Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

Did my Tacoma belt this summer. Tensioner was fine. Honda? Not so fine,,, What a cluster.

 

Gen 4 Taco renderings I presume? Looks like the Tundra's kid brother. Rear looks like an improvement in departure angle but they made up for it with that bulky sagging front end. Why on earth did they shrink the rear window opening? I hauled home 16' baseboard molding the other day an had them resting on the dash. Not sure if that could be done with that window.

Not hating on it, just sayin'... Excited to see more details and specs, but I'm not saving up for one. I have too many expensive things to do to Blue yet!

 

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This thing never leaves the Tacoma. Built in jackstand and jack. Cheap, compact, and lifts stuff with 40” tires no problem.

 

That op did an awesome job with all that gear.

 

Had to stop at the local Home Depot last night and up by the registers I spotted tube sand bags, 60 lbs each for a mere $4.87 each. "I'll take 2." I had been meaning to get some of these.

Tossed those in my empty truck bed and wow... that really helped to settle down those new rear springs. The truck rides better on the road. $10 suspension upgrade!

Now my new front springs are rated for more weight because I anticipated getting a bumper and winch at some point. That's probably gonna cost me more than $10...

 

I have 3 in the bed of mine. It's cheaper than a leveling lift....

 

Plus, worst case scenario, they can be opened and used for a traction aid!

 

Shouldn't do that anyways lol. Never was comfortable with putting debris in the cab

 

If you made a list of things you "shouldn't" do with your truck you might as well leave it in the garage. My truck is a work truck too, and my back seat is full of tools, cabling and computer equipment. Lots of debris.

 

I used mine as a grocery getter today.
Had to move clutter out of the way.
Had a rear differential in the back that came out to get boxed up for a return.

 

All wired up and working?

 

If you take it out, it may get scratched.







How I pinstriped it.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=cS1vRU5sSlU5Z3BlOEhKUDRZakw1Ym84Q2ZEZmx3

Took 20 hrs. and a case of beer over 4 days to get it like this.

 

You can just put some sand bags on the hood

 

FYI, I think I have a few sandbags in my garage that would be free to anyone who would like them. I had them in the Taco with my super sweet custom built organizer.

Damn, I was going to post a picture, but I can't find one.

 

Kinda like how you shouldn't take your truck underwater....



Time for a fuel tank skid.....

 

Don't get steel

 

And I thought my fuel tank skid looked bad.

 

At least you have a skid...

 

Fluid film would've prevented that (I hope)