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Should I remove the bottom lip on the front bumper?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by CombatEngineerMic, May 26, 2020.

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  1. May 26, 2020 at 12:27 PM
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    Hey y’all, I don’t have much done to my truck but it is getting suspension and wheels very soon. In the mean time, should I remove the bottom lip on the front bumper? Personally I don’t think matches the current body lines. Any negatives to removing it? See photo.
     
    CombatEngineerMic, May 26, 2020
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  2. May 26, 2020 at 12:28 PM
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    Pull it off. Just about everyone will agree no mpg loss from removing it and it looks better to most.
     
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  3. May 26, 2020 at 12:28 PM
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    Remove it, truck will look much better.
     
    PMihalas, May 26, 2020
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  4. May 26, 2020 at 12:30 PM
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    Thank you. I agree it looks really dumb.
     
    CombatEngineerMic, May 26, 2020
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  5. May 26, 2020 at 12:31 PM
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    Like, so many.
    That's everyone's first mod.
     
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  6. May 26, 2020 at 12:33 PM
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    Yep so much better gone.56178483-AE39-406D-B863-36C0D1E25B87.jpgE9832AF4-32D2-423D-826C-F061B0C4641E.jpg
     
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  7. May 26, 2020 at 12:53 PM
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    Remove it and return it to the parking lot you bought the truck from. They’ll recycle it for you. Just leave it wherever they know what to do.


    Drop it off with your sway bar.
     
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  8. May 26, 2020 at 12:56 PM
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    I left a note on mine that said “pay it forward”
     
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  9. May 26, 2020 at 1:01 PM
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    Removing it makes the truck look more lifted.
     
    Tacomike18, May 26, 2020
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    Please remove it....it burns my eyes. Thank you.
     
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  11. May 26, 2020 at 1:27 PM
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    I’m Ricky Bobby and if you don’t remove that lower valence, then F you.


    Oh and welcome to TW
     
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  12. May 26, 2020 at 1:34 PM
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    This. Welcome.
     
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    Hard disagree regarding the ad populum argument about statistically relevant MPG/NVH values, and I think the truck looks silly both with it on and with it off. But if it’s all about looks and you want to see the spinny things, by all means let her go without the bralet.
     
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    Not everyone. I like mine.
     
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    I would be so pissed if I asked you your opinion on a hat, and you replied “you look silly with it, and also you look silly without it”

    would probably be more peeved at my own initial confusion TBH
     
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    I'm also wandering what "spinny things" he means lol. Wheels?
     
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