MeFryRice's '16 Quicksand Tacoma Build

Build looks good. Sub'd for updates

 

Truck looks great.. I plan to do the same suspension set up as you.

 

Just dumping a few new photos I've taken over the past couple months.

Took this during my recent mountain biking trip.



Joined a few friends this past a Sunday for a quick trail ride at a nearby off-road park. First time going. Not much of a challenge in my opinion. Due to the rain, it was stupid humid outside.

Picasso's latest artwork.





Decided to go swimming for a little bit.

 

Tonight, I pressure washed the mud off and realized I damaged the driver side rear bumper end cap at sometime on Sunday. My original thoughts were YES!, I have a good excuse to buy an upgraded bumper. In doing some quick window shopping on CBI, Pelfrey, Etc. website, I quickly realize that I'll loose the BSM functionality. Hmm...not quite sure I want to remove that as I do find it helpful when driving in the streets of Atlanta. I may just buy a new OEM part until I figure out what I want to do.

 

With a track day on Friday, my Miata decided it wants to barely run. Due to the little time I have between now and then, I towed it to RSpeed, a well known Miata shop. I don't recall the rear sagging as much when I towed my brother-in-law's Miata a couple months ago. It could be due to how the U-Haul trailer calls for the car to be parked all the way to the front of the trailer. If I find myself towing more frequently, I may have to consider moving up to the Tundra platform simply Tor the extra power of the V8. Too bad the V8 doesn't fit in the Taco...

 

Very cool build! Are the OME leaf packs payload rated the same as oem? May be thats why it is sagging more than usual.

 

Nice truck!

 

Made an impulse buy the other day and got myself the Lexus credit card key. The technician at Toyota was able to get it program within a couple minutes. Feels so nice not having to carry keys with you.

 

Sorry for not replying to your post from a couple months ago. We’ll call this a throw back Thursday post. Lol.

The Dakar’s have a higher spring rate to occomdate the additional weight of an RTT, coolers, gear, etc. That was my first and only time towing with a U-Haul trailer. I believe that due to the design of the heavy ass trailer, most of the weight is put on the tongue compared to how I’ve been towing with either an 18 or 20 ft trailer.

I towed the NA to Charlotte Motorspeedway in May. This trip, I used a 30ft, steel trailer.



I bought myself another Miata a couple months ago since it was a good deal. Less sag and this is with the 18ft trailer.