OFFICIAL: Toyota SUV/truck thread

[mrsleeve]

those look way wider than a 255 series tire, that you have on there.

If your planing on exploring and wheeling much at all with it, I would not revert to stock suspension height, I would refresh what you have or upgrade to Fox, or Icon 2.5 stuff with a TC upper control arms. If your not going to really push it a lot you dont have to get the bypass/remote resi shocks as just the 2.5's will be very adequate. By sticking with what you have in height now or going up a little more with new stuff you can get a little taller "pizza cutter" tire in there, like the 255/80-17's and get you into a full 33 inch tall tire. Or go a inch wider and get on 34's with a 285/75-17's but this is if you are going to use it off road, a good bit. If your going to DD it and need total relbility then back to stock is a good way to go but I would still look into the upgraded UCA's

[kickinindian]

Yeah if you don't have a crazy lift or huge tires then the cv's should last a long time, unless you're doing some wild shit. I always carry an autozone/napa cv as a trail spare when I go wheeling though.

I have a 1in block spacer in the back and I think it's just bilstein 5100 lift in the front maybe ome coils I'm not sure so nothing too major and then I'm on 255/75/17 I'm trying to get it mostly back to stock with the biggest tires that will fit without trimming or cutting the frame

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[lambo]

Yeah if you don't have a crazy lift or huge tires then the cv's should last a long time, unless you're doing some wild shit. I always carry an autozone/napa cv as a trail spare when I go wheeling though.

[mrsleeve]

My guess is that it was on its way out when you bought it, 6" of snow should not have been putting too much stress on it unless you had the front end hopping and chattering a lot in it. Good excuse to upgrade to some better front half shafts so you dont have to worry about carrying a spare around with you all the time

[kickinindian]

All you guys who wheel semi-regularly how have your half shafts in the front lasted? my first trip out in some 6in snow blew up my inner cv joint which now makes me wary enough to carry a spare

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[mrsleeve]

Nice looking taco, should fit in perfect and serve you well for a long time

[lambo]

Well I decided that 17k for a 4x4 taco was too good a price to pass up especially with all the goodies it had. I checked out a couple frontiers with less miles and newer, but it was like looking at the Emma Watson face swaps and trying to jerk it... It's just not the real thing :p

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Nice looking truck!

[kickinindian]

Well I decided that 17k for a 4x4 taco was too good a price to pass up especially with all the goodies it had. I checked out a couple frontiers with less miles and newer, but it was like looking at the Emma Watson face swaps and trying to jerk it... It's just not the real thing :p

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[kickinindian]

So I stopped by the lot when it was closed and they only places I see rust are on some lower bolt holding the exhaust in place so that is definitely looking OK. Someone must have dropped something on the tailgate and dented it pretty good and a spider crack on the left tail light.

The dealer said the ball joint had been replaced and she will knock 1k off if I don't have her get tires.

Her listing price is 19k - 1k for tires plus I'm gonna try to haggle the damages down another 1k so I'm trying to get out at 17k hopefully it works XD

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[lambo]

Bump for info on 2010 tacos

I might be picking up a double cab 4.0 4x4 auto to use as the family mobile (my wife does not like manuals)

I've tried to look on Google for issues and I've seen the frame rust problem, and the transmission ecu issues but do you guys have any more insight?

Here is the Vin 3TMLU4EN3AM046224

I haven't heard of transmission ecu issues in 2nd gens. 3rd gen Tacoma's have notoriously had poorly tuned transmissions that people have complained about. I believe there was a "fix" put out by Toyota for that, though.

As for the frame rust... it is a pretty big issue for 1st and 2nd gen Tacomas (3rd gen hasn't been out long enough for the same issues to arise, so we'll see). Toyota issued a recall where they check the frame for signs of significant frame rust and if it's found they will replace the frame within a 15 year time period from date of original purchase iirc. Given that you're looking at a 2010 and you live in California, that shouldn't be much of a worry. It's the salt that the Northeast uses for snow that has fucked the frames up so badly.

[kickinindian]

Bump for info on 2010 tacos

I might be picking up a double cab 4.0 4x4 auto to use as the family mobile (my wife does not like manuals)

I've tried to look on Google for issues and I've seen the frame rust problem, and the transmission ecu issues but do you guys have any more insight?

Here is the Vin 3TMLU4EN3AM046224

[coldweatherblue]

Thought about the ZR2 or the new Ranger. Both probably have more usable torque down low than my Tacoma.

Deal breaker for me was the availability of a manual transmission in the Tacoma. I would not consider a vehicle at this time that doesn't have a clutch. Also resale, perceived reliability, etc. Plus I love the options on the TRD off-road, cloth, manual seats on a near top-of-range model etc.

[2mAn]

Lambo, don't you dare!

Lambo, do it... sell your futuras to fund it :devil:

[MR E30 325is]

Lambo, don't you dare!

[mrsleeve]

Inspector on the last job I was on had a new zr2. Seemed very capable out of the box roaming up and down rutted up very muddy right of way in the hills around roanoke VA.

That said the kid with the BUILT taco schooled him throughly, when it came to the longer steeper hills, we also had a coating guy with a nearly stock high mile 200 LC out there that was showing almost everyone what a grocery getter is capable of