The Golden Triangle (Beaumont, Port Arthur, Nederland)

Painted fenders. Also, basically the most essential of options.....power windows/locks, no back up camera, single disc radio, none of the "fancy" stuff.
There are always exceptions, all depends on what the dealer/buyer orders.....in our case, GulfStates and what they want to tack on.

 

I was watching the websites of leasing companies. Whenever a lease is up they sell the vehicle. Usually for a price lower then most dealers. The good thing about pre-leased vehicles is that all the maintenance is kept up per the lease agreement.

 

Nope. They sell them off. Most lease companies only lease new cars.

 

Started from the bottom now we here lol.. In my case I wanted something comfy and that would have a good resale value and was a payback to myself so I got the TRD OR... It's my first new truck but I'm overall happy with what I got

 

I got my trd offroad cuz for one I was looking for a good 4x4 low
Miles which mine was like 44000 I think and a 2008... Had lots of add ons already from the other owner... Also it was a Manuel don't see them a lot imo...

 

Debadging done now to tackle hood brackets

 

One more pic

 

Sounds crazy but use some 'Off', it works like a charm

 

Goo gone

Damn I should of tried that I had some.. It's a pain in the butt to install these CBI brackets wish it was more simple I thought they were the ones you unbolted the hood nuts one at a time and install but nooo

 

Remove cowling and using existing holes for some bolts and nuts and cutting cowling also

 

It's not that bad

 

I would go ahead and install the lights, while tye cowling is off. Tye wiring looks alot cleaner if you put the harness in the cowling.

 

How did you run the wires to the cab?

 

The grommet in the firewall, on driver side. Where all the other wires go through. Use a wire to get them through.....I didn't and it took forever.

 

It was a pia when I pulled my wire for the amp

 

I used plastic zip-ties when I did it, sooooo, yeah. It sucks. I will use tie wire next time.

 

Well it was a productive day installed hood bracets, debadged, ran wires for pods and drank some cold units. Tomorrow I will finish wiring up the pods and install my redline hood struts that came in today.

 

This is really good advise. Maintenance is kept up, all incidents would have to be reported and any damages would be repaired per agreement.

Any of the big auto manufactures sell their previously leased cars all the time. You usually notice them as "certified pre-owned". There are also options on buying out existing leases or "off leased" vehicles where some other poor sap paid all the deprecation. Look at the links below, they may clarify a few things for you.

http://www.leaseguide.com/articles/off-lease-cars/

http://www.carsdirect.com/auto-loans/lease-cars-for-sale-taking-over-someones-mistake

But does the OFF mess with the paint? Anyhow the Goo Gone worked right? Now you have some for the next time that you need it. It's good stuff.

If you don't have anything else, you can always take off your antenna and push it through the grommet, then attach the wires to it and pull it back through. Works like a charm!
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Whos off or off by 12 or 1 tomorrow

 

I'm off all day