Maine

You must have wheel spacers or different offset with your rims, I'm running 285s and I don't rub. Well my the mud flap some on the passengers side but that is mostly because one of the screws is missing after it got folder up between a rock and my sliders.

Edited, I just noticed you're running a 2019

 

Hey everyone! I just stumbled across this Maine thread. I'm from Farmington, Maine but currently am in college at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. I've been poking around and saw some posts about Estcourt and hunting way up here. I will say from my observations last year, hunting for deer is much better downstate but moose and bear can be quite good up here as well as birds. I have an 06' Access cab Off-Road with a 6 speed. Pretty much stock, it has 4 Runner 17's and I just ordered a light bar to go behind the grill. It seems that the license plate could be an issue blocking light but I found a piece on here that relocates it to the lower portion of the bumper. Does anyone know that guy? I have a few questions for him. Also, what are people using to cover up the holes from where the plate should go?

Finally, If anyone is selling some gently used 5100's with springs on them, or stock third gen off-road suspension then I'd be interested in buying it. From what I've researched this is probably the best route to suit my needs on a budget. Just a lot of dirt road riding and bumpy county roads up here in and even in Western Maine when I am home.

The first picture is the day I got it,



This is from this summer on some trails in Temple-

 

Greetings, fellow Farmingtonian.

Is your Temple shot the Day Mountain Road, the Jenkins Road, or out past Varnum Pond? I grew up at the top of Morrison Hill (past Titcomb mtn) and used to spend a lot of time running around out that way.

 

That picture is off of Jenkins Road, near Spruce Mountain. I know exactly where Morison Hill Rd is, and grew up skiing at Titcomb.

 

I was driving out there with a 2wd Nissan back in high school and got hung up where there's a small brook crossing the road during the wet season, about 1/2 mile past that old camp that's right next to the stream, on the right as you're outbound. Took it at the wrong angle and only had 1 of the rear tires touching the ground. Since I was on my own and this was the era before cell phones I had to stack rocks until I could get some traction and back out of it, then move all of the stones back out of the way for another run at it.

 

Welcome to the Maine Forum!

I think for the license plate mount you are looking for @ACEkraut
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...late-bracket-35-shipped.429680/#post-12353840[/QUOTE]

 

Yup, @ACEkraut was my first thought as well.

Keep your eye on this thread. Good deals on all sorts of stuff, including suspension, pop up from time to time
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/north-east-craigslist-finds.182657/

 

They're not OR but I've got some 3rd gen stock SR5 front coils & shocks. Had ~60k on them when swapped.

 

I'd like the OR coils but thanks for the CL thread. I will get in contact with the guy about the license plate bracket!

 

That’s me! You can fire away your questions here, in the thread linked above or we can start a conversation and keep it between us. Welcome to Tacoma World!

Thanks for the mention gents!

 

worth every penny! It makes a huge difference and looks better too.
https://bumperplugs.com/bumperplugs...1EBbhairFudNCwdakt61Ryb-96NbFvBBoC9U0QAvD_BwE for license plate plugs. They are pretty expensive, I just leave the holes in mine.

 

SOLD

I have my original tires for sale if anyone is interested.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...oma-marketplace.256079/page-492#post-24208592

 

I found these in Rode Island for $150. Supposedly came off of an 18' Off Road with less than 10k miles. The only question is about the top hats on the struts. Can I reuse my stock ones or would I be better to just pass on these so I don't have to mess around with compressing springs? I have a friend who goes to school right in the same town that these are in and he could grab them for me.

 

I've got a set of OR coils and shocks that I would be happy to part with. They have about 80k on them.

 

well I guess its a good thing my rear shocks showed up, while installing I found that my rear drivers shock was completely blown out... MRA's are in now, have to get a tap tomorrow as I broke the one I had.

 

What do you need the tap for?

 

the remote resivoirs for the new rear shocks, the mount is a universal, bolts into the frame, so I drilled and tapped some holes, I attempted to use my drill in low speed instead of tapping it by hand and snapped the tap.. I of course used some fluid film on the exposed metal, and then painted the bolt heads black...

 

That'll be nice. For the kings, they bolt into holes on top of the frame and the driver's side is PITA!

 

At SR-71A's suggestion I'm dropping lurker mode to say hello I've recently returned to Maine to be near family after 18 years away; drove my 2019 OR back from California. Grew up in Solon and that's where I'll be through the winter and likely well into next year or longer.

On that note, I'm snow tire shopping and thinking about pulling the trigger on Blizzak DM-V2 245/75R16s. It seems like those are popular across the forum - anyone running those in Central/Northern Maine?