The drop-down part of the transmission skid plate can be avoided if you reroute your exhaust. It is a common mod. Most muffler shops will do it for under $200. Then one can get a trans skid plate that is flat rather than having to get one that has to drop down.
Hi Chloe! I really appreciate your videos, and you influenced my decision to buy a 2022 Tacoma TRD Off Road 3 days ago. My MillerCat shield is on its way too! I’ve also ordered the little dash cam and power adapter you featured in a couple of videos. I’m really excited to have this new truck, and look forward to taking good care of it and making some more improvements along the way. Thanks!
Hi! I highly recommend you guys not to powder coat your sliders or armor at all. Powder coat chips upon impact and you’re creating a possibility for rust to start forming up. Clean metal with a couple of paint coats will do the trick and easy to maintain. Keep up the good work Chloe!
@@ChloeKuo crappy powder coat does that. I have powercoat on all of my components and my skidplate has not chipped. A good primer with multiple thin layers of powder to the desired thickness will provide a more wear resistant coating than paint. The reason you see flaking is there are a lot of manufacturers who have a place that does no primer and then a single thick coat, which is not proper application at all.
Also paint wears faster from sand and salt exposure than powdercoat requiring a much thicker application (hence why the clear coat is so thick on cars), and if you drive in a state where this is a constant exposure, you will be down to bare metal pretty fast, my caliraised sliders are the perfect example of both cheap powdercoat and road blast sanding your paint off; most tacoma LCAs are also a perfect example. So I agree on skipping the powder coat option from a lot of manufacturers, but only because they do a piss poor job.
@@asymsolutions it’s a mix bag, if you do your inspections and your stuff is painted then you can touch up in your driveway with a rattle can. Don’t get me wrong powder coat is great but I don’t like it on stuff that takes a direct impact. Cheers!
Well, either you came from money or you married money, because when I was in college I had a 5 year old bare bones 78 Corolla that took me through Grad school, through paying off student loans, took me through saving money for the down payment on my first house. It finally died in 02 with 488K miles and then I bought a new Camry and drove it until 11 when I bought a new RAV Limited 4WD with the 3.5L V6 and drove it until February of 24, when I bought my slightly used (6K mile) 23 Tacoma TRD Off Road, double cab, premium pkg, 6’ bed. And I plan on driving my 23 Tacoma until I die.
Need to put some Air Lift, like a Hispanic Ride... Make it Bounce... Make it Carolina Southern Exposure, Make it Sit down on the Tires, etc... Chloe and her Crazy Ride........
Just a heads up when you do buy that winch, there is an adaptor for the fare lead (the rollers that install on the bumper to keep the cable from snagging) that mounts your license plate. It makes it flip up so you can pull the winch cable out. Just like on the rear bumpers the license plate can flip up to expose the trailer hitch.
It seems like most people have switched from steel winch cable to Synthetic winch lines. Synthetic lines are safer because they do not store energy while under load, there is no risk of cutting your hand on metal splinters and they are very lightweight. The groove hawse fairlead from Yankum Ropes allows you to hook the winch rope onto the fairlead. This fairlead keeps the winch rope secure and you don't have a hook sticking out of your bumper.
Truck looks good. I just bought a 2022 OFF ROAD, same color, and put the same matte black TRD rims on mine. I need a retractable tonneau cover, and some racks. Not sure I gonna beat my truck up off road, but I like that front OEM TRD skid plate. Looks sharp.
That’s because the minimalist ones don’t protect you very much. Consider if your truck slides sideways into a rock. First thing to hit in a jeep would be the door
@@alexs825 I’ve had three Wrangler before my Tacoma. They stock Rubicon rails do quite well. I don’t rock crawl my Tacoma so don’t want/need massive rails that are currently all over the market.
I have a 2 month old 23 TRD Off Road. While on a dive trip to south FL last week I pulled around to back into a driveway & there was a trimmed bush with thick branches that I couldn't see, about knee high. I pulled forward over that & never heard anything until I backed up. It damn near tore the front bumper off the truck. I was shocked at how easily that all came apart. Got the estimate yesterday & that is going to cost $3033 to fix. So yeah, that bumper you installed just may one day save you a pile of cash. So yeah, right now I'm looking into bumpers that will protect the front of the truck in such a case. This one looks like it should do the job.
Hello, Chloe, how many miles do you have on her now? I have a 19 cement trd off road, just clicked Saturday at 150k only thing I’ve replaced is the battery. SW Florida 🤘😀
Check out Southern Style Offroad, their license plate bracket will allow you to have a winch and a front plate. Message them and ask for their media guy, and I’ll see if I can help out. 🤙 Great points, I built mine kinda backwards but lessons learned right?. Always recommend sliders first. I’ve had my side steps almost rip off a few times. Skids if you offroad, and of course a Slimlime bumper for true front recovery points. Make sure you choose a quality company, as some aren’t really made to be used.
We purchased APEX Fabworks angled raw rock sliders and an SSO Slimline Hybrid bumper fitted with a Warn winch for my 2022 4Runner. We originally wanted to install an ARB bumper like our past builds, however seeing your Tacoma steered us to a smaller unit. This build is on hold for now.
13:49 Maybe you already know this now from another comment, but If you search, you will find a spring-loaded kit that will allow the license plate to hinge up, or down, when you are using the wench. It is integral with the winch fairlead.
Hey Chloe! Are those the side projecting LED pods from Cali Raised on your front bumper? How do they perform? I'm looking at them for my build. Great video!
Can't remember if I mentioned this before on your channel - but now that we're on the subject of 'Armor', I feel it's worth mentioning in this commentary - - Because you've lifted your Tacoma with aftermarket struts and upper control arms - and especially because you've installed larger tires - it would be a really good idea (in my opinion) to go one step further by upgrading your OEM spindle. The OEM spindle's 90-degree upper ball joint mounting location is a weak point in the suspension and I've seen many of them fail during even what's to be considered 'moderate' off-roading. Not only do companies offer weld-on components to beef-up this weak point, but many also offer entirely redesigned one-piece spindle arms.
Great vid! I'll never powder coat sliders again. We live down a gravel road so we've beat our 4runner sliders to death and the powder coat didn't hold up at all really. We will be going bar metal, spraying them ourselves with paint and touching them up. We just got a tacoma so sliders for it are next! Def agree with armoring up!
Hi I'm new here, was that hood stock on purchase? the one without the air intake? if not is there a link where you bought it? Apologies if that topic has already been discussed. Great video Chloe
I use a flip up front license plate mount that covers my winch. When I need the winch just flip up the license plate and put it back down when finished.
Thanks for your easy to follow videos, im surprised you've never had rear bumper issues, my 2019 ORDC 4X4 has had the rear plastic bumperettes ripped off twice, i was able to push them back in & hold with wire ties, but I'm definitely going to add a steel rear bumper next, before the front bumper; similar to you, i already have sliders & armor
It’s definitely not intended for off-road protection and I wouldn’t consider it if I was just looking for more off-road armor (although it’s better than nothing there)! It’s main purpose is to protect the cats and it does a good job at that, but I’d look into a transmission skid if you’re specifically looking for protection
I like the banner, very subtle and makes the garage look like a professional shop. I think the front bumper is the most important because now you have real revovery points. I see RU-vid videos of people painting their factory tow hooks red but those tow hooks will break if you are stuck in deep mud or attempt a snatch recovery. Proper recovery points are brackets made of thick steel that bolt to the frame.
