ALI3N'S Basic/Budget Build

Man, that must be nice! I dont have to go to school and i park next to a lady at work that is super meticulous about her Lincoln and so i dont worry about dingers for the most part. if i know im going somewhere that parking is gonna suck i take the truck with sliders on it lol..

Sounds like steps work better for you, i know what you mean, my mom always complains when she tries to get in my lifted truck. It has sliders and she says that they cant be used as steps because they're too high.

 

What are your long term plans for the truck?

 

Keep it as long as I can. I'm definitely buying a new one once I get a steady job (hopefully in the Border Patrol, or TX Highway Patrol) in 2025-2026. It's barely got 54,000 miles on it, so I'm sure it can survive at least another decade.

 

Definitely has a lot of life left in it. Looks like you take very good care of it!

 

For sure. My entire family (excluding my dad) thinks I'm too attached to my truck. It's my baby, and this last time we went to the dealer, the guy wanted my dad to trade her in. I gave them the finger and told them "not happening pal."

 

Nothing wrong with that! You sound like a gear-head in the making. No way i'd trade mine in either

 

Not really, I just don't want anybody I don't trust, or people that have insufficient Tacoma knowledge to even lay a finger on my truck.

 

I'm right there with you.. I started working on basically everything on mine just because i didn't want anyone else working on it, and its too expensive to have a shop do it. Mainly i just didnt trust anyone though lol, id rather learn to do it myself than pay someone else and worry they're gonna screw it up

 

@Jamesboy2233 likes to work on the complicated things on my truck.

 

I don't feel safe letting my mom, or brother drive my truck due to the fact that they're heavy on the gas pedal. Me, and my dad drive nice an smooth anywhere we go. My mom, and brother hate my truck BTW, then they come back asking me to help them transport something big.

 

What kinda complicated things we talking about?

 

He's helped me install front suspension, and he sanded the ugly rusted bars that hold the stock skid.

 

Haha oh boy.. you would hate riding with me.. I am heavy on the pedal myself

Thats always how it works! They dont like it, but they want to use it.. I put a camper on mine and now nobody asks me to help them move

 

Noice! has your truck ever had the plugs changed?

 

No. I'm thinking of changing ABSOLUTELY every maintenance item once I hit 55k.

 

We will getcha a good list going..

Cabin air filter
Engine Air filter
Oil Change
P/S flush
Rear diff fluid change
Tranny fluid change
Spark plugs
Clean throttle body
Clean MAF sensor

 

Thank you good sir.

I'll talk to you tomorrow, gotta go to sleep cause I got school tomorrow. Take care brother

 

Sure thing, have a good one mang!

 

I would've ruined my entire front suspension if I did it myself.

 

So let me get this straight. He was 15 in 2017? Just getting my records in order here.

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