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  1. XLT to Lariat Headlamp Upgrade

    To an extent, yes. Annoying isn't necessarily unsafe. A lot of times the LEDs just seem brighter due to the short wavelength being more abrasive to your vision, but aren't affecting your night vision recovery. The oem ones may be annoying, but usually aren't actually blinding you, whereas poorly...
  2. XLT to Lariat Headlamp Upgrade

    Dont mistake what I said. I'm not talking about the all LEDs. Some are much worse than others. The problem with the new OEM LEDs, I believe, is the the optics are so precise that the cutoff is very defined, and the light just below the cutoff is extremely bright. Combine that with beams that...
  3. Why did YOU choose a mid-size truck?

    Pretty much that. #5 is debatable, but my GF seems ok with what I came with. That said, a new F250 with a 7.3 Godzilla Tremor package wouldn't hurt my feelings if I could fit one in my driveway.
  4. RUSTBELT RANGERS

    Nebraska uses salt, salt brine, or GEOMELT/brine mix (beet juice and salt brine). In regards to undercoating: I haven't decided between CRC heavy duty corrosion inhibitor, ACF50, WD-40 Specialist long term corrosion inhibitor, and Fluid Film. Fluid Film is lanolin based and stays gooey. Can...
  5. Ford Build Issues ?

    Every manufacturer has lemons. Every manufacturer has cars that are bought by people that cant take care of a car. I will never avoid a car based on what problems someone's neighbor had. Even Toyota and Lexus, arguably the most reliable manufacturer, has plenty of horror stories.
  6. XLT to Lariat Headlamp Upgrade

    That's not at all true. I'm very confident my $70 Hikary Ultra bulbs are as good if not better than the $150-200 bulbs sold by Headlight Revolution. In fact, I'd wager the $40 Nineo gen 2 are nearly as good as the identical $150+ SV-4. The problem with drop in LEDs is how inconsistent they...
  7. XLT to Lariat Headlamp Upgrade

    I was in the middle of replying to this and it disappeared... Well, in any case, it's my mistake on disputing the brightness. It was the Beamtech bulb I was thinking of. However, I can tell you as a matter of science that the beam pattern is absolutely not superior to halogen. The light output...
  8. RCMUSTANG's Magnetic FX4

    I need to put you to work cleaning up the tail section of my bike.
  9. XLT to Lariat Headlamp Upgrade

    As a good cheap alternative light upgrade, assuming the low beam has a glare cap built in to the headlight bucket, you can use a standard $7 Philips H9 bulb. It should fit in the H11 housing. All you need to do if I remember correctly, is trim a tab in the H9 plug to fit in your factory plug It...
  10. XLT to Lariat Headlamp Upgrade

    Shoot. I wish I had seen the Auxito recommendations before everyone went out and bought them. One of our members on our Tacoma forum has done a lot of testing, and the headlight thread in general (over 100 pages now) along with a lot of time in doing other research has really illuminated (hee)...
  11. Led Headlight bulbs

    I'd recommend a light with a thinner profile such as the Hikari Ultra or Kitana. Both a ranked very high for projector use in the bulbfacts rankings, and a lighting guru on Tacoma world is testing the Hikaris now. Most of the LEDs he's tested performed fairly poorly, but the ones that share the...
  12. RCMUSTANG's Magnetic FX4

    Put it back in the car so it isn't so bored. Throttle bodies are like kids. You just need to give them something to do.
  13. XLT to Lariat Headlamp Upgrade

    The statement about LEDs having poor beam patterns is not true for all LED bulbs. The ones that have slim arrays and thin boards are designed to mimic the filament of a halogen bulb. Those ones have a much better beam than the old design with chips like the cree xhp series (square array with a...
  14. Skid plates, but no rock mode?

    I was leaning toward the bronco being the captor, but I don't think the skids are the issue. My Tacoma has baby skids as well, but still has rock mode. Pretty sure the Ranger plates are on par with the Pro taco skids, which are thicker than mine.
  15. Skid plates, but no rock mode?

    Let's get a rock mode, eh? Taco gets it, why doesn't the ranger? Talking about the terrain management. I'd love to see that in the 6th gen at least.
  16. Former Tacoma Owners Club

    That's another thing. I'm concerned Ford Credit might be mad at me. I turned my '17 Fusion Sport in early, and had 1k left to pay. I was a little slow in doing so because I had to pay the vet to murder my Rotty. When I got on the site to pay what I could, it showed a $0 balance. No idea what...
  17. Former Tacoma Owners Club

    I had a chance to look at a used, dealer upgraded XLT with a leveling kit, bigger tires, katzkin leather, Raptor grill, and a few other goodies. I looked nice AF, but it was a regular 4x4 with no locker and no nav. The guy bought it with dealer upgrades, then decided he wanted a different one...
  18. RCMUSTANG's Magnetic FX4

    Makes sense that the ranger would have already when, to my knowledge, the fuspo never did.
  19. RCMUSTANG's Magnetic FX4

    Nice. Is that setup designed for the Mustang?
  20. Auto 4WD via Terrain Control

    Good luck. I've been looking all over for confirmation from Ford on how their Terrain Management System actually works. I'm not sure Henry Ford himself would get an answer if he came back from the dead.


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