1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I need to do the track bar ball joint and bushing on the Ford. that will be a fun one.

 

I don't think you can go wrong with it. Great price and seems to be decent quality.

 

Sigh. Who puts carpet in the basement.

 

or bathrooms

 

Those people are monsters.

My landlord said I could take this rain saturated carpet out, maybe if I'm lucky I won't have to put it back.

 

People with nice sealed basements and idiots asking for trouble.

 

Did it fail the first time or just doing this preventively?

 

What

 

I'm surprised they're in business. Must make a killing selling shifter bushings. Seems like they never have anything else in stock.

 

Oh shit I forgot they were in Fresno haha.

That's Big Mike's white 3rd gen there in the parking lot

Don't let the rest of TW know or they're going to ask you to hound him about all the products they've promised but are way late on delivering

 

Kind of surprised Trail Gear hasn't bought them out, or maybe they've tried

 

Popular opinion seems to be that they over-promise and under-deliver.

I saw the Tacoma on my way to the bagel shop, so I told Todd about it and he told me they're in Fresno. Just so happens I was only four or five minutes away so I stopped by.

Storefront is closed though, and they're not taking in on any work as I called to ask.

 

I will say their 4G4R long travel kit looks really bad ass

 

Yeah just look at this thread that's currently active... Last couple pages are roasting Marlin pretty good. Some people have put big money down on a kit that was promised a long time ago

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...sion-system-rclt.591033/page-57#post-25695077

They've had this reputation long before Covid too

 

I believe Marlin turned down the opportunity in the past.

Sucks that they used to be "the best" but it seems like they've resisted scaling to be able to keep up with the demand for their products

 

I can understand wanting to remain a small family owned operation and all, but they keep teasing everyone with new, innovative products and kits (like the thread I posted above) and then they just ghost everyone after building up a bunch of hype

 

Picked up a Sony A500 on FB for $200. Comes with 2 extra batteries, a charger, USB. I just need something better than my cell phone cam. The pictures are getting crummier by the day. If I can get a couple of years out of it I'll be happy.

 

It's one thing to tease the public about new upcoming products and doing what you stated.

Seems these guys actually "sold" said products without really delivering.

Imagine saying you've got something you really don't