Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

Mine sure works better with a fresh recharge.
(And new compressor)

 

I just put a brand new compressor into a 2013 this afternoon. Doing the condenser and the steering rack tomorrow.

 

Yeah might need to look at a recharge

 

How about the skidplates?

Yes!!! FLATBED!!! Actually, I’m a bit surprised it’s not a flatbed yet.

 

Any obvious failure mode on the steering rack? I like teachable moments.

 

Spotted parked next to me when I came out of work. No idea who owns it. Murdered out with full bed liner paint and raptor lights in the grill.
Personally not a fan of the textured paint but this would be a fun build.

 

The idea of removing the bed entirely and building a custom camper setup is very appealing to me. Sometime down the road, I could see myself getting a taco and doing something like that. Could probably get a good deal on a taco with a smashed bed. Maybe look for something that's been in a rear collision, but the frame is still straight.

 

Even if the frame is bent from the cab back, chop and weld in a boxed frame. Weak link is the frame.

 

Oh and hi guys

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/truck-painted-with-bed-liner.387804/
For a quick second I thought it was this guy! Got all excited for nothing..

 

How ya been?

 

Good. Enjoying the new place.

 

Don’t do it, 35s only start a list of headaches.

 

He knows what he's getting into.

 

Your first 3 words are not in Pat's vocabulary. The only headache he gets is from a hangover.

 

Dangit, I had stuff to do but got sucked like 6 pages deep into that thread and had to cut it off. So did he die?

 

Look I don’t regret my decision but man do I hate my fuel bill and replacing ball joints.

 

Plus I lived in Colorado for a few years and ran any note worthy trails on 285/75/16s before I made the leap to turdy fives

 

Thursday night... everything I needed to get done today is done. Enjoying a cocktail in a comfy chair in the garage while a summer storm rumbles through. This is nice. It's one of those nights to remember in January when you're staring at a long driveway buried in 10 inches of snow.

 

Thursday night and I finally washed the Tigerton mud off the truck. And now a cocktail....