Chicagoland area members

Their parts are a complete ripoff, they are insane marked up. I had a wheeling buddy of mine who lived in MO that worked at a toyota dealership and was comparing prices on certain things, a front axle seal at thomas was well over 20bucks, toyotas msrp was like 5. I would order parts from him in MO and have them overnight shipped and would come out ahead on price.

One of the service managers read me the riot act on how my welded on sliders voided the frame warranty, when i asked him how my welded on sliders affects the rampant rust around my rear spring hangars and up by the ifs cross-member he started giving me a condescending explanation on how welding works. I told him i know how it works because i welded them on, and that he never answered my question, he never ended up giving me a valid reason why it would be voided. I have since welded a ton more on the frame and have accepted the fact that ill patching this truck together until i scrap it lol.

 

I am down. Any other members here like mountain biking or road biking?


So fellas im in the market for tires and possibly a suspension lift I'm sure I need to replace my leaf springs as well an one stop shop I can go to or am I better off piecing this together myself? I honestly don't need anything fancy.

 

springfield il here !! only seen a cpl modified tacos around

 

Hey everyone. Is there any place to go wheeling in the north Chicago, south Wis. area? I am here for school in Great Mistake until mid Nov.

 

I got to get a new stem for my mountain bike which I'll be doing sometime soon. I hope to get back out there a lot this fall. As far as your truck, I got all my stuff from chi-town 4x4.com. Joe is a good guy with good prices. He can help you get what ever you need. Or look up loaded taco on here, he is a rep for them.

 

Sorry but there's no place to "play" in this neighborhood that's legal except for a short stretch of gravel road that I use to exercise my transfer case right by the state line.

 

Howdy yall

 

What's up buddy

 

Just getting ready for another 1000 mile wheeling trip

Lotsa new people in this thread...I love it!

Maybe we will be able to get a meet going one of these months lol

 

Cool, where are you off to? It is nice to see new people on here.

 

Harlan, KY for SETO. Be there or be square

 

I saw a MGM sport long bed at the gym in Saint Charles today, but that's kind far from Plainfield

 

Lol a little bit. Mine is all black. Not too many long beds out there tho.

 

Who else around here is from Plainfield? I live down here too, see quite a few but none really modified.

 

Hey neighbor.

 

Looks like it's just us 3. How do you like your cold air intake???

 

Is there anyone on here that has "only" leveled out the truck, I only want to lift the front, I like how the Bajas sit.
So 2" lift up front with no lift in the back.
I could simply throw in some 5100 set at 1.75 on stock OFF ROAD coils but don't know if that might be to harsh, any comments/suggestions...I like how it rides right now.

 

I believe the factory rake leaves the truck sitting an inch higher in the rear. That being said, if you lifted the front 2" and left the rear alone you'd be higher in the front.

You can lift the front 2" then put a 1" aal in the rear.

Just a thought.

 

i know that guy. hes a customer at my work. pretty sweet truck with everything hes got done to it if its the same one im thinking of.

 

same set up I had for a while. Its a little rough but not terrible. I had the non-tsb springs at the time and the front sat higher than the rear for a little reverse rake. if you have the tsb springs (4 Pack) it'll sit closer to level