MARYLAND TACOMAS

We are no longer working from home, we are living at work.

 

Good morning John!

HAHAHA jk. That sounds like a great plan. I think that will look a lot better anyway. The Thule on the Crostek is gonna be so good looking. Did you get those mirror lights installed yet? Here's the link to those turn signal bulbs.

ENDPAGE 7440 7440NA T20 W21W Built-in Load Resistor LED Turn Signal Light Bulbs, Anti Hyper Flash and CANBUS Ready Error Free, 25W High Power 1000LM Extremely Bright Amber Yellow (Pack of 2)

ENDPAGE 7440 7440NA T20 W21W Built-in Load Resistor LED Turn Signal Light Bulbs, Anti Hyper Flash and CANBUS Ready Error Free, 25W High Power 1000LM Extremely Bright Amber Yellow (Pack of 2)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V829HQF/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_n7ulFbAT5EDPE

I think for the money I am going to just order another set so I have them on hand just in case. Oh, these are a compression fit but if you just insert with some pressure and twist they stay fine. Mine have never come out.

Morning Jonathan! TGIFF!!!!!!!! I felt like last night was Friday. I hate that shit.

Morning William. I think that emoticon should just be your avatar!

Morning Young Man!

 

Man I feel ya Danny. That last tree that fell and blocked our drive was massive. I felt like while I was cutting it up to remove it would never end.

Growing up and traveling by car throughout the many places we would go there were always routes that took us through the countrysides. I would see farms and houses on properties and there were zero trees around them. I called them warts. To me I thought how could you have so much property and not have a single tree around your house. Where do you build the house for your kids, or hang the tire swing? Where do you enjoy the shade during a cookout? Where do you hang the feeders for all the birds and squirrels? Where do you put your hammock?! It still blows my mind to see those "warts" as I drive through countrysides today.

I'm so fucking envious.

 

@RobP62 I think you need to change your introduction of new MD members to " Welcome to the friendliest buch of MF"s you'll ever meet!"

 

@RobP62, you recommend Forest Hill Auto for alignments? If so, know how much they charge? If not, any places around us you would recommend?

 

I like it! Done!

 

We got 1.25” rain from the hurricane the other day . All that rain earlier in the year and we are still well below normal rainfall . Pretty dry here . Lawn is hurting between not enough rain and grubs ( Japanese beetle larvae)
Hope all is well you and the family

 

I see what you did there!

 

That is where I went and they did a great job but, I did get a lot of push back on my request for the positive castor. They also took a little longer than I thought they should so that made me feel like either they were pissed or were unsure. Like I said, the end result was as desired but..........

This is my new go to for anything I need done at a shop:
http://www.grimmautoworks.com/

I work with a guy named Mike Schmidt and he has known the owner and his son since he was a kid. Highly recommended and the owner (Don I think) is 70ish and fantastic to talk to. His son is just as nice. They are also an authorized Discount Tire Direct retailer.

I sent @Tarvis there and he was completely satisfied. Travis, did you get a alignment when you went?

Give them a call and ask them but make sure you tell them you are installing a lift kit and that you want your alignment to be out of spec with a higher than normal castor. Some places, like Firestone just won't do it.

There is a place down in Silver Spring (I think) that comes highly recommended by a lot of people on here from the Virginia area. @EatSleepTacos Randy knows the name of the place. They will be who I use if Grimm can't do it for me. They are more than willing to set your specs at anything you want and do it all the time.

 

I get my alignments done at Extra Mile Performance down in Odenton. The owner Jeremy is a Toyota guy.

 

I'm too old & small now, my bullying days are behind me.

 

We're still under in our little corner of the Harford County universe. It's so odd. We got a lot the other day though. I don't measure but I can tell when it's a lot. I can see it running past the house and down the front yard hill. I keep saying I am gonna get an aerator to help with that. We had those beetles once bad a while back. I must have spread like 10 lbs of that powder all over the place. It works.

We're all good. Still stayin' in. It was nice to have Russ swing by yesterday. Still not stir crazy though. I could definitely do this until I retire (work from home). I hope Y'all are going well too. How's the pooches?

 

There's Billy Badass. Good Morning David.

 

Good to know, I was not sure if they did alignments there. Thanks for the recommendation.

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ve seen this name come up a number of times. A little further than I’d like to drive right now though. I will keep them in mind though. Always good to have more places!

 

Oh, and an alignment should run you around $100 +/- a couple bucks. I think I paid $89 ish.

 

Now thats a great price.

 

That's hilarious because growing up people called me "Barney Badass" but mostly because of stupid shit I would do on dirtbikes & motorcycles lol.

 

Yeah we had tons of trees. Probably lost like 100 or more. Lots of cleanup.

 

I haven't been up to my place yet but the storms weren't that severe out west so I'm hoping all is good. I'm running to philly tomorrow morning then to WV to check on it.

 

One left . This is Eli ,he will be 9 in December. Stella had just turned 10 last June and some how her stomach got twisted we had to put her down ,very sad . No more dogs after Eli . Difficult to leave home with dogs . We have always had dogs the last 35 years .