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Looks like you got a good one. Good job. I'd go with leave the topper on it.
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GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS
ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS!
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![[Linked Image]](http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j247/joelbrown_01/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-09/20150927_155656.jpg) I have some tube steps I could be talked out of..... Thinking more along the lines of N-Fab nerf bars... I only use mine to wash my windshield 
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WTF is a topper??
That cap with the rack system probably cost better than $2,000 new, don't sell it too fast. Try it for a bit and then make a decision...........
IIRC the ARE cap on my 2011 Tacoma set me back $1700 and it's far from that fancy.
Enjoy the new ride.
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Sweet looking truck, I would keep the cap & brush guard and add the side nerf bars with anti skid tops and call it good.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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I have the N-Fabs on my 2011 Tundra and they have worked very well. I highly recommend them for someone looking for some type of step.
I will also chime in on keeping the ARE. You may regret selling it one day if you go that route.
I had a 99 Tacoma and got wonderful service out of it. I had to replace the dome light and the contacts in the starter in 13 years of ownership.
"Never stand and take a charge...charge them too."
--- General Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA
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That thing on the front is called a damage multiplier. It'll get pushed into your bodywork causing even more damage. I have the same on my recently acquired Tundra, a close looking big brother of the OP's Taco and it will protect my truck just as it did on my last one. My chancing of hitting a deer are 1000 times greater than a hard vehicle hit. I will take the guard any day. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/boxhead61/IMG_0769_zps04vzuq5d.jpg) Good looking truck and it's rigged out right IMO. You don't live where EDM lives without one. My dad's personal best is 5 smacked in the road in one day.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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Brush guards have kept me on the road at least three times when hitting deer - all out of town or state. Would have been real inconvenient without them.
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Keep topper.
Fugk nerf bars.
Nice truck. You'll never buy anything but Toyota from this day forward.
Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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that rack system on top will come in handy too
I wouldn't get rid of it.
I'd love to have that truck
have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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Those of you already in the Taco Club - anything to look out for or be aware of?
Well, it's become the official truck for ISIS terrorists--may want to keep an eye out for any ragheads hanging around the driveway......... Casey
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively...
Having said that, MAGA.
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One of my 2 Taco trucks...this one has 219K on it... '05 has 121K........get some mud on yours.........  ![[Linked Image]]( https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/208x156q90/r/594/ihxo.jpg)
T R U M P W O N !
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I've never had a Taco. Just full sized Tundras of which we own two. First is a 2004 loaded Double with a "topper" and 276k. Next is a 2015 Platinum also with a topper. My wife traded in her Ford 2002 van because she wanted the 2004 truck which was my driver. Now everybody is happy. Fac running boards and no deer catchers. Yeah, once you own a Toyota it's hard not to.
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
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I'd like to get a "real" replacement bumper for my 09. Has to carry a winch and be able to smack brush and trees offroading w/o damage. If nobody makes one made of anything but tin, I'll build my own.
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Sweet! Floor pans and a HyLift are all you need now.
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those caps are mighty handy. i'd keep it if i was you. it doesn't detract from the looks at all. Yep! What made you go with the 2wd? Really cool looking truck!
Camp is where you make it.
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I'd like to get a "real" replacement bumper for my 09. Has to carry a winch and be able to smack brush and trees offroading w/o damage. If nobody makes one made of anything but tin, I'll build my own. I don't think ARB uses tin. Check out Rocky Road Outfitters. Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Nice looking rig- I'd keep it just as is, add what you want.
I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....
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Get a 50cal an mount it in the bed,and head overseas!
I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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those caps are mighty handy. i'd keep it if i was you. it doesn't detract from the looks at all. Yep! What made you go with the 2wd? Really cool looking truck! Probably be branded a puzzy, but, I haven't locked a truck in while traveling on a road in years so I figure whats the point. As far as hunting goes I run down a couple field roads and park the truck then its all ATV to get into anything sketchy. I'm thinking 4x2 with a little sand in the back (and not driving like a retard) will more than cover my needs. We'll see whether I was right soon I suppose.
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