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  1. Jan 18, 2020 at 7:05 PM
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    Your brave with the paint. Looks good, thinking of doing something like that. It does look better.
     
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  2. Jan 18, 2020 at 7:06 PM
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    thanks. i actually painted it, taped it off and used some satin black wheels paint and a flat clearcoat (also wheel paint)

    i had 3rd gen jealously - my gf has a 2017 trd sport
     
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  3. Jan 18, 2020 at 7:09 PM
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    i do like the look - i flat clear coated the hood before all this - and have a decent amount of pinstriping so - wasnt too worried about it. but yeah plastidip would work too...
     
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  4. Jan 28, 2020 at 5:48 AM
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    installed a mountain hatch

    IMG_0572.jpg IMG_0571.jpg
     
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  5. Jan 28, 2020 at 5:39 PM
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    IMG_0468.jpg IMG_0544.jpg IMG_0561.jpg
     
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  6. Jan 31, 2020 at 5:27 AM
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    What a great adventures you have :) very beast taco :muscleflexing::cheers:
     
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  7. Jan 31, 2020 at 6:12 AM
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    why - thank you. trying to get out and about to see some of this beautiful country
     
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    i got 2WD right now and wish to have 4x4 but ill make the best out of it :cheers: at least its paid off :anonymous:
     
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  9. Jan 31, 2020 at 6:35 AM
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    paid off is for sure the best !! and you can go far and wide in 2wd - we made some great trips in ours - just have to pick where to go carefully
     
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  10. Jan 31, 2020 at 7:29 AM
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    Hey d.shaw this is e.shaw. I to have a 2012 Silver Taco. :D
     
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    we are clearly family. ha ha. how awesome is that -
     
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    Truly!! My kin got lazy and stopped moving West on the East Coast.
     
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    new zealand - mexico - NY - san diego....
     
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  14. Jan 31, 2020 at 7:52 AM
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    You're originally from New Zealand?
     
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    yes sir. came to the states in 1999 on a three month mtn biking skydiving trip - wound up in mexico working - met a girl from NYC and the rest is history
     
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    Cool story! I know you've been here 20 years. But, Welcome Aboard!
     
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    cheers mate. its a huge country with so much to explore. every where i drive im like - holy cow i need to go here and there. so good
     
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    thank you sir for the motivation :cheers:
     
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    Yes it is. What is your favorite part you've visited so far?
     
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    ohhh thats a tough one. like different places because of different things.

    perhaps death valley - as a stand out. but everywhere has something special about it i think

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