What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Hate to break it to you but FORD trucks are built in Mexico and Canada. There are only a few vehicles built in the USA and some of them are owned by companies outside of the USA.

 

Father's dodge and brother in laws Chevy were both manufactured in Mexico. Step brothers ford says made in USA. Doesn't say manufactured. Just made in USA.

My tacoma says manufactured in Texas.

I still would of bought it if it said made in bumfudge Egypt.

 

Thanks Bro!

Couldn't justify the higher price lift so I went with a lift shop here that does spacer and block lifts for the Toyota dealers here, the same lift dealer adds $3000.00 to the truck price for a $600.00 out the door price I paid with labor and tax. 2 1/2" front and 1" rear!

Kept the Bilstien 4600 front and rear stock shock and OEM coils since they are brand new and maybe down the road as they wear will upgrade. I am looking at the 2017 Tundra TRD PRO as well!

 

My Tacoma is half illegal made in Mexico and the other half is legally made in Baja CA!

 

Lubed my u-joints

 

That is very much appreciated and inspiring. I hate showing my frustration here because I am a huge Tacoma fan. Just bad luck. I really hope this does work out and I can proudly drive this truck another 10 years. I am not married to it. Not beneath me to go back to a second Gen or maybe a 4 runner. I will tone down my negative rants until I get through the next service visit in a week. Even with my truck trouble my wallet wants to do more mods. Back burner stuff for now. Expect quality. Demand quality.

 

and the Z71 off road package of these trucks adds a God-awful light blue to the interior color scheme...yuck!

 

Steve - Now that you have had your Clazzios on for five months, what are their pros
and cons. I currently have Shear Comfort sheepskins that I had on my 2012 Prerunner
and like them.However the Clazzios do look sharp. How difficult was it to put the backs
on, I have arthritic hands and know that I have limited pull and tuck ability. 70 years of
using my hands has left them with a tendency to stiffen up after a couple of hours work.
How do the Clazzios take spills and dog paws (we have a rambunctious Min-Pin who rides
shotgun with me a lot. I use Aerospace 303 Protectant on the wife's Avalon seats and it
keeps the clean and supple.

 

I re-geared to 4.88 and added ARB Lockers both front and rear!!! What a difference those gears have made even in this break-in stage...the truck isn't shifting all over the place and you can actually feel it pulling up the hill without downshifting! I can't wait till they're broken in full to give it a good test both on and off road, and testing the lockers out too!

I couldn't be happier with the guys at Nitro...they are as good as they come!

 

Weird because my last 2 new F150's were built in Kansas City. My last one was a 2014.

 

I was mainly looking at the black out option on these trucks. I did like them for the most part. They had some pop to them but I could never get comfortable and I am only 6 foot 160 lbs.

 

All pros and no cons. Well the only con for me is I don't have them for my jump seats. They still look factory installed and extremely snug fit. Put Coverkings in wifes car in January. They are an extremely poor fit and were the same price as Clazzio. I have said before that I would possibly maybe still be in my 2nd gen if I had Clazzios in it. They do show some very slight puffiness in the butt area and that is the same for some factory leather I have owned. Completely 100% satisfied. One feature that sold me was, in the event a section is damaged, you can simply buy that replacement section. Money certainly well spent. Keeping clean is no issue. Simply wipe them off with a damp cloth.

 

Hopefully shift points will change, especially from 4th to 5th.

 

Apologies up front if you already answered this but what size tire are you running?

 

Debadged, so much easier at 300 miles than at 45k on my last truck

 

Been on here a while but haven't posted. Threw on SCS wheels, did the Matt Gecko bed lights and Opt7 headlights.

 

Now to cut what needs cut... These 35s are gonna hurt lol

 

285/70/17

No worries

 

New seat covers. Wet Okole.