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Hi there Tacoma owners. Today in your 2020 Toyota Tacoma, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install Carr's Hoop II truck step. These are available in either a black or silver powder coat finish or a polished aluminum. We're going to be showing off the black powder coat finish today. This is a small, durable step. It's going to make it easier to get in and out of your vehicle and also to access anything that you might be storing on top, if you've got a roof rack system or anything else.
It can give you that little boost you might need to be able to get up there. And with its 500-pound weight capacity, you can be sure that if you need it to load anything on top of the roof or anything, it can support your entire weight plus whatever you've got, to be able to get it up there without any issues.It also makes it easier to get in and out, if you have some mobility challenges or if you just find it difficult to lift your leg up this high to step on in. On top of our step surface here, cast into it, it has a bumpy surface and they're kind of jagged if you touch it with your finger. It's not going to poke you to the point where it hurts but you can feel it's got a nice point that's going to dig into the sole of your shoes, giving you good traction when you get in and out. They've also put the car logo on there, which gives it a nice appealing look to it.
These steps are custom fit for your Tacoma. They come with all the necessary hardware and brackets to get it installed and never see one for each side. Why don't you follow along with me and we'll show you how to get it installed so you can have the confidence to do it at home.We'll begin our installation by determining the location of our step. Now you will also notice that our trucks on a lift here but you could easily do this on the ground. This lift here, the vehicle's actually sitting on the ground.
So it's very similar. We just got it up to make it easier for video purposes. The mark that we want to make is going to coincide with the front of our seats. You can open up your door and just determine where the front of your seat is and then make a mark down here on the pinch weld. I've already made a mark here where the front of our seat is and then we want to go four and a quarter inch on each side of the mark we just made and we're going to make more marks.
This is where our brackets are going to mount at this location here. And this is going to keep us to where our step is centered right at the front of our seats. So when we go to get out, we can just turn our legs and it's going to be right in the right location.So it's best that you have your seat in the normal position where you normally drive. So that way, it's set up for your particular vehicle and you. Once you've got those marks made, we want to go from the bottom of the lip here and we want to measure up three eighths of an inch. And I made another mark, I made this one horizontal and it gives me a plus shape. And where those two lines intersect, that's where we're going to be drilling out our holes to mount our brackets. We're going to be drilling them out to a 5/16 diameter. You can either start with a small drill bit like an 1/8 inch to make a pilot hole and then enlarge to 5/8 or just go right to 5/8. If you're not that confident, then you might want to start with the 1/8 of an inch and then step it up from there. So we're just going to line that up and just drill it on out.So now that we got those holes drilled out, we can begin attaching some things. But one of the things I wanted to point out was the hardware because this is a universal kit designed to fit many different trucks and you're going to get hardware for all those different trucks. So it's a little overwhelming when you first open up the box because you're going to have over double the bolts that you're not going to use versus the ones you're going to use. So, we're going to be using on each side, this is just going to be one side of hardware I'm showing you here. You're going to use the 5/8 length, 5/16 diameter bolts. You're going to have two on this side and you're going to have four washers with the correct diameter slide over those. We're also going to have two long self-tapping screws. You'll have four of the smallest diameter but longest length bolts that come in your kit.So for those, they'll also have the nuts that match those. These are going to be a little bit smaller than the nuts for the thicker diameter hardware there. You've got four of those. And then we need two washers per bolt, so you're going to have eight washers. The rest of the hardw