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

I use to work for Subaru, and some of them have a button to adjust the max height for the power rear hatch. use to deal with at least 2 a week for them not opening anymore.. would manually open them in the service drive and reset the button, i likely saved people hundreds of dollars in diag costs. but saved them none in embarrassment.

the button was about knee height and would get bumped and set to "closed" height.

 

It takes a big man to own up to that one!

 

Haha
We’ve all had our moments for sure. On the bright side, super easy & inexpensive fix!

 

Lmfao!!! Ive done this…

 

Use Top Tier Fuel. I only use shell. Its made a huge difference. They quiet down drastically when you do

 

I got a set of Rotopaxs for my hitch-mounted tire carrier!

 

Replaced both front wheel bearings, calipers, pads, and rotors.

At 150k, my wheel bearings were starting to make some noise and my rotors were looking more glazed than a Krispy Kreme donut.

 

Took some balls admitting that but since were sharing, I too have gone through this.

There should be a thread on here for stupid/embarrassing moments like these.

Found it:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/what-have-you-done-to-your-2nd-gen-tacoma-today.6499/

 

Great, now I want red calipers.....

 

Missed it, like most days.

 

They're only $190 + shipping and cores for a set of remans. It was worth the upgrade for me.

 

Alternatively, VHT "real red" caliper paint is like $15 for a rattle can.

 

If I bought these solely for the red aesthetic, I would tend to agree.

 

Wasn't impugning your reasoning, only that you can get red calipers without buying new calipers - the prior poster just said they wanted them red.

 

If I bought new calipers I'd probably just get a BBK lol

 

I think your truck is my current favorite on here.

 

so the secret sauce is 93 octane?

 

Well... When I got my '15 SR% about 5 years ago, it didn't sound all that great when I'd floor it. I ran 93 octane for maybe 6 months since back then gas was dirt cheap.
At the end of 6 months it actually got to the point where it sounds smooth and powerful under full throttle.

I don't recall that it was much smoother at idle though, and with gas more than double the price now, I run 89 octane.

It can run 87, but it definately runs worse with that, and where I live, they mix in 15% ethanol (which I despise) and that makes it about 20 cents a gallon cheaper than 87, and it runs almost as nice as it does with the ethanol free 93 octane that costs a buck more a gallon.

That being said, I'm towing my T@b camper up north for a camping trip this weekend, so I filled it with 93 last night to keep her happy.