Recent content by bkw

I don't like the idea of squeezing the frame box from the outside with nothing in the middle but it's for sure better than any kind if insert for all the reasons given plus the simple fact that the 14mm is all bolt instead of a nut with an 8 or 10mm in the middle. I have a tow hitch kit on...

You can get away with installing either way. The wire does not connect directly to either terminal, so even backwards, the power still goes through a fuse to reach the wire. One way the tap is before the first fuse and both fuses feed from the bus. The other way the tap is after the original...

I didn't think there was any such thing as a NA 2025? They all have a turbo.

Another thread says the stock crash bar is 39 lbs, so if a bumper is 54 and you can remove the crash bar, that means we're only adding 15lbs. NICE.

I would like the NYTOP but I don't want those recovery hooks. No winch, no shackles, no lights, I just want to replace the stock plastic with aluminum and retain the stock tow hooks. None of these do that. Nytop comes closest because it's the only one that doesn't bulge in the middle for a...

I want aluminum and will give up strength because NJ rust.

I don't want any avoidable weight either. 52lbs is 52lbs I could have used for something else. The weight of other bumpers on other trucks is completely irrelevant. I don't want to have to mess with the suspension. I don't want to add even 1lb to the factory weight if I could. So I also would...

Mine is a few weeks old, still under 1k, still on the temp tag, got the squeal this morning. I'm driving from nj to tx and was pulled over to sleep a few hours in va. this is 8:30 am, truck is cold, environment is not raining but overcast and slight morning dew, cool wooded shaded area. light...

My SR5 stock wheels are 17x7 & tires are 245/70R17 I think I want Conti TerrainContact A/T I can get these sizes that would seem to be within reasonable range of fitting: 245/70R17 255/75R17 LT265/70R17 LT285/70R17 Would 285 be too wide for a 7" rim? Would 32.7x11.2 still fit? I don't want to...

Mine are plain on the back. New SR5 only a few weeks ago. My wifes '25 prius, only a few weeks older does say prius like that. Both vehicles brand new at almost the same time a few weeks ago. Both base trim levels (SR5, LE). I'm fine with it though. I generally hate those kind of resin dome...

I wish there were some kind of solid D rings somewhere mid way up the walls in the cargo area and not just on the floor. I'm always wanting to put a single paint bucket or a single gas can in back, and in both cases need a way to hold it upright. But there's nothing but weak plastic bits to hook...

If it didn't have a flaw somewhere there would be nothing to love. The truck is from Japan after all, and so is wabi sabi.

16mpg, mostly normal mode. Plain SR5 non-hybrid, original street tires. Suburban NJ, lot of lights and hills. Only on my 2nd tank yet.