Tampa Bay Area Tacomas BS Thread

I used to be a service advisor, I never pulled that crap. I actually like good reviews.

 

Yeah I will never go there again, I have a friend of a friend that's an advisor at a Tampa dealer so I'll give that a try next time. I need my automatic trans serviced after towing a trailer twice halfway across the country I think it's about time. Plus going out to Colorado and down to the ozarks.

 

I had good experience with Wesley Chapel Toyota when I had my free oil changes. @Scooter WCT works there as a salesman

 

That's good to know when I am ready to upgrade out of this regular cab. But at this point I will add another car or truck.

 

An SAS is in between a need and a want.

Stuff like 3-link/4-link with coil-overs and high dollar heim joints and hydro-assist is definitely a want. A properly set up leaf sprung setup up front would realistically do everything you would need it to in Florida. I've been down this road a couple times .

I started wheeling in an 02 Tundra with IFS and 33's. I had zero issues with the front end but I trashed 2 stock rear axles. I figured I'd go ahead and do an SAS with a new rear axle since that was the ultimate goal anyway. Now that I have been spoiled with wheeling a solid axle truck since 2007, I won't ever go back to IFS, ever.

That being said, 95% of the guys I've ever wheeled with were/are IFS and I really can't think of too many times where someone really screwed up their front end enough to warrant an axle swap... most that did do it was just because of the "want" factor.

 

Well said.

 

Word.

 

If you don't have either it's not cool to buy stuff to go if 4x4 hahahah

 

I'm kinda over the pump things. The cheap crap they sell you these days makes a bigger mess than it's worth. Instead of a gallon jug and a pump, just get you 3 quart sized bottles and a couple feet of hose (3/8" or so). For the rear diff you only need 3 or 4" of hose, but other places like the front diff requires a bit more.

Also gear oil is a little like brake fluid though in that it doesn't keep well so unless you're going though a lot of it, you don't really need a gallon jug of it anyhow.

 

Cut hole to stick air blower in and a hose from the bottom of the bottle to the fill hole. Pressurize and it pushes it out of the bottle into whatever you are filling.

Thank me later

 

Nice. I thought about doing something like that before, but never got around to trying it. I guess after the cluster f**k changing the gear oil in my front diff turned into last time, I might just try this next time.

 

Agree 100 percent!

 

How would you guys feel about having the mod day this Saturday (March 5th)?

@Uriel, @1stgen, @Scoobarooo

@Rattletrap66, @Black Horse, @SpruceTaco, @Hugopreston, @nammer, and anyone else that wants to come help out.

The plan is to remove the OGT's bed, adjust Ryan #2 and Casey's coilovers, and install Uriel's new UCAs.

 

I couldn't do it this Saturday. Sorry Lee. We are having an engagement party. Im sure I'll be setting stuff up all morning. How early do you plan on starting?

 

About 9ish out of respect to the neighbors.

Bummer, but if everybody else is busy too then it might have to be pushed back to next weekend.

 

hey lee, I think i'm working the next 3 sat and sundays

 

This Saturday works for me!

 

Can't since we are doing trails this Sunday

 

I've got to help my girlfriend out this weekend

 

I would prefer next weekend though (March 12) I have 2 exams next week so I'd like to study over the weekend, however I could make it if scheduled for March 4