GA Tacoma Owners BS Thread

Okay cool, I called Firestone because of the lifetime alignment package, but when I asked if they did alignments on lifted trucks the guy seemed unsure, He said they can only do factory specs, and neither of us knew if they needed to be brought back to factory specs. It's a four inch lift spindle so most of the geometry should be kept the same, but I genuinely don't know much about alignments.

 

Thank you! I think I have seen their 4runner at some shows, that name sounds familiar

 

Oconee Offroad:

https://www.oconeeoffroad.com/

 

Every time I call and inquire about potential work, I always get 2 month appointment wait times. Then I go to University Tire down the street, done within the day.

 

Ask your local Firestone store if their alignment guy is good with lifted vehicles. I go with Firestone and their lifetime alignment deal. Go twice and pretty much pays for itself.

 

Greer is awesome if you can make it out there, $50 alignments are a blessing, plus they're amazing at what they do.

Last one I got was at Antech motorsports, they did a solid job aftering installing new UCAs

 

I set up an appointment with Greer on Friday to finally get my alignment done correctly so I can stop rubbing on the inner fender liner.

 

Firestone will work on lifted trucks, but will tell you that you have to be within what their computer shows as factory spec. I don't know about a 4" lift, but I've had them let me into the work bay before to inspect before they took it off the lift. I'm sure you could talk them into putting it where you need it (if that falls outside of normal spec)

 

Off-road Tesla

Btw, it may or may not have a V8 in it as well

 

and a harbor freight winch. LOL.

 

How screwed is my tire? I took my glasses off to clean them on my shirt while driving. I hit something in the road. It was flat-ish and about the size of a college textbook. Made a huge solid noise when I hit it with my left front tire. Tire has been noisy for the past week, as if it were cupped. Steering is a little shaky at highway speed. Took a park at my tire yesterday and I can peel back a dorito-size chunk of the thread. More concerning is the gouge in the sidewall. TPMS doesn’t register any leakage but I’m a little nervous commuting on this tire. Tires are only 13 months old.

 

I wouldn’t be comfortable driving with that. Id replace it. IMO

 

Oh No! This is not good. I wouldn't drive on this but I'm a dumb ass too! . The real answer is just Sh*T no way would I drive on that! Just my 2cents.

 

I'm in the camp of replace it too.

 

Thanks for all the recommendations guys, ended up going to Greer and had an excellent experience. The man knows his stuff and charged 50 bucks!

 

How hard/pricey is it to get tires right now? I know it’s so difficult/cost prohibitive in racing that race tracks are rescheduling events. I haven’t looked online yet. I used Pep Boys last time and will never return.

 

AFAIK, DiscountTire hasn’t been affected much (if any), at least in our neck of the woods.

 

I just bought from discount tire and they had what I wanted in stock! Great to work with as well.

 

I’ve had similar happen. Bought some Shoe Goo at Walmart and went to town with the slices and floppy chunks. Worked great…just ran that tire in the rear and kept a full size spare. College days of MacGyver-survival.

 

Another vote for discount tire.