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What is the biggest purchase you regret buying for your truck?

Discussion in 'Product Reviews' started by ARCOVT16, Feb 10, 2017.

  1. Mar 10, 2017 at 6:35 PM
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    austinrauh

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    same, they looked great functioned well, but my highlift was useless, so I sold them asap and bought some new sliders for not a whole lot more..
     
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  2. Mar 10, 2017 at 10:10 PM
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    techride

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    Bilstein/Icon 2" suspension lift with wheelers 5 leaf springs, 7-pin relocate through bumper, bfg KO2s, redline hood struts, immryo mirror relocation, stubby antenna, dipped emblem, heated mirrors, Jason trek cap, led fogs, debadged
    Oh! I forgot about the POS LED fog lights that I bought. Those were the sole biggest flop of a purchase I've ever made. They did absolutely nothing to improve visibility in fog. In fact, they made it much worse, scattering light every which way. Glare central. Replaced with OEM as soon as I could cause rigids weren't in the budget.
     
  3. Mar 16, 2017 at 7:49 AM
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    ejl923

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    this
     
  4. Mar 16, 2017 at 7:51 AM
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    the console organizer is useless, buy a bar caddy. BUT, i find the glove organizer quite useful
     
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  5. Mar 22, 2017 at 2:26 AM
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    alxdo2

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    * DoubleCab 4x4 SR5/Appearance Package Tacoma * Added Toyota Tonneau Bed Cover * Added Toyota Predator Steps * Added Weather Tech Mats * Added Tacoma Letter Inserts on Tailgate * Added MBRP Catback Exhaust * Added Weather Tech Bed Step * Added Sound Proofing Material * Added New Speakers on 4 doors * Added TRD PRO Grill * Added LED Bulbs Hi/Low * Added Skid Plate
    Why is the organizer useless? I just ordered the little organizer that fits inside and then also ordered the one that goes on top of it. Should I cancel?
     
  6. Mar 22, 2017 at 5:37 AM
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    ejl923

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    Sorry, I should have clarified. I what I meant was it's not worth it, when the bar caddy is $6
     
  7. Mar 22, 2017 at 6:14 AM
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    Hagendazsss

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    Same here I wanted whiter fogs to match my headlights and the led fogs are so bad.
     
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  8. Apr 28, 2017 at 2:10 PM
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    penguins_cc

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    Perkins Performance Sliders, Warn 9000, Brute Force Fab front & rear bumper, OME/Dakar lift, full ATO skids and hi-lift mount, satoshi, Wet Okoles, illuminated 4x4 switch, Diff Breather.
    Wet Okoles in grey. WOs are great, but I'll personally go with black next time. My light grey WOs pick up stains almost as much as the grey stock seats.
     
  9. May 9, 2017 at 4:39 PM
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    Oh where to start.

    -Wet Okole seat covers on my second gen. All I did was sweat in the in AZ heat, they needed to be constantly washed to get that gym smell out of them.
    -ARE Overland canopy for my third gen, love it, salesman told me it would support 200lbs dynamic, only to find out it is 200lbs static and I cannot attach a RTT to it, so it threw my build plans out the window. Oh and and they dropped it last week on me doing warranty work on the canopy. Now that has been a fun conversation with the shop.
    -Aftermarket overdriven bulbs for my second gen. Well they fit into the housing and put off amazing light. Sadly they also melted the reflector. That was a fun drive home let me tell ya, couldn't;t figure out what was going on with my lights that night. :(
    - there are others but mostly just useless products, I thought would work great that turned out to be garbage and cost me a small amount.

    Steve
     
  10. May 9, 2017 at 4:41 PM
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    Thanks for sharing
     
  11. May 14, 2017 at 6:29 AM
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    Same! I'm sending the seat bottoms back to WO and having the grey center panels changed to black.
     
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  12. May 14, 2017 at 6:45 AM
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    I bought a TRD exhaust right after buying my current rig. Love the look and sound (still the best sounding exhaust for the 4.0, IMO). But it proved to be too damn loud for my old ears after 6 months.

    It quickly sold here and I was able to recoup 2/3 of my coin back
     
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  13. May 14, 2017 at 7:10 AM
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    I've gone through some junk on the truck and thrown away some things that were ready to fall off (that door guard tape) but, along with someone else, I have to say morale patches. Easy to get bit by the bug and think no price is too high. I got off my theme and started just to amass them to amass them. Recently pulled them all down, yes all as in many, and put up only the "Overlanding" themed patches and like them a lot more. I now have a bag of tactical and mixed patches that happened to catch my eye. Not sure if it counts but really the only regret - I pretty much love my truck!!

    Oh, the "steps" I got when I bought the truck. The OEM steps are crap but I had no idea about sliders. Had I had it to do over I would have gotten CBI aluminum bolt-ons and may still but the thought if tossing $400 accessory kind of makes me sick. I may wait until I wreck them but may damage the truck in this effort.......so........
     
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  14. May 14, 2017 at 7:23 AM
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    Tube steps and running boards
     
  15. May 14, 2017 at 8:46 AM
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    Just a careful washing them. I wore through the outer layer into the raw neoprene. At the time I was working out twice a day. And out side all day long with work. They needed to be washed minimum once every two months.

    I ended up sitting on a towel all the time to deal with it.
     
  16. May 14, 2017 at 8:47 AM
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    Could not agree more.
     
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  17. May 14, 2017 at 4:56 PM
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    Perkins Performance Sliders, Warn 9000, Brute Force Fab front & rear bumper, OME/Dakar lift, full ATO skids and hi-lift mount, satoshi, Wet Okoles, illuminated 4x4 switch, Diff Breather.
    You can do that? :smack: I'll have to look into this...
     
  18. May 14, 2017 at 4:59 PM
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    penguins_cc

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    +1 for those oval OEM nerf bars.

    Anybody regret getting the skid plate?? I sure as hell did!
     
  19. May 15, 2017 at 11:09 AM
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    SPC LR UCA's, Headstrong Offroad coilovers, Dakar leafs, 33's on Fuel wheels, ditch lights, spod 8 w/touchscreen, Weathertecs, Wet Okoles.
    I called them, told them my issue, and they said to send them in and they could replace the panels. About 20 bucks a panel. Way cheaper than getting new ones.
     
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  20. May 30, 2017 at 5:55 PM
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    CB radio. I have no friends. It makes as much noise as a fallen log in a remote forest.
     
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