'03 Tacoma Build
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01tundra
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Nope, remove the center folding kayak mounts, bolt a basket directly to the Thule load bars, then have the ability to bolt short load bars across the top of the basket (when needed) to mount the existing center kayak mounts to. So her smaller boat could sit on top of the basket, maybe 4" higher than the two larger boats on each side = multi-tasking 
Thinking about just grabbing some 1"x1"x1/8" tubing and go to town. Not sure if I want/need expanded metal on the bottom or not, but if so it would be easy to do. Could then drill the elevated side bars of the basket and make a couple load bars that attached on top with wing nuts. Then attach the two Thule kayak mounts to the cross bars.
Thinking about just grabbing some 1"x1"x1/8" tubing and go to town. Not sure if I want/need expanded metal on the bottom or not, but if so it would be easy to do. Could then drill the elevated side bars of the basket and make a couple load bars that attached on top with wing nuts. Then attach the two Thule kayak mounts to the cross bars.
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01tundra
Explorer
Got the heavy duty relay-style headlight harness installed last night, took about all of 10 minutes to complete. It's definitely a quality product. They included the diode and whatever else to make my high beam indicator work properly.
Their engineer was at lunch when I called last week, he returned my call within 30 minutes to get the needed info and had a custom harness at my door in under a week (for about $90).......the SUVlights.com website is still down and neither them, or Daniel Stern, have yet to return the emails I sent them over a week ago.....so those two losers can pound sand.
Susquehanna MotorSports for the win -
http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=3730
I don't know how much brighter it made my headlights, but I can say they're a "whole helluva lot" brighter. The cool part is that if I happen to ever lose a relay, the factory headlight harness plugs are still there to simply plug directly back into the bulbs.
Their engineer was at lunch when I called last week, he returned my call within 30 minutes to get the needed info and had a custom harness at my door in under a week (for about $90).......the SUVlights.com website is still down and neither them, or Daniel Stern, have yet to return the emails I sent them over a week ago.....so those two losers can pound sand.
Susquehanna MotorSports for the win -
http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=3730
I don't know how much brighter it made my headlights, but I can say they're a "whole helluva lot" brighter
. The cool part is that if I happen to ever lose a relay, the factory headlight harness plugs are still there to simply plug directly back into the bulbs.
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Haggis
Appalachian Ridgerunner
I'll bet you'll hardly ever roll the cover up when the racks are on. My secondary rack sits higher that yours and the cover is probably easier to use, but we seldom roll up the cover to access the bed. Of course that might be because I have a 14 year old truck monkey to crawl into the truck to retrieve stuff for me. I'm gonna miss that monkey one of these days and I have to drag my carcass up there instead.
01tundra
Explorer
Yeah you're probably right. I took the rack off this past weekend because I was helping my friend with some magazine event coverage and I couldn't believe how quick and easy it was to remove/install by myself. Turn the key on the four feet and the rack was off in a matter of seconds, reinstallation was just as easy.
I'm really glad I went this route, the rack will fit the bill for me.
TangoBlue
American Adventurist
Got the heavy duty relay-style headlight harness installed last night, took about all of 10 minutes to complete. It's definitely a quality product. They included the diode and whatever else to make my high beam indicator work properly.
Their engineer was at lunch when I called last week, he returned my call within 30 minutes to get the needed info and had a custom harness at my door in under a week (for about $90).......the SUVlights.com website is still down and neither them or that turd Daniel Stern have yet to return the emails I sent them over a week ago.....so those two losers can pound sand.
Susquehanna MotorSports for the win -
http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=3730
I don't know how much brighter it made my headlights, but I can say they're a "whole helluva lot" brighter
Really? That much of a difference, eh? hmmm....
jim65wagon
Well-known member
So how's that new relay wiring supposed to work and make brighter lights?
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Even with my own truck monkey, I roll the cover up a lot. Of course my rack is a bit substantial (probably the size of your truck bed) and I tend to leave it on 3 seasons unless I need to haul something tallish. I like the easey-peasey way your new rack removes and installs....
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Even with my own truck monkey, I roll the cover up a lot. Of course my rack is a bit substantial (probably the size of your truck bed) and I tend to leave it on 3 seasons unless I need to haul something tallish. I like the easey-peasey way your new rack removes and installs....
TangoBlue
American Adventurist
To keep production costs low, manufacturers sometimes use a smaller gauge wire. I understand that the new wiring harness for the light feature a larger gauge wire, promoting the healthy flow of electrons. Not an uncommon upgrade for Land Cruisers, just hadn't considered it for the Tacoma.
jim65wagon
Well-known member
Gotcha....I thought it was some fancy dancy magic that I wasn't comprehending, but it's just physics.....and something to consider for the Tundra
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01tundra
Explorer
It has definitely made my headlights brighter. I'm just running Phillips Xtreme Power 60/55W bulbs. I'm sure if I stepped up the bulbs they would be crazy bright, but then I would have to aim them into the ground to keep from blinding people......don't really see much sense in all that.
