New, but not an owner...yet!

Hello from CO!

I have been a long time Tacoma admirer now and would love to buy one. Got the mountains here to have fun in also. They are definitely pricey tho! Gonna be starting a new job with more money soon and I'm pretty sure now that I want to start up the savings for a down payment on one. I came on here wondering if anybody had any comments on the truck like what is a good year to buy? and just in general what I should be aware of? Are parts for these going to be expensive? Good selection for appearance mods out there? I haven't owned a truck before, but have test drove one and loved it. I think the years I like are considered a 2nd gen. Would love to get a brand new one, but that's way out of my range for sure! If there's a section I should be looking in for these questions, plz let me know. Thanks

 

Welcome to the forum.

The best year to buy is the one you can afford, and the one you can afford that's in the best shape. I'm partial to the 2012-2015 trucks.

Parts aren't cheap, like everything else, some cost less than others.

Lot of aftermarket support for any second gen Tacoma, most aren't for appearance but for function, though you can look at a number of bolt on aesthetic stuff.

 

Sounds good. yea I'm no stranger to the fact that parts aren't cheap. This would be a daily. My weekend car is a Camaro that I have poored money into over the years. It would just be hard to not do anything to the Tacoma. Definitely will want bigger tires, a lift kit, and some HIDs to get it started.

 

I'd start reading now. Most on this forum do those same mods, and there's a lot of info on it here. Lifting can become a bit of a bag of worms, but you can figure out what you want/need and what the Tacoma is capable of having when the time comes.


Suspension
https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/suspension.18/

Wheels/tires
https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/wheels-tires.15/

Lighting
https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/lighting.60/

 

awesome thanks! I noticed the quite bit of topics on here. your right! just gonna have to dig into it.

 

Check out my Duke of Deals for a lot of great prices on OEM Tacoma parts and welcome to the site. And @DCSBFTMFW is Da Man.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-unchained5150-the-duke-of-deals-deals-thread.432586/

 

Welcome to the club!