Kansas City Tacoma Crew - 816/913

$20 is $20

 

lmao im good! plus im sure id make someone very unhappy if i did that

 

I managed to talk them down to $5.9k for 31 hours total. Their data says 30.8 hours average just for the head gaskets. Sub total still comes to $6,467.33. It's $900 less, which is nice. I'm still not convinced they need two full kits, but I'm running low on haggling ammo. lol

 

It’s probably better to just do them both and not have to worry about it vs doing one and saving $500 and then spending $6000 again to do the other

 

Fully agreed there.

 

Installed the new headlight assembly and also changed the interior hvac control lights to white leds from crappy orange!

I am enjoying this more than I thought! Lol!

 

They're going to want to do both to keep them at the same age and wear rate, especially if they have to warranty their work which they do. Also, if they have to pull the engine or pull the cab may as well only do it once. Because a lot of that labor is just disassembly to get there. Why pay for it twice? Long term? Probably doing you a favor by doing them together

 

idk if it was said but how many miles are on the truck? or is this just a thing with the 3rd gens???

 

No a "thing" with 3rd gens. Like any mechanical beast, there's about 6 billion things that can go wrong. And with mass production, sometimes QC won't catch everything

 

just wonderin since i dont have one lol

 

Yet

 

ugh no im good lol i really tried to like a third gen man since they are newer but god i just hate that motor... i just prefer the 2nd gen overall.. only other truck i was also trying to find back then was a 1st gen tundra for a better towing vehicle but man that is hard to find! well one thats clean haha

 

It makes more power than the second gen is more efficient than the second gen is quieter than the second gen rides better than the second gen looks better than the second gen and because it's geared lower actually puts more torque to the ground than the second gen...

 

Falls apart faster than second gen fact lol

 

it makes a bit more power then the second gen but is slower(raced many because bored with friends lol), it is not much quieter.... the engine is yes but the cabin is not that much... looks are veeery subjective i love the 2.5 gen i do not care much about the 3rd gen looks. the gearing thing isnt that only with the manual? could be wrong since i dont remember lol. plus as marx said the 4.0 is very reliable so ill keep it over the little 3.5

 

Condemned 2 2nd gens this past month. Haven't condemned any 3rd gens

Faster depends on the driver. Bet my 17 OR is faster than your 15 SR5

And no, the auto gearing in the 3rd gen is still deeper than the 2nd.

 

Meh

 

ive raced both an auto and manual with my 13 one tuned one not. always won lol and this was when i was heavy af! the 15 thou it seems a bit more gutless then my 13 was so gonna do some work to it this weekend since nobody has any record of spark plugs. so maybe that wakes it up a bit

ah gotcha ill still keep my 2nd gen its better

 

So many options on this one...

"raced"
"better"
Butt dyno tells no lies
etc.