South Carolina BS thread under new MANAGEMENT and lives in SC

Yep, ARB, Gobi, tires, and lift. And lights carried over from the taco. Excited about it.

 

Pretty much the same here. I will allow myself a little distraction on the TV in the background from time to time, but mostly everything stays off except the computer and the VPN connection.

 

I always forget how heavy the SOS steal skids are! Ugh!

 

come work from the back porch, Jeff. @JimBeam

 

So got the Truck back on Thursday. Paid right around 7800$ OTD for a new Jasper Remanufactured motor with a 3 year warranty.

The truck had cylinder 5/6 damage. Saw it on a borescope. The head was in fact allowing moisture in, we suspect a piece of the rings broke off and caused the damage to the cylinder walls.

I trust my mechanic not to fuck me over. I've had a great working relationship with him and he basically said there arent any good machine shops worth a shit in columbia. With that knowledge and if the machining didnt solve my issue i would be out more cash than i already got in it and i risked the bottom end potentially blowing up and being back at square 1 again.

Theres another fellow im friends with who had a similar issue on his 08 FJ cruiser i believe. Went with the junkyard motor route and it bit him in the ass. He advised i didnt follow in his footsteps. "Buy once, Cry once".

Now that it's finally done im working on getting the 500 or so miles driving it around town, monitoring guages and such for it's oil change so i can start beating on it in TN for the 30 GSMTR in Oliver Springs.

All that being said, i feel i did what was best for the truck and my overall well being. I wouldnt be able to get anything remotely close to what i have for 15K let alone the 7.8K i put in the repair.

The Tacoma will live to wheel and ride another day.

With this, the only stock part on my tacoma is truly the lower control arms lol.

PS: @scottalot time to get that mod badge now that you've owned a 4runner and now sold it for something non-toyota lmao

 

Shit yeah I'll take them. There for a trailer build I'm doing

 

I’ll grab them out of the storage unit and I work in fort mill if you’re or someone else is near next week. They are trail gear

 

Sweet . I might be able to come up next weekend and snatch them

 

Shoulda sent brisket!

 

I swear this truck in the last 3 years...

still love it tho.

 

That's not too bad at all really. I think you made a pretty rational decision based on the circumstances and all. Now you've almost got a brand new starting point and the truck should last you until you're sick of it

 

I’ll DM you

 

I swear. lol. I'll def be moving to a new platform after my tacoma dies for the 2nd time

 

Vehicles are made to be driven. Fuck all that miles shit

I think @JimBeam had a 1st gen if i recall

 

So much better

 

Yeah... good luck with that shit lmao

dudes selling LX470s for 40K+ and shit

80 series are going for upwards of 60K in good condition

the Market is absolutely fucked (if you're a buyer) right now

 

Or… seeing that @JimBeam bought that truck not once, but twice, that he should have kept it. I guess third time’s a charm.

 

new lights or did you just use a kit to clean them? Mine could stand to be cleaned up some.