New shocks, new tires, and new tunes

Installed new bilsteins 5100 adjustable shocks set at 1.75", got my dunglops replaced under warranty with new some 275/70r16 yokohama geolander at-s and installed a new in dash dvd player. Early christmas for me.

 

sounds good man!! so, how do the yokohamas ride??? should be really good for some off road fun!!

 

The tires are p rated so they ride smooth. The shocks are awesome.

 

Looks good.

 

The toyota dealer blew me off and sent me to discount tire. They wanted to replace with the same brand, but I asked if I could upgrade. They said yes and I would have to pay the difference. The sucky thing is that those dunlops were only $63. I only paid $311 for all new tires.

 

Is that Mustang Island?

 

did you install the bilstein shocks yourself? if so, how difficult was it?

 

Very Nice!

 

Really sweet, is there much highway song with those tires ?

 

I did install the shocks by myself and I do not recommend it. I didn't have any directions so it was difficult. I winged it off the toytec installation on their website. I went to oreilley and loaned a spring compressor. That was the easy part. The hard part was getting the new assembly back in. I am very mechanically inclined and it took me 5.5hrs. If you try it have someone help you. And to answer concrete jedi the tires are quiet.

 

Looks good! Which DVD player is that? And can you post up some info about your front hitch (or point me to it if you've already posted it)? I've thought about doing one myself and wasn't sure how to mount it.

 

The DVD is a UV8 phase linear made by jensen. The reason I got that one is because you can bypass the parking brake switch and play it while you're driving. I paid $250 thanksgiving day at circuit city. I bought the hitch from jc whitney. It is a curt mfg. brand. I paid around $154 with a $40 coupon plus shipping. The hitch was an easy install, around 30 min.

 

Very nice. I hope Santa is as good to me...

 

Thanks! The hitch just bolts up? No modification or fabrication? Seems to good to be true if it's just bolt on!

 

hey i live about a half hour from JC Whitney's Warehouse/home base lol

 

Ignore that question! I found it on their site and it's custom made for the Tacoma... Must be something new because they didn't have anything like that when I looked last year.

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/...011882/N-111+2006+200729294+600002324/c-10101

 

I like those bilsteins, i'll be getting those whenver my TRD bilsteins wear out, but thats prollly gonna be a while