What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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I'm gonna change my oil this week. Gonna run about 5oz of seafoam through the crankcase for 500 miles, grab an OEM filter or 3 from my local dealer, and run some Mobile 1 in lieu of Pennzoil Platinum... We'll see if that makes any difference

 

Ya I saw these. Really looking for output. The baja hide better but the diodes do seem much brighter. But there’s no good pictures of the diodes on a Tacoma. To see how bulky they look

 

Sooooo...."Scrub Radius" is a thing.

Start video at 3:30

I just learned/advised not to change offset more than 1 inch from the factory.

Is this true?

This guy does great analysis and I'm leaning more towards 0 offset for my Tacoma.

 

Well at that point you will have changed 2 things and added another, so which one fixed it? or was it a combo of 2 or all 3??

Me? I would change the filter and see if it helps 1st... But as a great Reginal manager used to say, it's your money, your vehicle and your decision...
And no you can't go too wrong by doing all 3, but you will not truly know what the cause was...

If it wear me, I would run Marvel Mystery Oil through the crankcase, seafoam is better in the gas tank for injector cleaning...
But unless I was having any kind of build up or sludge from not changing my oil regularly, then I would not run a bottle of fix-it at all... too much of additives can cause build up/scaling of carbon deposits and do damage... My son for whatever reason decided to run fuel and oil additives in his Honda until a bit of scaling flaked off and pie cut a valve (broke off part of the valve)... His is a worst case scenario... lol
It was a good teaching tool on misfire diagnostics for him and well as a learning lesson on if some is good more is not always better.... Yeah I drug it out until I finally told him to get the compression gauge out... lol

 

Good looking truck. I like the way it matches up with the no parking red curb line.

 

Doesn't matter what fixes it at this point. I just need it to startup trouble free

Like I said I'm banking on the filter. I'll save it and cut it open

 

hope not.

 

Yes. It's true.

I have -25mm offset wheels and 265/75/16... If your tread pattern is aggressive enough you will get scrub radius rubbing.

-12mm seems to work great and sit just outside the stock flares.

 

Great video, and yes poking the tires out (well centerline of the wheel) on any vehicle off sets the geometry and loads the outer part of the wheel/hub bearing.. Yes, your hub bearing is a too row bearing and is designed to carry the weight of the vehicle over both and not just one.. Back when RWD's all ran tapered big and little wheel bearings, anytime someone ran an offset wheel (deep dish) on the front would kill the poor little outer wheel bearing, having a double row hub bearing with equal size bearings have helped greatly with that... But it is still hard on them.. Ever thought why the bearing dude on here probably never sold a bearing to a stock tire, wheel and suspension truck?? Mainly guessing on his sales numbers, but I have not seen many if any go bad from normal use unless high mileage... My brothers 2nd G has well over 200,000 miles with OEM bearings... BTW, offset can/will also damage ball joints...

Ever heard the old saying, if ya want to play, you got to pay....

 

Oooooooohh!

 

yeah, a white one.

 

Once IFS factory settings are disturbed, it effects it's intended purpose.

Got it!

 

Yepers, Changing one thing would be like putting a 2000 HP engine in an otherwise stock vehicle, it will destroy the transmission, rear end, not to mention twist the frame/chassis and be impossible to get traction or stop with the factory single piston calipers (older cars)... But by the time you upgrade everything to make it safe and not self destruct and not turn into a pretzel, you have changed everything and have compromised everything about the vehicle making it streetable...

Do the total package, or pay now or pay later... But you are still going to have to pay to play... lol

 

Lake County IL.

 

Right now, I'm interested in upgraded OEM shocks.

Ordering them thru the dealership and having them install as well.

The shocks researched by the Parts Dept were these:



The Technician who does install says I need new coils...the Parts Guy said there were no other components required for this upgrade.

I also asked what the factory settings were for these shocks...Parts Guy is going to call Mother Toyota and let me know.

Meanwhile, Parts Guy from NY Dealership, that helped me get my OEM TRD Skid at a fantastic price to include shipping ($302) said they are set to 2".

Of course I will get them to do wheel alignment (they should recommend it) and see the difference in length from the center of the wheel hub to the fender. (Currently just below 21")

 

I got -12 offset ... No issues for now. I don't have AT tires yet.

Yeah I have -12 offset on mine. Works great.

 

Interesting. Never saw this kit from TRD . It's also reasonably priced for a set of 4 shocks

 

My price is $395 but still a good deal here in Delaware...not sales tax!

They are Bilsteins too!

Having the dealership do the install would be a better decision for me.

Plus, I've come to trust the dealership here in Dover, DE for over 2 years now.

 

I got the ditch light brackets from CaliRaised so I get the switch from them as well, No noticable wind noise from the MaxTrax but the stereo is usually turned up so I wouldn't hear it anyway. The rain guards are ......ahhhhhh. would I do it again, no.....water still gets in the inside of the doors when it's raining.

 

I was trying to decide on black or gunmetal. Like the gunmetal.