GA Tacoma Owners BS Thread

It does say $20 is $20 under your name....just sayin

 

Exactly.

 

I can't recall his username, but there was a guy that did it not long ago on his ARE V-series. He said the swap wasn't difficult but buying the windoor replacement windows was expensive. I wanna say he paid $300+ per window, and he had some sort of company hookup.

 

I think I saw that they are $150 for the top that i have.

 

Here's the youtube video on how to replace the windows. So I assume the process is the same if you can just find or buy the windoor units.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIvN7BwNM_8
and one replacing a side door:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xjXgj8KhRc

 

If I could find a set of windoors that would fit my topper for under $300 total, I'd probalbly do the swap. Once it gets beyond that price point it doesn't make financial sense for me.

 

Give this place a call
http://www.state-wide.com/page/8/Truck-Cap
Also in another forum I read a post about a guy taking his truck back to the dealer he got the topper from and just asking if they would add a windoor and it cost him $250 total. But They may have just been for one as his post says "a windoor added"

 

My guess is that was for one window, but still not a bad price if that included the labor for the swap.

Thanks for the link. A swap is way low on my list of proprieties, but a good resource to use if/when the time comes.

 

Yeah. I'm pretty much in the same boat. It's low on the priority list. I'd like to have it, but don't need it.

Speaking of camper top windows (or windoors) anyone have a good recommendation for removing water spots? They don't impact my visibility out of the window, but I'd like to remove them if possible.

 

I have duel windoors one of which has a toolbox. I rarely use the side pass-through, but I use the shit outta that toolbox. I guess it's just as hard for a short guy like me to reach in the side as it is through the back.

 

Yes, permanent spots. I've used the Chemical Guys window cleaner and that does not remove them. I can only see them when I am standing next to the camper top and looking at it. They aren't terrible. It's just my OCD.

 

Gotta attach one of these to the side bed rail

 

You know, so you can pick up your dentures when they fall out.

 

I have a platform in the bed of my truck. While I am tall, the platform makes getting to things through the windoors much easier.

 

If your standard cleaners aren’t making any difference chances are the spots have etched into the glass. I would recommend Cerium Oxide, it’s a polishing compound used in the jewelry and glass business. I’ve used it multiple times at removing spots on windows. Just use caution around painted surfaces as it’s an abrasive.

 

So after checking out a video online, it sounds kind of similar to the headlight restore kit stuff. I already have a kit of that stuff. might be worth a try.

 

Now I know what to get you for your bday!

Got one on my Tundra, on the tail end. Now this won’t work with sliders.
But the ones that go on your tire will.

 

Carry a step stool in the back of the bed for easy deployment on the sides?

 

I had to do this when I drove my 4runner daily. My German Shepard could walk under it no problem if that give you an idea of how high it was. Slider was probably 33 to 34in from the ground. Some times my passengers who were older and shorted couldn't get their leg high enough to get their foot on the slider. It was comical sometimes.

 

I'll just leave this here. I now have a few things in GA that I'd like to find.

I'm thinking the Braswell Railway tunnel and the Central State hospital are top of the list.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/georgia/abandoned