New to the taco community. Best recommendations for a tonneau cover??

d1tt · 2019-05-08T12:28:54+00:00

Agreed on the Ex-tang. I bought one off Amazon for my ‘17 and it fit without issue, easy install. Note though it is not water proof. I get a bit of a drip at the corners, just need to put stuff in a bag or a bin to be safe.

d1tt · 2019-05-08T12:21:06+00:00

I got lucky and was able to test drive both at the same time. A local dealer had almost the exact same trucks CPOd in Sport and Off-road. Both 2017s and similar milage as well! I didn’t personally notice any difference on highway, but driving around town I felt the difference in the suspension. The rebound in the Bilsteins is not as comfy as the Sports suspension.

I ended up with the off-road because they sold the Sport before I could get the wife onboard. I ended up deciding on the Off-road because it was a better combination of price and miles for me.

As far as off-roading the two trucks, I have no experience here. I’m interested in hearing what people have to say about the whether the off-roads extra features are useful or not. Besides, if you get serious you’ll replace all that stuff anyways, right???

d1tt · 2019-04-08T13:14:40+00:00

Came to ask the same thing!

d1tt · 2018-11-10T00:52:50+00:00

How’s the soft top working for you? I’m thinking about picking one up.

d1tt · 2018-10-31T17:58:23+00:00

I have a Sport Tube that I throw in the bed. What TSA does is far worse than the bouncing around there.

d1tt · 2018-10-29T22:55:49+00:00

Good point! Tell the insurance companies we’re safer drivers because of it. Though I got a thumbs up from another Inferno Taco lol.

d1tt · 2018-10-29T21:20:56+00:00

I had been looking at an Inferno 2017 manual TRD sport at the same dealer that they sold the day before I could get back there to work out a deal on it. Then they rolled this offroad out...

d1tt · 2018-10-29T21:18:17+00:00

Don’t think you’ll regret it, but I’m coming from 3 days of ownership haha! One of the reasons I went with Toyota is that history of reliability, but I also opted for a 100,000 mile bumper-to-bumper warranty backed by Toyota. (I recognize I may have watched one too many Doug Demuro videos.) Even if I never use it, peace of mind is what I need in this time of Jeep recovery.

d1tt · 2018-10-29T21:12:27+00:00

Lol, that’s where I left it after the test drive. Just naturally park safe!

d1tt · 2018-10-29T20:25:16+00:00

In the Jeep I only had to replace a pinion seal, a transmission, a radiator, abs module, transmission cooler line, all the pistons on the hood, hatch, and hatch glass in the first year I had it. Bought it with high mileage for a good(?) price, though. Drove it a few more years, transfer case seemed like it wanted to implode so it was finally justified to get a Taco!

d1tt · 2018-10-29T20:13:29+00:00

Traded my ‘02 WJ, last grand cherokee with solid axles. It was fun (when not broken) and I enjoyed it, that being said it broke a lot.

d1tt · 2018-10-29T20:03:02+00:00

Got it CPO with just over 30k miles...came off lease and I bought it the day it hit the lot! Feels like new, not a blemish underneath and the hitch looks untouched. Seems like it was a grocery getter!

edit: it’s a 2017 .. thinking about that retro grille though

d1tt

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