What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

"Installed" the Rough Country bed mat. Even in the Florida 90 degree heat it took a while for it to uncurl from the straps and bag it was shipped in. It fits okay. i read a lot of reviews saying "perfect fit". I wouldnt go that far...but it keeps stuff from slammin around. Meh...

 

i posted this in the falken wildpeak at4w thread too but bringing it here to reach a wider audience as im looking for advice...

cant say ive been pleased with the AT4Ws, but not completely sure they are my issue yet. i have a vibration in the steering wheel and can feel in pedals in the high 40s/lower 50s. its not bad, its not a shake, but i can "feel" the tires rotating.
I got the TRD lift from Toyota, dont think i had any issue after that with the stock wheels n tires, then about 2 weeks later i had the TRD PRO 17" wheels installed with Falken AT4w 275/70/17s. local shop for the wheel and tire mount balance and install. noticed the issue, went back after a week, they "made some adjustments". went to Discount Tire yesterday, who were awesome, got me in and out, said ALL were out of balance, adjusted them FOR FREE. but i can still feel it some. in general the ride seems way smoother but can still feel some of that vibration.

any ideas?? its driving me crazy.

 

Saw your post in the other thread, have you tried taking them back to your local shop to try to get them replaced? I'd think because it's within a month you'd have pretty decent odds. Some tires are duds and just don't balance...

 

i actually got them from someone who works for falken so that isnt an option for me. i havent reached out to him yet but maybe i need to!

 

I think that's your best bet, besides trying a road force balance. Not sure if DT does those or not.

 

If I did it again I would have bent the brake lines but I hopefully will never need to properly use the sliders.
I try to never do anything harder than blue trails, level 4/10.
I've come close to hitting my side steps, which I need, so I figured light duty sliders would be the best investment.
Also living in the north rust is a major issue so aluminum is more worry free.

 

Gettin' some miles on the ol girl. Also switched to 5w-30. So far it hasn't exploded.

 

Just curious, why did you switch to 5W-30 oil ?

 

I did this recently and hated every minute of it. I've already decided that I'm going to build a DIY topside creeper whenever the next go around is.

 

Just wanted to try a thicker oil for the warm season. I'll go back to 0w-20 for winter.

 

I live in the flat midwest lol.

 

Would appreciate the schematics when you do.

 

I like what this guy built:


I would modify it around the geometry of my truck, however.

 

Did you make all these changes at once? Going off what you described. You got a TRD lift from Toyota. Two weeks later you got TRD Pro wheels. Then, you added the new Falkens.

It "could" be the new tires for sure. And maybe it is if you didn't notice vibrations till you added the new tires (and wheels), but it could be the driver's side needle bearing. It's hit or miss from lifted taco to lifted taco. But it seems to be a pretty common issue. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/needle-bearing-yes-replace-it-ecgs.716338/

In a perfect world you could add one item at a time and you'd be able to isolate the issue. But it might be a little of both issues. The combination of slightly larger tires (and their weight) is a force multiplier for the modest lift and presenting in the needle bearing issue. Good luck man.

 

It wasn't that bad, just time consuming. Extensions and swivels help.

 

Yup, I just bought one from BAM Wholesale and it was banged up as well. I paid $180.00 for it on Amazon. Whatever they mix into the rubber is showing through. I first thought I could clean it, but soon realized it's part of the rubber. Oh well, it's a mat and I will only beat it up myself. I also noticed it was probably a return due to the dirty scuff marks on top of it, it definitely was used for a short period of time.

 

Is this pretty good ?

 

I get like 16 MPG and all I've done so far is add a Diamondback bed cover

 

To be fair, my Taco Limited is a 2WD, street tires and a bed cover (already have an old 4WD Chevy beater). My Yukon gets 18mpg so I’m tickled with this.