Urban Tacoma Mods

Greetings TW,

I recently purchased my fourth Tacoma, a 2020, Silver Sky Metallic, Access Cab, V6, SR5, Auto, 4x2. This Tacoma is destined for the urban sprawl that is Houston, TX.

I have read many "first mods" posts and have watched the videos on youtube.

What mods do you recommend for a 4x2 Urban Tacoma that is not bound for the dirt or mud? A garage queen Tacoma!

I'll start with my first 5:

1. Ceramic Tint, 30% Front and 70% on the Rear Privacy Glass
2. OEM Toyota Bed Mat
3. OEM Toyota Door Sill Protectors
4. MESO Customs "Gasshole" Gas Cap holder
5. Glove Box Organizer and Center Console Tray

I recommend all five of these, but my rig still looks completely OEM. I can't decide if that's good or bad.

Thank you in advance for your recommendations!

 

A good thing since it’s worth more stock

 

One thing I think looks really sexy on long beds is a good set of sliders with kick out. But that’s $$$ for looks and little functionality for urban warfare. Or perhaps major overkill.

 

If you don't mind losing 1-2 mpg then removing the front wind dam is super easy and the truck looks even better after

 

how much did your ceramic tint cost?

 

Tailgate, glovebox letter inserts, just give it a little personal appearance look. I went with red for both on my silver one

 

If you have a passenger who will mess with your radio these are great to from tacoweide

 

new tires.

 

The store offered 4 types of tint: 1 ply plastic dyed film (cheapest), 2 ply dyed metallized hybrid film, 2 ply carbon film (second best), and 2 ply infrared ceramic film (best).

I went with the fancy film. It was $350 plus tax for the access cab. It would have been $400 plus tax for a double cab.

Some benefits of this film in particular: no electronic interference, 6X better scratch resistance, guarenteed no fading or purple, shatter resistant, 62% solar energy rejection, 85% infrared heat rejection, 99% UV rejection.

Plus the shop said as long as I am the owner of the truck, I can come in for any issue correction at no cost.

 

This is high on my list. I would like to swap out the Toyo Open Country A31s for Michelin Defender LTX M/S.

My better half seems to think I ought to use the stock tires for 20-25k and then get the tires I want...

Well we use our Honda Civic for work commuting, so I put something like 3k miles on my truck a year! That would take forever!

Houston is often rainy at the drop of a hat, so I prefer the confidence I have in Michelin to these Toyos "Marginal" performance in wet conditions.

The Michelins would be $850 installed. My position is I can sell the stockies for something, maybe $260-300, which would still be $550-590 out of pocket.

 

Pro Grill.
IMHO, it's the ONLY awesome looking grill for any model.

G.

 

I have a set of Defender LTX M/S tires on my 2017 SR5. I went with 265-70-R16. They are the same size as the stock 245-75-R16s but are about an inch wider. They didn't affect my MPGs (or speedo) but looked much better than the stock 245s. Also discount tire seems to have a recurring $70 rebate on the Michelins. You just have to keep checking back.
I got $100 at a used tire shop for my stock Destination LEs with 7K miles on them. With the 70 rebate and the 100 resale, the new tires came out at just under $700.

 

Wheels?

 

I am currently okay with these new darker SR5 wheels, but eventually I will want to.

I am a fan of the SCS Ray 10s I keep seeing on the forum, but are there certain wheels that are perceived as "off road" style/function wheels as opposed to "street" wheels?

I had a 2013 that I put the SEMA wheels on, so I've had those before.

Our stock wheels seem fairly unique in stats, I can never find many aftermarket wheel manufacturers with the same offset, or bolt pattern or other stat.

 

Go with headlights and taillights. It does a ton for any truck.