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Finally got the Taco dirty!

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by GuapOh, Jun 11, 2011.

  1. Jun 11, 2011 at 10:10 PM
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    GuapOh

    GuapOh [OP] Well-Known Member

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    After 3 months of ownership, today I finally got the opportunity to get her dirty. I took her up and down some steep levies, bounced around a couple of mud holes, drove about 20 miles of narrow dirt trails and did a small river crossing. Sucks that I was alone so I had to stop to take a few pics.

    The Taco is so much more of an off roader than my Z71. I think the Silverado was simply so big it always got in its own way.

    This new truck reminds me of how much I loved my old Toyota 1994 4x4 22RE pick up. That thing could go over or through just about anything. The new truck feels the same way. I climbed a few patches of Earth today in 2WD with the ALSD active and the thing was awesome. My Chevy would have to be in 4x4 mode to do the same. I even climbed a long run of concrete stairs to a remote levy pump house today in 2WD with the ALSD switched on. Only time I engaged the 4x4 mode today was mud and water crossings.

    Now for the crappy cell phone pics:

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  2. Jun 11, 2011 at 10:16 PM
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    xxhv83xx

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    Awesome!
     
  3. Jun 11, 2011 at 10:27 PM
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    rbeezy

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    nice. now have fun washing her
     
  4. Jun 11, 2011 at 10:55 PM
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    BlueTaco07

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    Make sure you get everything clean under there too! dont just make the paint shiny :)
     
  5. Jun 11, 2011 at 11:25 PM
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    Offduty

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    Hey GuapOh what bars are you running? Looking for something like what you have. And where is a good place to shop for Bars and stuff like that.

    By the way the mud looks good:)
     
  6. Jun 12, 2011 at 7:09 AM
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    GuapOh

    GuapOh [OP] Well-Known Member

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    I purchased the N-Fab/Smittybilt bars from Autoanything.com. The bars were roughly $280 and a snap to install.
     

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