What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

Curious question…what pellet grill are you using and how long does it run off your Jackery? I’ve been looking at this as an option to power my Traeger Scout

 

That's such a great idea. And definitely a lot better price wise compared to what safe jack is charging. Thanks

 

Replaced the lower heim joints on my ICONs today. I had been hearing a loud creak from the front for a few months, the spherical bearing was cracked into a few pieces

 

Mine is the ASmoke. I considered the scout and ranger, but ultimately decided it didn't matter. I'll assume ours require basically equal amounts of power. It uses 150-180w at startup for a few minutes then drops down very low (8-10w) and kicks back up when the fan comes on. The Jackery 1000 would power my grill for probably 24-36 hours continuously (depending on temp) with little issue

 

How you like them icons coil overs? Can’t decide between those Kings or 8112’s

 

Fresh out of the oven

 

I like them. After 5 years and 100k one of the rears is just starting to leak..

they are digressively valved though so they feel a little tighter in the corners on pavement than most others

They need a rebuild. I don't have the time or tools to do it myself. Can't decide if I should send em out for a rebuild or go a different direction like Kangs or something else. But I don't dislike them. Just curious to see what some other brands would feel like

 

Perfect that is what I was hoping to hear. Looks like a nice grill. I appreciate the response.

 

It's a perfectly adequate grill. Once you go pellet you don't go back to propane. If you just wanted to power the grill, a 300 would probably be fine with a solar charger. If you want to use it for other stuff too, I wouldn't go less than the 1000

 

I glanced down and then swerved over to the shoulder. Because I'm still 13.

 

Nice

 

Don’t waste the money on kings I’ve had both the icons rode better overall imho. I’d get some oem struts and spacers to get you by during rebuild or ome setup.

 

Question is did you get either custom tuned by Accutune or the like, cause that makes a huge difference.

 

It would be an easy decision to keep the icons except they're getting corroded, the paint is chipping off, the springs are getting rusty, the adjustment collars are COMPLETELY frozen to the shock tube.

I've heard the kings get corroded and pitted easily too.

Ive heard good things about Elka paint quality and finish

 

They will all corrode, doesn’t matter what brand or finish.

 

Put anti-seize on those collars and spin them up and down several times at installation. If you offroad in dusty areas clean the threads and re-apply anti-seize frequently like routine maintenance. A dollartree wire brush helps to clean the threads. I know most people don't adjust after get height set but this is cheap insurance. Will help prevent them from locking up on you as well as keeping from rounding off the wrench flat slots later.

 

I like this. Any negatives to this setup that you see?

 

I'm feeling your pain! I had the same thing happen to mine 2 weeks ago. I've been putting off getting it fixed because I heard of them same horror stories!

 

Thanks for the info! I may give that a shot on mine.

 

None that I can see at this time (time will tell)

I like that I still have my hard shell topper on three sides for insulation etc. I can still use my sliding windows for ventilation along with the tent bug screen.

Seems DAC Inc has been around awhile and there are many YouTube vids about them. I found out about it here in one of the threads dealing with short bed camping etc.

I need to get my spare out of the bed (35”) and will be mounted on dual swing out system off my bumper. A lot of people build a sleeping /pull out drawer system for the beds. I am going to purchase a decked system so I can store my tent air mattress sleeping bags etc in one drawer and cook stove etc in the other when camping

the added weight, expense, loss of MPG, top heaviness, storage location etc of an RTT is many of the reasons I don’t want to go that direction. They are cool, but the simplicity of this solution fits thischapter of my life. Just the wife and I andmost of the time just me and my kayak