Tacoma vs...

thanks guys but i cant have more then one vehcile. we have a 3 car garage. and with my truck its full and my dads work truck(company owned) sits out side and i dont what our house to look like a used cared lot. and my parents wouldn't let me have 2 vehicles. and my truck isnt good enough to just be a 4 wheeling mechine.

dont get me wrong is does anything i want just untill something breaks like the IFS or the TM lift. its a mudding truck and mall crawler

 

like i said do the fj80 its still a solid axle if im not mistaken and its still a yota and i think they look sexy as hell

 

what years were they made?

 

91-97 or so if im not mistaken

 

Solid front axle

 

A buddy of mine just got a 2001 jeep wrangler yesterday. He showed up at my house and we were checking everything out when I look underneath the front bumper and see a massive oil stain/drip from his oil pan. hopefully it's just a gasket but damn 10k for a jeep that needs a bit of work (some other things needed replacing...clutch, and probably the alternator) just doesnt sound like a good deal to me. That being said make sure to double check everything. People look at me like I'm crazy when I have my head in every nook and cranny I can find, but hey gotta know what you're buying before you buy it.

 

I would die for a white 80

 

ya forsure. obviously i didn't know what i was doing when i was looking at this truck cuz i would have noticed the TM lift. but other than that no probelms!

 

and i would kill for one... maybe we could work something out, i think its a win win

 

From someone who's had EXACTLY what you want...spend the money to put your truck back to stock.

A stock taco is about the best DD for someone who doesn't want a car. You have one of the more desirable models. I know how you feel, you got your mind around how awesome it'd be to have a capable jeep to drive every day and wheel. It's not all roses. I put one of the best lift kits on this one and it was still a PITA to DD. 16 mpg AT BEST. Typically much less. Power got sapped. Things made odd noises. It's definitely a sacrifice and to me, the payoff wasn't worth it. I still have my wrangler when I want to get into the rocks but for the kind of wheeling you should be doing in a DD, a TRD taco is going to take you everywhere a lifted XJ will. I'm on my 7th vehicle since I sold that jeep to buy my first taco 4 years ago, so I know all too well the feeling of the grass being greener. Stick with the taco.

Here's my old XJ:

 

thanks a lot for your post man^^^^^. but ya ive been really thinking about get another taco(slightly newer) and put a 3"-5" lift with some 33's/ a nice prerunner bumper/blacked out windows/black rims.

but whats the best option for a 3-5" lift( no long travel please)?

 

Just billies! or mid travel( Coilovers and UCAs)


No 5 inch cause its going to be the fucking story.

 

Trust me dude, keep it on 31's. Even on 33's, you are probably going to get to the point where you are sick of throwing gas in the thing. When you are making $25 an hour or more and can throw some money around more, then do whatever you think will pull the tail in for you. A stock taco is still a bad ass little truck, especially with the e-locker. I'm 25 and seriously glad I have a bone stock truck. Gets me to work reliably, is really good on gas, and can still get my off-road fix in while my jeep is down. Best of both worlds.

 

hey thanks man but i have to have a semi crazy truck. but is there a 4" lift that doesnt use 2nd dary strut? or mabey a drop bracket 4"?

 

Nope. Your stuck at 3" or you can drop a few grand for a 6" drop bracket. Why does it need to be "crazy"? Can't it just be clean yet beastly? Look at jlee's build it's fawking badass and yet it's not "crazy" imo it's one of the most functional ifs offroad vehicles on this site that is still a dd which is pretty much what you need.

 

had a 97 cherokee sport for 6 years... randomly caught fire last summer and burnt up after my sister drove it. it was a great car but i'm going to have to give this one to the tacoma. Just more dependable and more fun to have the bed than just a trunk

 

so why do you want to a big lift if thats the reason you're selling yours?



You're confused.

 

mine is beyond reasonable. yes its badass and i love it but its just not the best truck to travel in( shakes at 60 mph). and the lift thats on it kinda sucks.

if it was a nice lift like fabtech i would take the body lift off and keep it. but it has a shity trailmaster lift with the 2nd dary strut.

 

You don't wanna go above 3 inches if you want it to be a commuter. Im holding out for jeep to come out with a gladiator or j8 that may never happen.

 

is this a myth???

thats there is some coilovers and struts(lift) that is 3.5. but if you crank the coilovers and struts up that high that you will go through cv joints way fast?