Lingo

Is there a lingo manual for TW? I am getting lost with a lot of your acronyms and tech words. hahahaha

 

Welcome to TW!

 

Welcome to TacomaWorld

 

Welcome to TW! Anything specific?

 

Welcome to TW!

Ive never seen a thread for the TLA's.







(three letter acronyms.)

 

TLA = Tight Little Ass

 

These are ones I can think of:

TW = TacomaWorld
PM = Private Message, I believe they're called conversations on TW
Thread = A discussion that you create, like you did here

DC = Double Cab -> 4 real doors
AC = Access Cab -> 2 real front doors, 1/2 doors for the back
RC = Regular Cab -> single cab
LB = Long Bed
SB = Short Bed
And these can be combined like DCLB for double cab long bed, RCSB for regular cab short bed. Sometimes you can just assume, like a RC always has a short bed

5VZ-FE = 3.4 liter v6 motor used in 1st gens
3RZ-FE = 2.7 liter I4 used in 1st gens
1GR-FE = 4.0 liter v6 motor used in 2nd gens
2TR-FE = 2.7 liter I4 used in 2nd and 3rd gens
2GR-FKS = 3.5 liter v6 used in 3rd gens
VVTI = Variable Valve Timing with Intelligence
OCI = Oil Change Interval

MT = Manual Transmission
AT = Automatic Transmission
LSD = limited slid differential
ADD= Automatic Differential Disconnect
Tcase = transfer case
Locker = differential locker -> these help offroad and prevent the axle sides from spinning at different speeds, "locking" them together. They can be electronically (elocker) or air (air locker) actuated
prerunner = A fancy word for 2wd

5-lug = 5 lug 2wd kind of work truck model per say. All the others have 6 lugs

AAL = Add a leaf -> this one took me a long time since 4runners have rear coil springs, so I didn't have to know leaf spring jargon
OME = Old Man EMU -> they make springs
TC = Total Chaos -> they make really expensive bolt on race truck stuff
LT = Long travel -> rear LT means longer springs and shocks. Front LT means longer control arms, commonly in sizes like +2, +2.25, +3.5, etc. These need new longer CV shafts as well
CV = Constant velocity -> short for CV axle, which is the axle used to articulate with the 4wd independent front suspension

RTT = roof top tent

HC = high clearance -> commonly used to refer to rear bumpers that you cut some of the bed off to fit it higher up

HID = high intensity discharge -> a kind of headlight bulb
Retrofit = yank out stock headlight guts and install an aftermarket projector in for better light output
DD = Diode Dynamics -> they make expensive lights
BD = Baja Designs -> the also make expensive lights

Quote button = allows you to have a little text piece of the comment you're replying to, in your comment. Both alerts the person you're replying to and shows others what you're replying to
Multi-Quote = Stores multiple quotes you want to reply to, so you don't have to individually quote each one

 

Welcome!