Official Tennessee Thread

nice woman? lol. i know a few girls at ETSU.

 

Share ur wisdom oh wise one!!!!! And this is why its BEST to hear from people with the parts themselves.

I bend pencils with my mind ......

So what do u think about the 2 leaf packs and their potential??

 

It's ok man, u can tell us. U won't get banned. I mean me and Weston tell our gay sexual experiences all the time and we're both still here

Haha well whatever ur reasons r its cool. I can do 10 different things while shifting though. Not a distraction at all for me

 

no you guys talk about the sexual experiences with each other. and i’m not saying all ready had one warning.

 

Two ways to look at it.

You are using OEM parts (granted GM parts) designed with a 300,000 service life (under normal conditions) and integrating them into other OEM spec service parts.

vs

A regular (toytec or pro comp, same difference) AAL that a company made a phone call and said, we need XX wide with XX thick and XX arch and rate. And a bunch of kids in china cast those parts and mail them in a box.

vs

ARB/OME taking a truck, driving it a bunch, rearranging parts a bunch, and coming up with a formula with what works. Then sourcing the parts and offering a generic service life to them and price point where they can sell.

 

Havnt had a problem from mine, granted, I dont shift it like a sports car, nor work it like a truck. I also put expensive Motul fluid in it and it shift like butter.

Im driving my mom's 7 series BMW and its an auto and BORING.

 

Well of coarse its not gonna be everybody that has a problem with them, u just hear too many horror stories about them suckin balls. And a 7 series huh!!?? Hahaha dude I gotta see that! Pimpin son!! And I can only imagine the boredom that occurs in that car

 

I got a message back from the guy saying this:

No codes, emissions not really sure I only have 2 catalytic converters instead of 4.

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So obviously I can't get a definite answer bout emissions because he just doesn't know. I mean he said its not throwing codes. But I shouldn't have problems with just 2 cats, you think?

 

Yes, its a giant, low tank, and its boring to drive.


1GRs have 4 cats.

Dont know if it applies to you but have fun.

 

I think thats a fair comparison between the available options. I think it all comes down to the Chevy mod vs. aftermarket packs. I think both are viable options, one being budget-minded and more labor intensive, the other being a direct replacement for the shitty leaf Toyota gave us from the factory. I will say that the two leaf packs I got from salvage for $70 yeild enough leaves to do at least 3 other trucks. Definitly the cheaper route, some guys could get together one weekend and have rear lifts installed (depending they were able to locate some suitable donor packs) for around $40-50 a truck, including paint and cut-off wheels and such. I was in construction for 8 years so this is the route I'm going. Donors are already cut and painted, hopefully I'll get to do this this weekend and will let everyone know how it went.

 

Yeah you got it right TACO lol

 

4 cats wtf!!!! I know who's truck ill be takin a cut off wheel to when I need some quick cash!

 

From what I know about the emission tests in TN, if you have no codes reading from your OBDII sensor, then you "should" pass. Because if the o2 sensor or anything other sensor is reading high, it will let you know on the dash. Any mechanic can plug into the OBDII and tell you... California has some crazy smog/emission testing out there, way more regulated and tough to pass than here. Not only do they plug in, but they get tailpipe readings, gas cap check, etc... I found this site just looking around. Maybe if you have the VIN or License plate, you can check and see what all comes back.

http://www.bar.ca.gov/pubwebquery/vehicle/pubtstqry.aspx

 

x2. I wouldn't give this two thoughts. You can get aftermarket cats for $300 and a sensor to fix the o2 sensor output for $130, if you really had to, and that should definitely make the truck pass emissions.

But, like he said, you probably have to do nothing.

I'd be more worried about buying the truck sight-unseen than this whole emissions thing, unless you plan a move to CA in the near future.

Typically emissions testing = plug up OBD-II and that's it. You could probably get away with NO cats. If they DO check (mirror on a pole), you do have cats, so you're still fine.

 

I've never gone through emissions in my life. Shelby county has no emission laws

 

They only time they have used mirror's with me is when I brought in a car that didn't have the obd 2 plug. But like others have said, emissions isn't that big of a deal. Just because it won't pass in California doesn't mean much in TN.

 

I am a little worried about buying a truck sight unseen, but the only thing i know to do is to have a mechanic look at it and then I can fly out there and give a final inspection and then just drive it back...

Sure would suck to fly out there and it not suit me and then have to fly back with no truck...

I've reached out to a Toyota tech on here to see if we would go take a look at it for me, but haven't gotten a response yet...

 

Seen a silver trd ac with a fox sticker in back window on bonny oaks today, then seen a lifted silver 4door on shallowford it had stock wheels.. any of them belong to yall lol

 

No one I know. I'm just a stock '05 double cab with HID's and nFab need bars

 

Yeah they are both mine