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Finally got the half shell finished enough for now and installed on the truck. I had trouble with tying into the existing wiring from the brake lights, as I thought I could piggyback on the existing trailer light controller harness I installed, but after quite a bit of troubleshooting, I figured out the Tacoma uses a separate circuit to run the trailer brake controller light circuits. I assumed the aftermarket light controller was triggering off of the brake light and turn signal wires, but not so much. Anyway since my truck is a base model with no towing package, I did not have any of the fuses or relays installed from the factory, so basically the towing circuits didn’t work. Finally I traced the real tail lamp wire, and once I spliced into that everything worked fine.
As you can tell, the adhesive I used to hold the windows in looks horrible. It dries clear, but when you use a heavy coat it doesn’t dry very fast. I installed the windows Sunday, these pictures are from today and yes it is still not dry.
I have had the shell on the truck for two days now, I can tell a bit of a difference in coasting down hills. A couple hills I used to loose speed on as I rolled down I now don’t lose speed. I will refrain from making assumptions on differences in fuel consumption until I run a full tank through the truck.
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