Difference between Offroad pkg and Pro Sport

Okay I know the big one is the locker and the hoods are different. Beyond that?

 

I believe you blended two packages together. There is the TRD Offroad, TRD Sport, and TRD Pro. Main difference between the Offroad and the Sport, other than what you mentioned, is the Offroad has a different, progressive, coil spring up front.

 

Offroad and Pro have ATRAC, Locker, downhill assist (auto). Offroad has chrome bumpers and grill. Pro has TOYOTA grill and different color scheme. Sport has skeeewp, color matched bumpers, double cab long bed option, color matched mirrors w/ LED turn signals.

 

Oh yeah, ATRAC. Forgot about that. I pray forgiveness as to not be smited where I stand by DavidK.

 

does either come from the factory with a skid plate?

 

Sport, Offroad, and Pro all come with factory skid plates.

 

okay thanks

 

Factory skid plate is actually a glorified cookie sheet.

 

No doubt!! I make chocolate cookies with it when I'm camping!

 

The aluminum add on option or the black factory skid plate?

 

Neither are made to take any real abuse.

 

so one goes to the after market to find a suitable skid ?

 

Plenty of vendors on here. Check the armor page.

 

thank you

 

The factory plates will help with minor offroading. Keeping sticks and logs from lodging into that area. Slightly protect against slight scrapes from rocks. Any hardcore offroading and the plated come into contact with large rocks and they will crush easily. My wife was turning my last tacoma around in the mountains and ran into a larg rock. lol It dented very easily. But, better that it took most of the brunt over hitting the internal parts.

 

You are forgiven, my son... ahhhh--- mennnn!

 

No no!! Offroad Gods dont forgive so easily!

 

Any Toyota is better than any other brand... just that having A-TRAC makes the Tacoma unstoppable! LOL

 

A-TRAC depends on year, earlier TRD Offloads don't always have it. Mine doesn't, VSC & TRAC was optional back then I think. The e-locker is one thing that all TRD Offroad (or just TRD in the 1st gen) have in all years.

About the skid plates, I think the biggest travesty is the plastic piece of crap they put over the gas tank. At least the front ones are tin steel and basically consistent with factory skid plates Toyota has always used. They used to come with a steel gas tank plate even with base level DLX 4WD. Back then 4WD also meant it automatically got the front skid, since Toyota assumed 4WD meant something.

 

Is that plastic on the tank even a skid plate? I thought that was just the tank itself. On my sport atleast. Ill have to take a closer look.