New Black TRD 4x4 AC finally arrived

So it finally came in yesterday, but the time all the paperwork was signed, it was too late for photos. Anyway, here are some shots of it while it's still clean and before I get the new tires on tomrrow. haha





Below are a couple shots of the black/orange interior. Absolutely love it. Really breaks up the all the black.




Overall, I love the truck. It's quiet, has all the features I could want, and as has been said countless times, looks much better in person. Coming from my '10 Frontier 4banger, this is a massive step up.

For the engine, I can see what people are saying about how you have to step on it some to get the power. It's plenty peppy for me though. As for MPG, I've had to slowly work it up from 12mpg it was sitting at when I got it (I don't know what was going on before I picked it up lol), but I'm now around 18mpg with essentially 100% city and hilly mountain driving (and obviously not broken in yet), so I still fully expect to average 20MPG around town with how I drive.

Anywho, couldn't be happier with the truck so far.

Edit 10/1 New Tires

 

Looks clean. Congrats.

 

Black beauty!!!

 

Nice Truck. I am torn between Silver and black color. More than likely I will go with Silver. To me silver is much better to keep clean. Black looks better though. I have a silver tacoma now and I can go four months without washing it and it is hard to tell if the truck is dirty. Enjoy

 

Congrats, and you should be able to reset the mpg so you get a fresh start.

 

Like the orange interior contrast with the all black, congrats!

 

Looks good. Can you alter thread title to include "sport" so us "OR" fans aren't mislead.

 

Doesn't seem to let me, unless I'm missing it. Sorry. If a mod can change it, please do.

 

I had a guy at a body shop tell me once that any vehicle paint that is NOT metallic does not have a separate clear coat. Instead, the manufacturer has a process of mixing the clear coat/protectant with the base color. This causes it to look dull after some years. Metallic however, they are forced to paint the vehicle... Then add the clear coat. Keeping that bright sparkle. Ever since then, I've never bought a vehicle that wasn't some form of metallic.

Not sure if what he said has any merit to it, but I look at some vehicles without metallic and see where he's coming from. They always end up dull.

Long story short, go with silver.

OP: The black looks sick! Congrats on the truck!

 

Black makes the 3rd gen.look much better.Congrats!

 

Kind of a source:
https://www.carwow.co.uk/blog/car-paint-types-guide

 

Congrats SDT!

 

Congrats! Beautiful truck. What new tires are you going with?

 

Nitto Terra Grappler G2's.

 

Beautiful! Congrats.

 

Looks great. Add some more profile pics if you get a chance. Grats brother.

 

Awesome!

My black Corvette is clean five minutes of every week.

You'll know what I mean by that pretty soon.

 

Are you staying with the stock 265/65 size? I am considering moving up to 265/70.

 

haha I already know what you mean. I keep telling myself I won't buy another black vehicle, and then I cave. lol

 

Yeah I'm staying with the factory size.