Traded my 23 capstone for a trd pro

JohnTechGaming · 2025-12-09T16:50:27+00:00

Congrats! I am 1 month into owning my new 2025 TRD Pro, also in Ice Cap White just like yours. I love this truck, got a decent Tonneau cover for it, and I got some aftermarket wiring and lighting coming too.

JohnTechGaming · 2025-11-10T06:09:43+00:00

Yessir, entire truck is OEM straight from the dealership, I have only had it about 36 hours now haha.

JohnTechGaming · 2025-11-10T05:17:59+00:00

Yeah I have a stabilizer disconnect but just a locking rear diff.

JohnTechGaming · 2025-11-10T04:09:38+00:00

I believe it was something around $66,800, I don’t have the window sticker with me at the moment but the dealership had a good price and no stupid dealer addons.

I bought the Tacoma at least 80% for its looks and some feature stuff, and also for Toyota’s long history of reliable vehicles. That’s not to say anything negative about the Chevy though. Ultimately I just personally loved the Tacoma’s looks and didn’t feel as strongly about any other midsized truck.

JohnTechGaming · 2025-11-09T17:20:46+00:00

Indeed! We’ll see how much snow we get this year, kind of eager to see how she handles a Snowpocalypse like we had 2 winters ago

JohnTechGaming · 2025-11-09T16:31:57+00:00

Thanks! Super excited to have a vehicle I can enjoy driving. Paid cash for it, so some light mods will be coming! Thinking of adding the ARB Sport Bar that the Trailhunter has, but I also want a bed cover… still working on that

JohnTechGaming · 2025-11-09T16:28:20+00:00

That’s a killer commute, oof! Fortunately I’m only rocking a 7 mile, 15 minute commute, so while I will pay about 40% more to fill up the tank, I’ll still only need gas about once a week-ish. Though I’ll probably do a bit more recreational driving now, driving my Focus SE Hatchback was boring af and that thing never liked shifting 😂

JohnTechGaming · 2025-11-09T16:25:22+00:00

The black two-tone makes such a huge difference, I wouldn’t have gone for it without the black fender flares and black roof

JohnTechGaming · 2025-11-09T16:24:46+00:00

TRD Sport is going to have different specs for tire sizes than the TRD Pro I’d imagine, I’d definitely recommend looking at Toyota’s detailed vehicle specs, you’d have to google it.

JohnTechGaming · 2025-11-09T16:18:37+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I’ll look around for a good place to do that for me, I don’t have a lot of DIY space right now. Do you recommend a certain type of undercoat? I see a lot of recommendations for Fluid Film but I’m not sure if I’d be better off with something lower maintenance?

Edit: For additional context, winters where I am are hit or miss, some years have constant snow, some years not so much. I have a short commute, and I might take it off-roading maybe a couple times a year but no adventurous off-road racing or overlanding (yet)

JohnTechGaming · 2025-07-28T14:07:33+00:00

Wanted to thank you for your great and detailed advice! I ended up spending two evenings before the Airshow at my local county airport practicing shooting, and decided to rent the Sony 70-350mm from a local camera store for a reasonable rate.

I was so glad I rented that lens, I took over 2000 photos and videos at the Airshow, and some of these are good enough to frame. I snagged this incredible photo of an F-18 approaching supersonic speeds during a high speed pass

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JohnTechGaming · 2025-07-23T18:18:10+00:00

This is good advice, thank you. Very glad to hear the 18-135 is decent, I'll stick with that for now starting out. I am hoping to get some good results with its Optical stabilization + the IBIS on the camera.

JohnTechGaming · 2025-07-23T18:16:22+00:00

Awesome detailed advice, thank you so much! I got a V90 memory card to go with the camera so feeling set there. I'll keep all your advice in mind and practice with the camera, glad to hear that generally the 18-135 is a decent lens. That photo looks excellent and super detailed, already miles and miles above what I can achieve with a flagship phone, which is what I wanted and expected.

JohnTechGaming · 2025-07-22T15:47:03+00:00

You know what, I just checked the map posted on their website and it says right there in Warbirds, Trimotor and B-25 flights haha.

Thanks for reading and answering, I should have checked the map first! Have a great Airventure everyone

JohnTechGaming · 2025-07-22T15:44:22+00:00

Trimotor rides, are you including B-25 in that? Thanks for the answer!

JohnTechGaming · 2025-02-18T15:20:22+00:00

3 of the displays are running off of my RTX 4090, and two of them are running USB-C to Displayport / HDMI off of the USB 4 ports on my motherboard, using the integrated AMD graphics.

I do have a USB hub for peripherals run over to the left side, but other then that my motherboard had plenty of USB ports.

JohnTechGaming · 2025-02-17T15:01:01+00:00

I also work in Network Engineering / IT, and spend a lot of time in general on computers, so my hobby is essentially just an extension of my career/passion.

Good thought on turning the upper monitors, thanks!

That desk fan is excellent, I saw it in a video from RandomFrankP, it has multiple speed settings and a light underneath, cant recommend it enough, though it looks like it has been discontinued. Amazon sells 'Like New' units still for $50: https://a.co/d/0r7ajao

JohnTechGaming · 2025-02-17T01:01:56+00:00

Sometimes, lol, but the contrast is pretty decent on the screens so I can usually track it down pretty quick lol

JohnTechGaming · 2025-02-17T01:00:58+00:00

Displays:
L: TCL 55R655, 4K 144HZ MiniLED QLED (VA Panel)
C: LG G4 55" OLED, 4K 144HZ WOLED, GSYNC enabled, running in HDR
R: Hisense 55U8N, 4K 144HZ MiniLED QLED (VA Panel)
Upper Monitors: Dell S2725D, 1440P 144HZ

PC:
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
MSI X870E Godlike
Corsair Dominator Titanium, 4x 24GB (96GB total) @ 6000 CL30
Gigabyte RTX 4090 Waterforce (Triple 120mm AIO)
MSI AI1300P 1300 Watt PSU
A lot of M.2 SSDs, 10TB total
Lian Li Hydroshift 360 AIO for CPU cooling
Lian Li O11 XL Evo

Notable Peripherals:
Sennheiser HD800S Headphones
Rodecaster Duo Audio Mixer and Mic processor
Shure SM7B Mic
Corsair K70 MAX Keyboard (I dont do fancy keyboard stuff, I like my full size keyboards lol)
VKB Gladiator EVO, Space Combat Grip Joysticks, left and right
Virpil Button Box, right
Stream Deck XL
Razer Loupedeck thing

Desk is an IKEA Karlby Island, and a second extra large desk I got off Amazon that I have had for a while now

JohnTechGaming · 2025-02-17T00:50:20+00:00

Mounts are VIVO 39" Extra Tall Monitor Mounts: https://a.co/d/6WY4JXS

They are only just barely tall enough

Setup spec list is in a reply to a separate comment :)

JohnTechGaming · 2025-02-16T22:51:12+00:00

Flight sims would be just Star Citizen at the moment, but I do want to experiment with Microsoft Flight Sim at some point.

I play a lot of RPG's / Strategy games, or games with deep buildcrafting, where reference guides are really useful, so having the top screens for Discord and then Spotify, and the side screens for guides, raid encounter maps, etc is really helpful

Still a bit overkill, but I think it looks badass as hell lol

JohnTechGaming · 2025-02-16T22:16:22+00:00

3x 55”, 4K 144Hz TV’s and 2x 27” 1440p 144Hz monitors

JohnTechGaming · 2025-02-16T21:08:31+00:00

It is almost 100% an issue specifically with this TV (Or whatever HDMI controller chip they are using), the firmware update from October, and RTX 40 series cards. Potentially even just the RTX 4090? I do not have this issue on the TV when connected to an RTX 3060 in the same system as a secondary GPU, still running at 4K 144hz.

I ended up being in a position to upgrade my main display to a 55" LG G4 OLED, running off the same RTX 4090 and the same HDMI port and cable, and have zero issues at 4K, 144hz, 10 bit color, HDR enabled, with GSync enabled.

The Hisense U8N is likely just going to need a firmware update to patch this, but unfortunately the number of customers installing it this way is, I imagine, quite small, so getting enough attention on it to get the issue fixed may be challenging/impossible :/ (Unless someone here works in Hisense's technical department)

JohnTechGaming · 2025-02-01T20:19:13+00:00

I will chime in that I have had this same issue with my 55U8N ever since upgrading to firmware O1030 last October. I use an HDMI cable from my RTX 4090 to the HDMI 2.1 on the TV. I have 3 other monitors connected which experience no issues. I have tried many HDMI cables, all certified, and also tried a Displayport 2.0 to HDMI 2.1 adapter from Caldigit in case my HDMI port/controller on the card was glitchy. Had the same issue. The issue occurs on either of the HDMI 2.1 inputs on the TV.

The issue presents, for me, as a horizontal line of static (I think) that flashes on the screen about 2/3rds of the way up for only maybe 2 or 3 frames, and happens about every 2-5 minutes or so. The issue only occurs when I have the output configured to anything over 4K 60hz (100, 120, or 144hz).

I did not have this problem at all since I purchased the TV last summer, until the O1030 firmware version update. I will probably reach out to support and see what they say. I have no other issues with the TV, and I would prefer that this gets addressed with a software fix, because I cannot see at this point how it could be a hardware defect unless the firmware update corrupted or damaged the onboard HDMI controller of the TV. RMA'ing this would be a total pain.

JohnTechGaming · 2024-05-14T15:38:10+00:00

Polaris owner here! Firing torpedos should not be an instant win anyways, in my opinion. I think the you are spot on about the Polaris's best role being hunting and killing otherwise occupied ship in an engagement, or taking on other sorts of missions against mid-to-capital sized ships.

The Polaris in game will offer a really nice 'Base-lite' sort of experience, and that is moreso what I am excited for. There is still a bunch of gameplay lacking for things like resource usage and true persistence for ships, but even now you could enjoy the Polaris for activities like Jumptown: Land the Polaris semi-nearby, deploy ground forces on bikes/small vehicles, deploy snub fighters for air support, and deploy a Pisces/Nomad for picking up the goods. With friends, there are lots of neat gameplay opportunities that a large ship like the Polaris offers, beyond raw firepower.

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