Why not get a Jeep?

Approach and departure angles vs anything else... Locking front and rear diffs from factory. Disconnecting front sway bar. I wheel. All the time. My Tacoma modified cannot do what my wrangler was doing and my wrangler was stock.

 

Damn it, Billy. Stop making so much sense!

 

I had a 2.5" teraflex coil lift with bilsteins. nothing top of the line but it was lifted properly and I went from toyo MT's to duratracs to get a little softer.

I liked the jeep but on a 7 hour ride I didnt like it. Glad yours rode that well with 37"s would love to see a pic

 

Just keep your Tacoma, and your $$ also:

 

Is that yours? So once I took the doors off of an '88 Cherokee, and I couldn't put them back on after a week - the body had warped! However, that was a unitbody, so no real frame.

Seriously, though, do you have a write-up on this?

 

Without at least some lower control arms, the ride would be rough. Did you get any control arms with this lift?

I'm surprised the toyos were softer. They are really heavy and stiff overall. The toyo mt is actually the heaviest tire in their size overall.

 

I bought my 1978 Jeep brand new and still own it today.it still has mud on it from being new.More than half the Jeeps around here have never been off road or put into 4 wheel drive, just a bunch of 'posers" .I still like driving my jeep but my 2013 Double Cab Tacoma is luxury to me at the age of 56.

 

I didnt do control arms and I went from toyo's to the duratracs. the toyos were heavy as hell and the ride improved alot from the swap alone. I was also in a 2 door. next time im doing a JKU

 

Awesome to hear! It's so rare to see someone own a vehicle that long.

Agree that most Jeeps (and Tacos for that matter) are more pavement queens than anything else these days.

After 32 Jeeps, driving my Taco now feels like riding in a limousine, so I definitely agree with you there. However, sometimes I miss the jostle of feeling every nook and cranny in the road...

 

Not mine ...

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/too-hot-take-doors-off-pics.226290

 

I wouldn't mind having a TJ. Luckily, my girlfriend has one. So I get the best of both worlds.

I'm not a fan of the newer style JK, though.

 

That's the common theme her - wife, girlfriend, etc has one...

So, need to convince my wife to get one is what I'm hearing.

 

My bad I read that wrong. That makes sense. Control arms make a huge difference on steering and pinion angles overall. Also, some joints and springs are better than others. Have always been a fan of Metal Cloak and Rock Krawler.

Has anyone seen Metal Cloaks 6Pak Shocks? Crazy!

 

My girlfriend loved her old one when she lived in Florida and was excited to have another one back in Texas.

The thing is fairly easy to work on, which is nice.

I've always liked trucks. Granted I use the bed only about 1/4 of the time. But when I have to, it's great to have. Driving the Jeep can be fun. But I'm just not sure I'm ready for that brah life yet. I've gotten so use to the TW wave luveya.

 

@pittsnogled - before I ripped a fender off and had to buy better clearance ones...

 

Buddy of mine who is a mechanic at a Chrysler dealership drives a Ford. Enough said.


Seriously though, he says he'd never own a Chrysler product. And always tells everyone he knows not to buy one.

 

This was the new fenders... Wouldn't mind having this thing back again but it is somewhere around Louisville, KY right now!

 

LoL that's not 'enough said' at all. But okay. Good contribution.

 

The man picked a FORD over what he works on every day! A FORD Jake... A... FORD!!!