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Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

Discussion in 'Mid West' started by Thatbassguy, Dec 19, 2008.

  1. Jul 27, 2024 at 5:35 AM
    Thatbassguy

    Thatbassguy [OP] Sweet or sour?

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    Question for the Arbuckle's coffee fans-

    What's your preferred flavor? I'm going to order one or two to try them out.

    @pearing I see you mentioned the Cattleman's blend. Is that one your favorite?
     
  2. Jul 27, 2024 at 5:41 AM
    Thatbassguy

    Thatbassguy [OP] Sweet or sour?

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    Also, good morning and happy Saturday, y'all!

    I went to the Harley Davidson shindig in Oconomowoc yesterday with some friends. Very cool! There's parking at FleetFarm and a free shuttle to get you there and back. Plenty of good food and live music.
     
  3. Jul 27, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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    Absolutely! Ariosa is a close second
     
  4. Jul 27, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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    pearing Well-Known Member

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    We got a new aluminum dock couple years ago. Very nice. Has a bench and an L for more boats. Ladder and stairs up closer to the boathouse
     
  5. Jul 27, 2024 at 5:57 AM
    Thatbassguy

    Thatbassguy [OP] Sweet or sour?

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    Awesome! Thank you!
     
  6. Jul 27, 2024 at 6:14 AM
    Taco-Grinder

    Taco-Grinder It's all part of the adventure.

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    These are the 3 l got the other day.

    Cattleman's Blend
    Ariosa
    Sonoran Storm
     
  7. Jul 27, 2024 at 6:18 AM
    Taco-Grinder

    Taco-Grinder It's all part of the adventure.

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    Today,,
    Buy 2 get one free use code
    BTGO2ndChance
     
  8. Jul 27, 2024 at 6:28 AM
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    bkhlrTaco's “expletive deleted”

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    Good question.
    I was looking and thinking one couldn't go wrong with the Ariosa or the Mexicali. Mexicali sounds delicious.
     
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    OldSchlPunk

    OldSchlPunk A legend in my own mind!

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    Small lift, slightly oversized tires, well...
    Sounds like a good morning to work.
     
  10. Jul 27, 2024 at 7:31 AM
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    bkhlrTaco's “expletive deleted”

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    Oooh, I missed this ^^
    Still got a 10% off and the 15% for auto renew.
    What's done is done.
    $70 on coffee.
    You guys are great!:thumbsup::rofl:

    Screenshot_20240727_092441_Brave.jpg
     
  11. Jul 27, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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    Snowy Is neither here nor there

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    Either rebuild if the Dobinsins are rebuildable or my thought is almost always Bilstein for non desert use daily driver applications. 5100’s hold up to corrosion really well. 5160’s will get you custom valving and are rebuildable. Probably steel bodied though so corrosion can be an issue but Bilstein’s plating works well. Bilsteins’s factory tune is light year’s ahead of most other’s too.

    Otherwise Foxes are pretty much always the answer for easy parts availability and rebuild kits. Just get remote resi’s so you can rebuild. I think the performance series are aluminum bodied?

    I don’t see much reason to spend the money on 2.5’s but if you wanted, go right ahead. We just don’t go fast enough here to put heat into shocks. I’d strongly recommend against traditional bypasses. On road manners will suffer pretty bad.

    I’d talk to Ian at wheel every weekend for recommendations or Accutune

    Here’s good research material:

    https://accutuneoffroad.com/articles/size-tacoma-4runner-shocks-need/

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wheel-every-weekend/id1504365079?i=1000626141514
     
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    SRH My horns hold up my halo

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    Happy Saturday!!!

    You all have another trip planned soon?
     
  13. Jul 27, 2024 at 7:42 AM
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    SRH My horns hold up my halo

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    Here’s where the


    Morning neighbors :hattip::hattip::hattip:

    should be
     
  14. Jul 27, 2024 at 8:37 AM
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    Camerasandcoffee 900hp short of 1000hp

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    Good morning! Next trip is Tigerton August 8th!
     
  15. Jul 27, 2024 at 8:49 AM
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    Camerasandcoffee 900hp short of 1000hp

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    Good morning from hot and humid Alabama!

    We are down here visiting friends. Sadly I didn’t find any good trails where I am staying. I might find some dirt or gravel roads though.
    IMG_4439.jpg We took the wife’s taco down and got just under 23mpg (indicated). While I do not regret the mods I have made to my truck driving hers feels like a sports car in comparison.
     
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    Ahhhhh, the trade-offs.
     
  17. Jul 27, 2024 at 9:04 AM
    LarryDangerfield

    LarryDangerfield One Larry a day keeps the money away ™ Moderator

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    Oh there will be some mods all right
    So genuine question from someone who is not knowledgeable in the slightest about crawling, is articulation and crawling a lot harder on suspension than just smashing through everything? Because I've been hitting some monster holes and slamming my bump stops to the point where my dad is saying that something is going to let go soon but everything is still holding up quite well so far, so for Pat to be having such early failures I was curious why that would be. Now granted 35s definitely do stress the suspension a lot more because of the weight and extra forces but does the tire size really wear out the suspension that much quicker? We all know Pat goes hard but does he go speed hard as well like I do?

    Edit: I guess I should have directed that straight ar you Pat instead of asking the others I realize in hindsight that was kind of silly lol
     
  18. Jul 27, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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    Taco-Grinder It's all part of the adventure.

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    Pat drive hard?
     
  19. Jul 27, 2024 at 9:27 AM
    Taco-Grinder

    Taco-Grinder It's all part of the adventure.

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    I saw my truck going down the road with my wife driving.
    I miss her already miss her.




    The truck.
     
  20. Jul 27, 2024 at 10:12 AM
    Camerasandcoffee

    Camerasandcoffee 900hp short of 1000hp

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    That there is. I’m thinking about pulling the sway bar off for Tigerton. I’m been resisting because I don’t want to make the on road handling worse. I guess I’ll see how bad it is and make a more permanent decision afterwards.
     

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