Trailer Hitch Installation - 2010 Toyota Tacoma - Curt
Today on our 2010 Toyota Tacoma we're going to install part number 13323 from Curt. This is what the hitch looks like when it's installed on a vehicle. Next we'll give you some measurements to help you out in selecting some accessories such as a bar mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From top of receiver opening down to the ground will be about 19 1/2 inches and from the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will be about three and a half inches. Now I'll go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed.First Im going to go ahead and remove the bumper. Before we can go that we'll go ahead and loosen up the electrical connections for the license plate lights.
Thule XB16 Snow Tire Chains Review - 2010 Toyota Tacoma
Today, on our 2010 Toyota Tacoma with tire size 245-7516, we will be installing the Thule Standard Snow Tire Chains for SUVs. This is part number TH 01571255. Now, these chains have de-shaped links for excellent traction in snow and ice. The built in rubber tensioners help to ease installation and these chains only require 16 mm of clearance. Now, to install the chain, well first lay the chain out on the ground and take out any tangles or knots within the chains. Well then take the chain by the blue cable and slide it underneath the vehicle behind the tire.
Glacier Cable Snow Tire Chains Review - 2010 Toyota Tacoma
Today on our 2010 Toyota Tacoma, with tire size 245 7516, well be installing the Glacier Cable Snow Tire Chains part number PW 1046.Now, to begin our test bit, well need to lay the chains out on the ground and make sure that we get any kinks or knots out of the chains themselves. With that done, we can then drape our chains over the tire, making sure that the labeling here on the cross chain hook that says tire side faces the tire. Another good indication is to make sure that the hook of the chain faces out. Now that our chains are draped over our tire and centered in the tire tread, well work our way down to the 6 oclock position here on the inside of the tire, where we can connect the two ends of the side chain together, taking up as much of the slack within the chain as possible. We can then move to the outside of the tire, where well take the two ends of the outside chain and hook them together, again, taking up as much of the slack as possible. Now, when taking up the slack, youll want to make sure that you stay within one link of the chain on either side.
Thule XB16 Snow Tire Chains Review - 2011 Toyota Tacoma
Today on our 2011 Toyota Tacoma, we'll be installing the Thule Standard Snow Tire Chains for SUVs, part number TH01571255. Now, what we'll need to do first is get the tire chains out of the packaging and lay them out flat to make sure we get any tangles out of the chains. We're now ready to install them on the vehicle. We'll take the blue cable and wrap it around the inside of the tire from the front to the back. We'll then grab both ends at the blue cable and bring it up to the 12 o'clock on our tire where we'll connect them together. We can then allow the blue cable to move towards the inside of the tire where we'll take the red chain link and the red hook here on the outside of the chain and connect them together.
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2011 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2011 Toyota Tacoma we're going to install part number F2407 from Firestone. This is our Ride Rite Air helper spring. To start off our install we're going to go ahead and lower our spare tire to get that out of our way. We're also going to raise the truck up by the axle and remove the two rear wheels. Now our next step is to go ahead and remove the joust that's above the spring. Now it doesn't pop up so we have to cut it.
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 1999 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 1999 Toyota Tacoma were going to install part number TK90160. This is the Primus IQ brake controller. To help install this were going to use part number ETBC7. Well start from the back of the truck and work our way forward. Well start off by mounting the ETBC7 bracket to an existing bracket on the vehicle. Well take our gray wire and connect it up to our seven to four pole adapter.
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2001 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2001 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to install part number 118534 from Tow Ready. Okay,first thing that we're going to do is go ahead and remove the tail lights. There are four screws that holdthem in place, take the tail light back and remove from electrical connector. There's a small tab that weneed to push down and then we can pull it apart. These are really tight, so it may take some effort to pull apart. Now, the driver's side has some extra wires hooked up to the wire harness that we can't disconnect, sowe can't completely remove the tail light.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2001 Toyota Tacoma - Hidden Hitch
Today on our 2001 Toyota Tacoma were going to install part number 87579 from Hidden Hitch. This is what the hitch looks like when its installed on the truck. Next well give you some measurements thatll help you in selecting some accessories such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack, or a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be about 15 and inches. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper is going to be around five inches. Now Ill go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed.
Pop and Lock Tailgate Lock Installation - 2012 Toyota Tacoma
Today on our 2012 Toyota Tacoma, well install the Pop & Lock Custom Tailgate Lock, part number PAL8521. First well start by opening up the rear tailgate and remove the removable fasteners securing the rear tailgate cover. Then well remove the rear tailgate cover and set aside all for reinstallation later. As you can see, this will expose the backside of the rear tailgate handle and wiring for the backup camera. Now well go ahead and remove the driver side rod from the handle assembly. Well simply remove the red tab and remove the rod.
Glacier Square-Link Snow Tire Chains Review - 2001 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2001 Toyota Tacoma were going to do a test fit of part number PWPLC1138. This is a Glacier square link snow tire chains. Now Ill be working with tire size of 205-75-R15. Well start off by laying our snow chain on top of the tire. Well make sure that the lengths for our cross chains are facing towards the outside away from the tire. Well drape it over the tire evenly and tuck it in at the bottom of the tire.
WeatherTech Front Floor Liners Review - 2011 Toyota Tacoma
Today on our 2011 Toyota Tacoma, well be installing WeatherTech Front Floor Liner, part number WT461781, in gray. This liner is also available in black, part number WT441781, and tan, part number WT451781. Now to begin our install, well simply remove the factory or old floor mats from the vehicle if equipped. With the old floor mats removed, were now ready to install our new WeatherTech Floor Liners. Youll notice the custom molding ensures a perfect fit for each Tacoma. Its unique material is designed for strength and features a texture that securely grips the floor.
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2002 Toyota Tacoma
Alright on this 2002 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to install product number 118379 from Tow Ready. Alright, first thing we have to do is go ahead and remove the tail lights. Right now we'll go ahead and disconnect the tail light from the harness. Alright, we're doing the passenger's side, let's go over to the driver side and repeat the same process. Over here on the driver's side we'll go ahead and take our 4-pole wire and we'll strap it at the bottom, alright. And we'll do the same thing for the T-Connector with the red and green wire.
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Installation - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
Today working on a 2009 Toyota Tacoma, were going to install the Firestone Air Helper Spring Kit, part number F2407. Youre going to have to remove the rear wheels and the spare tire to make it easier to install. Our first step, we actually have to remove the manufacturers jaunt stop. What were going to do is cut it even with top of the bolt. Im cutting off the jaunt stop. You can use a hacksaw or a sawzaw which is what were going to use, makes it a little easier, a little quicker than using hacksaw.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2008 Toyota Tacoma
Today we are working on a 2008 Toyota Tacoma. We will be installing a Curt hitch, part number 13323. Here are a couple of measurements that will assist you with ing accessories for your new hitch. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outer most point of the bumper is 3-1/2 inches. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 18-3/4 inches. This will assist you with ing accessories, such as a draw bar, a bike rack or a cargo carrier. Now let us go ahead with the installation. 0:26
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2007 Toyota Tacoma we are going to install part number 87581 from Hidden Hitch. This will also apply to part number 75236 from Draw-Tite. Alright, this is what the hitch looks like when it is installed on the vehicle. Next we will give you some measurements that will help you out in ing accessories. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground, on this particular vehicle, is going to be 13-1/4 inches. And from the center of the hitch pin hole to the outside edge of the bumper is going to be 4 inches. Now we will go ahead and show you how the hitch gets installed on the vehicle. 0:29
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2008 Toyota Tacoma
Today we are working on a 2008 Toyota Tacoma. We will be installing Tow Ready T-one connector part number 118496. Our first step will be to lower the tailgate. This will expose the mounting screws so that we can remove the rear taillight. They will be identical on the passenger side also. Let us go ahead and do that now. With our mounting screws removed, we can go ahead and remove the taillight. We will just work it back and forth until it comes free from its fasteners. With the taillight removed, you can see the connection here for our new Tow Ready connector. So we will depress the locking tab here on the backside of the connector and separate the two connection points. Once we disconnect the two connection points, the taillight lens will be free of the vehicle. We will take our yellow wire connector. It will match the manufacturer connection and we can plug them inline. Once it snaps in place, we can then go back to the vehicle connector on the other side and snap it into place. 1:00
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2006 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2006 Toyota Tacoma we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118496. First go ahead and lower the tailgate. Starting over here on the driver side, if you look on the inboard side of the bed, you can see we have a screw at the top and a screw here at the bottom. We need to go ahead and remove those to remove the taillight. With those two screws removed, we just want to take and kind of gently rock the taillight assembly back and forth. With the taillight pulled off, if you look on the backside here, you can see the main connector and that is the connector we are going to separate and plug our harness inline to. If you look towards the midline of the connector, you can see there is a little push button right there. If we press that in and pull away, we can separate the two pieces. I am just going to go ahead and set the taillight off to the side for a second. 0:50
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation- 2007 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2007 Toyota Tacoma we are going to install part number 118496 from Tow Ready. First thing we need to do is remove the two tail lights. There are three screws here, here, and here we are going to have to remove. You should be able to pull it back a little bit, there you go. Alright, now this is our wiring connection right here. We are going to push that tab down and pull it apart. Okay, we are done with the drivers side, we are going to do the same thing on the passengers side. 0:39
Trailer Hitch Installation- 2007 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2007 Toyota Tacoma we are going to install part number 13323 from Curt. Alright, this is what the hitch looks like when it is installed on the vehicle. Next, we will give you some measurements that will help you out in ing accessories such as a bicycle rack, cargo carrier, or ball mount. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground on this particular vehicle is going to be 14-1/4 inches. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outside edge of the bumper is going to be 3-1/2 inches. Next we will show you how the hitch is installed on the vehicle. 0:33
Pilot Tube Step Installation - 2011 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2011 Toyota Tacoma we are going to install part number NB-411 from Pilot. First we will go ahead and show you were the step bars mount up to the vehicle. It is going to use this square hole right here and it is going to use this round hole right here. We laid out our parts that we are going to need. This bracket here with the angle offset is going to go towards the front of the vehicle. We are going to use this 1-3/4 inch bolt and this special handle bolt right here. The back bracket will be the A-shaped bracket. We will use another 1-3/4 inch bolt and a longer bolt. And also there is a flat washer. This goes to the inside of the frame. Starting with the bracket that goes towards the back of the truck, we will go ahead and loosely install it on the tube step. We want to make sure we have it nice and loose so we can move it as needed. Now we will take the longer bolt with the thick washer and we will put it through the square hole, just like that. 0:47
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2009 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2009 Toyota Tacoma we are going to install a brake controller from Tekonsha, this is going to be the Prodigy P3 brake controller part number 90195. We are also going to use the install kit part number ETBC7. The truck has the factory 4-pole already in place so what we are going to have to do is take down the original factory bracket with the 4-pole and then move it out of the way and install the new bracket that comes with the ETBC7 kit. This is the bracket that comes with the ETBC7 kit. It is going to be a tight fit but I think we can sneak it on there using the existing bolt holes. If it is a little bit tight just run a drill bit through there to make the one size a little bit bigger. 00:44
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2010 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2010 Toyota Tacoma we are going to be installing part number 87581 from Hidden Hitch. This installation also applies to Draw-Tite hitch 75236. The first thing we are going to need to do is remove the bumper from the bumper brackets by taking out these two bolts here on both sides of the vehicle. Before we remove the bumper we are going to disconnect the power plugs on both sides for the license plate lights. :33
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2008 Toyota Tacoma
Today on this 2008 Toyota Tacoma pick up we will be installing Prodigy brake controller part number 90185 and we will also be using the brake control wiring kit part number ETBC7. We are going to start here at the rear of the vehicle and mount our 7-pole first. As you can see our vehicle here already has an existing 4-pole that we are going to be plugging our 7-pole adapter into. So in preparation I want to find a spot to go ahead and mount our 7-pole bracket to. On this Tacoma there is not a whole lot to work with. We typically like to mount it here on the back side of the bumper. Mounting at that angle would be kind of obnoxious. So I am actually going to be using part number 118136 which is a long bracket that will attach to the trailer hitch here with the use of a hose clamp. And then we can just mount our 7-pole bracket on like so.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Toyota Tacoma
Today we are going to be installing Valley hitch part number V82790 on a 2007 Toyota Tacoma. We are looking at the passengers side frame rail, and you can see at the end here we have got two existing weld nuts. Those are going to provide the attaching points for the trailer hitch on the frame. We are going to be using the same weld nuts on the drivers side. There are also going to be two attaching points here at the bumper. You can see at the bottom we have got three existing holes. We are going to be using the two outer holes as attaching points as well. We are actually going to be taking the part of the cover off here, the step bumper, and ping bolts down through there, where we are going to attach it to the hitch.
Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2000 Toyota Tacoma
This part number will fit 1995-1/2 - 2004 Toyota Tacomas and 1985-1995 Toyota pickups. The first steps involved is taking off the taillight assemblies. Well put them off to the side and then run our wiring inside. We will start on the drivers side first and work our way to the passengers side. Well disconnect the taillight by unplugging this electrical plug here. We will set the taillight assembly off to the side. What were going to do now is install the left hand part of the harness. Were going to follow this harness down through the body and follow that route and we will come back with this part with the yellow wire back up the same way. We will T it off here and well make a couple more connections. Now we will take our ground wire and run it the same way, we will overlap it and ground it to this piece of steel here.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2000 Toyota Tacoma
At this point we can install the hitch on the vehicle, youll have to stick it in between the frame and suspension components so its good to have an extra set of hands to do this with. Sometimes with the exhaust, some sit higher than others, you may want to lower it a bit or in this case we may want to take the bolts out to fish the hitch in and then well put it back in. Now we install our bolts going towards the front of the vehicle. Well let the back ones loose of course so we can wiggle it around and set it where we need it. Now well move on to the other side. We just need to get it started and then we torque it down. Now well go to this rear bolt here and install our washer. Now well repeat for the other side. Now we can snug up the bolts and make sure the hitch sits the way we want it, then well give them their final torque. Last but not least well tighten the bolts that hold the brackets to the frame. There you have it for part number 87579 on our 2000 Toyota Tacoma
Trailer Hitch Installation - 1998 Toyota Tacoma
Today we are installing hitch number V81590 on a 1998 Toyota Tacoma pickup. Step one is to remove the bolts that are holding the arm on the frame here. This will allow us easier access up into the frame. For the hitch installation we will have to remove the bumper brackets from the vehicle. That will require us to remove these 2 bolts here. Then there are 2 more that are attaching the bumper brackets. In the instructions they say to remove these 2 bolts and loosen the other two that are attaching the bumper. We are going to just go ahead and remove those bolts it makes it just a little easier to get the hitch brackets into place. When removing the bumper make sure you disconnect the license plate lights otherwise you will rip the wires
