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I think about the gaps created from being out at sea for months at a time, a kind of informational coma when you learn of something that happened during one of those time periods but years later. Imagine living in a nation like this for some lengthy portion of your life and then brought out into the light. Could you even trust this new reality or would you want to sink back into what you've known? God help Russia if there is a Putin II.
 
Supposedly the world's largest of such displays. Drones, fire, lasers.

 
Been watching a bunch of youtube videos on autobody repair to see if I want to tackle my Tacoma collision damage from last year. I think I'm going to do it, even though I have pretty much zero experience with body damage repairs (but a fair of experience with auto mechanics and tools in general). I like a challenge. I'm on to watching the painting videos now. Most so far are pretty basic and straightforward and made me think it wouldn't be so bad. So, I got excited when I saw this one saying it can be done in "4 easy steps". Yahoo! Couldn't get all the way through it, so I went to the comments section. Seems I'm not the only one who got a little worn down watching it. The comments are some of the best comedy gold I've seen on youtube for a while.

 
thebeave said:
TV and credit cards said:
You might as well. I ordered a new (painted) grill for my '05 Tacoma from Toyota on Sep 5. Its expected delivery is February.
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That's a long wait, for sure. Did you look into aftermarket grills? I'm going to get a new one for my '00 from a local body parts supply house (in stock).
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No. This was from a Labor Day sale of a local dealership's online store.
I've had a couple bad experiences with aftermarket parts where I had to redo the work. Sure, I got the free replacement for the parts that failed early but I still had to do the work over again. It's not worth my time.
 
TV and credit cards said:
thebeave said:
TV and credit cards said:
You might as well. I ordered a new (painted) grill for my '05 Tacoma from Toyota on Sep 5. Its expected delivery is February.
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That's a long wait, for sure. Did you look into aftermarket grills? I'm going to get a new one for my '00 from a local body parts supply house (in stock).
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No. This was from a Labor Day sale of a local dealership's online store.
I've had a couple bad experiences with aftermarket parts where I had to redo the work. Sure, I got the free replacement for the parts that failed early but I still had to do the work over again. It's not worth my time.
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I will do OEM if the price is right. But for a 26 year old truck, some OEM parts have been discontinued and aftermarket is the only choice. If you get a CAPA certified part you should be fine. Plus, my truck has almost 300k miles, so its not worth dumping a lot of money into it.

My worst mistake with an aftermarket part was the A/C switch. It was big bucks for an OEM, and about 1/3 the price for an aftermarket. Pulled the original switch out easily enough, and put the new one in. Blew my A/C fuse right off the bat. Tried to pull it back out to get my money back and it was stuck. Had to break it up in small plastic chunks with needlenose pliers. When I got to the end it was still stuck, and there was nothing more to grab on to. Only option was to drill out the back a little at a time and keep pulling chunks and hope I didn't drill too far and mangle the electrical contacts in the dash. Fortunately I was successful and went OEM for the next one, and its been fine ever since. What a nightmare that was.
 
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