Bought a Trd off road and it has some TRD Sport parts

HacksawMark · Aug 24, 2018

Kurupt_hawaiian said: ↑

I just checked my vin for fun and it says I have an sr5 when I definitely have an Off road. Lol
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Hmmm, checked my VIN and it says 2018 Tacoma TRD OFF.....

Lawfarin · Aug 24, 2018

I just check my vin, it’s coming back as a Tundra pro

spinglow · Aug 24, 2018

snowyhunter9[OP] initial post: ↑

Hi everyone!
I recently picked up a used 2017 TRD Off Road with about 5500 miles on it. I’m LOVING the truck but there’s something odd about it that has me a little confused.

I noticed when I was looking at the truck that it has an air dam in the front, which I know does not come on an OR. It was also listed as a sport on the dealerships website. I got it at a gm dealership so I figured it was very likely to be a silly mistake on their part when they listed the truck on their website, since they likely didn’t put much care into it since it’s a Toyota. I hadn’t even thought of it but I just recently realized that the rear bumper is also chrome, which if I’m not mistaken would come only on a sport?

Besides these few cosmetic things everything else is OR (crawl control, multi-terrain, locking rear diff, bilstein shocks, skid plates, etc.)

It doesn’t seem like a big deal at all just the more I think about it the more odd it seems to be. I understand why someone may have added an air dam for mpgs but why replace the rear bumper for chrome?

Any ideas on what the reason could be?

Thanks for anyone’s input and I’m looking forward to being a part of tacomaworld!
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Can you show us some pics

VegasTool · Aug 24, 2018

Checked mine, says invalid. Same VIN that shows up in Toyota Owners site. Go figure

fgeorge097 · Aug 24, 2018

snowyhunter9[OP] initial post: ↑

Hi everyone!
I recently picked up a used 2017 TRD Off Road with about 5500 miles on it. I’m LOVING the truck but there’s something odd about it that has me a little confused.

I noticed when I was looking at the truck that it has an air dam in the front, which I know does not come on an OR. It was also listed as a sport on the dealerships website. I got it at a gm dealership so I figured it was very likely to be a silly mistake on their part when they listed the truck on their website, since they likely didn’t put much care into it since it’s a Toyota. I hadn’t even thought of it but I just recently realized that the rear bumper is also chrome, which if I’m not mistaken would come only on a sport?

Besides these few cosmetic things everything else is OR (crawl control, multi-terrain, locking rear diff, bilstein shocks, skid plates, etc.)

It doesn’t seem like a big deal at all just the more I think about it the more odd it seems to be. I understand why someone may have added an air dam for mpgs but why replace the rear bumper for chrome?

Any ideas on what the reason could be?

Thanks for anyone’s input and I’m looking forward to being a part of tacomaworld!
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How much did you pay

HacksawMark · Aug 25, 2018

VegasTool said: ↑

Checked mine, says invalid. Same VIN that shows up in Toyota Owners site. Go figure
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Mine came back invalid the first I tried. I resubmitted and got the result.

shakerhood · Aug 26, 2018

ChrisK7UND said: ↑

I've seen a lot of users on here with TRD Off-Road models offer to buy the air dams from Sport owners that were taking them off. It is common. The provisions are all there to add it. You would just need the bolts and the metal retainers that the bolts thread into.
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Would that silly air dam even work on an Off Road?

Snakedoctor · Aug 26, 2018

shakerhood said: ↑

Would that silly air dam even work on an Off Road?
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It will but you have to remove the front recovery point.

I did it and I swear I had it less than 2 days before I ripped part of it off backing over an old bush on the farm.

NoDak · Aug 27, 2018

sports come with color matched rear bumper

snowyhunter9[OP] initial post: ↑

I hadn’t even thought of it but I just recently realized that the rear bumper is also chrome, which if I’m not mistaken would come only on a sport?
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sports only come with color matched rear bumper

color-keyed power outside mirrors with turn signal indicators, color-keyed door handles, overfenders and rear bumper
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TailHook · Aug 27, 2018

Sport: Color-keyed bumper, with or without parking sonar
OR: Chrome bumper without parking sonar, color-keyed with parking sonar
SR5: Chrome bumper, with or without parking sonar

Sounds like an OR that someone added the front air dam rather than a conspiracy

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