Tacos in St. Louis area

I’d bribe @uploadadventure

Thats what i did anyway lol

 

Good call, and suspension on these trucks is almost commically easy. A lot of us are willing to help if you need it.

If you're in the area, MT Schiele in south county is a shop full of Toyota nuts.

 

I was gonna have some place do mine, then I decided fuck it, cant be that hard. Took me like 3 hours to do the front having never done it before. Got to buy some new tools with the money I’d have spent on labor.

 

Thanks for the response. Extent of mechanical talent is brakes and rotors so looking at doing suspension is a bit more scary. And unfortunately with my friends, I’m the most mechanically inclined, so friends can’t help. I live in the OFallon area and the MT Schiele suggestion could work. I’ll give them a call.

 

But you see by logging on to Tacoma World you just made 249,000 new friends

What suspension kit are you looking at?

 

Welcome to TacomaWorld.

If you feel comfortable doing that stuff then the suspension on these will be easy for you. Not joking as I’ve walked many first timers through the process and everything went in perfectly even if some of the older hardware didn’t want to participate in a few cases.

 

This.

First timer here with basically no knowledge of mechanics save for oil changes and basic maintenance. Got a lot of help/knowledge from @Slashaar and @Sociopenguin installing all my suspension parts.

It really isn't that hard, it's just having the right tools to make the job go easier.

 

Agree. It's really pretty basic, especially if you have someone to guide you.

Also agree. And your wallet is now absolutely terrified.

Welcome to the show.

 

In my opinion, with the stuff I've done so far, the upper control arm bolt was the toughest part.

 

Luckily that lead to the 2Fang extended reach hammer......

 

2FE ftw.

Do we have an erection yet?

 

Tin seamer or flat jaw pliers as some call them. Move the wires and get after it.

 

That would been helpful..

 

I just followed a YouTube



Same when i did the wheel bearing

 

Used the giant channel locks. Wasn't the case quite so much on @ResearchMonkee 's ride though. The passenger front was super tight for some reason which facilitated the need
for a "special tool"

 

I youtube everything too. Saves ya ton of money.

 

I just dive in

 

I ain't got that kind of money to do such a thing!

 

I'm broke man! I have a "let's see what happens " attitude