight now. Hahaha. I felt so sick when it fell in the housing. It actually fell between the back housing and the front. If you look in the area, there's a gap. It feel in there. I thought it was going to end up in the bottom of the main headlight bulb area but nope. SMH.

 

Nice! Looking forward to seeing it in action.

 

Aloha Oahu TW braddahs! Just got an Aero Turbine 2525XL. Can anybody recommend a reasonable muffler shop in town to help me replace my stock one with this bad boy? I could definitely do the research myself but much rather hook up a TW braddah or one of his boys first. Any type of help would be much appreciated. Much mahalos

 

Is it bad if i run my HI beams all the time on my HIDs?

 

You shouldn't be running highs because it blinds other drivers.
You also shouldn't run HID if it isn't in a proper projector housing.
I know most people do anyways, but I recommend The Retrofit Source and not running highs unless absolutely necessary.
I attached a photo of my retrofits, hopefully it shows up I'm using tapatalk.

 

There's a hidden nut holding the headlight housing in. It can be accessed from underneath by the wheel well. There's threads that show how it's done but I can't link it right now.
I've done this before it's not too difficult.

 

Sounds good. I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do. Either retrofit or change the while headlight. I'm leaning towards changing the whole headlights... Any good sites to buy from?

I have a 2013 taco, will the hidden nut be the same place? If you do find the thread, please post it or pm me. Thanks

 

thats sick looking. do you have to find a hookup for safety? I'm getting to old to worry about finding a hookup for stuff like that lol

 

I know some guys here buy from Ebay or maybe Amazon, they're cheaper than retrofits and no need do any work of course.

I'm not sure about the 2013 model, but here's a couple threads you can look at:

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/274647-2013-headlight-removal.html

The above is about the 2013, and they are saying it's the same as the other second gens.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/128360-headlight-removal-pics.html

This thread is showing how to remove the housing. Hope these are helpful.

Thanks! Yah I got hookup. It's illegal to alter headlights.