Another beautiful day in Sarasota...TOOK SOME PICS OF THE TACO!!!!

Awesome truck very clean.

 

YOU LEFT TALLAHASSEE, I USED TO SEE YOUR TRUCK EVERYTIME I WENT TO LOWES OR HOME DEPOT. I LIVE JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE YOU LIVED IN TALLY

 

Holy crap! Yeah i did leave tally last month. I graduted FSU so I moved back to Sarasota. NIce truck man!!!

 

Thanx. Like yours too

 

It's look like you have a lift on there. What's your setup ?

 

What size are those tires? I have a regular cab 2wd and I am wanting to go with 16 or 17 in rims with off road style tires without lifting the truck. Also how much clearance do you have and did you notice a loss in performance or fuel economy from the tire and wheel change?

 

Readylift with 30x9.50x15 there is a slight power loss however iv e never driven this truck with factory wheels n tires. The town i live in is nothing but hills (you know blue taco) i havent noticed a change in mileage yet

 

Thanks, did you change rear shocks with the ready lift ? If I were to do a lift that is what I had planned on doing. But my truck is only 1 month old with 550 miles so i don't know if I am wanting to go modding it to the hills just yet. Oh well, I may get 18 in rims and run low profile street tires for now and then once I do a lift change over to some mudders. Sorry for the hijack here blue taco, your truck is looking nice though.

 

IDK if you new 5luggers can keep up with the old one offroad

 

THATS WHAT I DID AT FIRST I DIDNT CHANGE SHOCKS WITH THE LIFT

 

Nice truck man!

 

THANKS! THIS WILL BE MY OFFROADER WHEN I GET IT FINISHED. HOPEFULLY IN A COUPLE MONTHS

 

Damn highjackers...haha..I kid, I kid....I'm actually interested in knowing how hard it was to install the lift (required tools, time, etc.). When I do mine, I would imagine it would be by myself unless I can find someone in SRQ (maybe SRQTACO??) to help me out with it. I was also considering switching out all four corners with adjustables too.

 

Just a little advanced warning when you go shopping for wheels...finding a 15inch wheel that will clear your front calipers is going to be an issue, at least it was for me. I must've spent 2 days on the phone with 4wheelparts.com arguing about whether or not a 15x7 would fit on my truck. My argument was, if the truck came with 15's then a 15 should fit! But, Toyota made the stock wheel on the 5-lugger with a little extra room to clear the caliper..something that is NOT featured on many aftermarket 15inch wheels I found. So, IMO getting a 16 or 17 is defintely a better option for anyone with a 5 lug Tacoma. I went with a 16x7.5 and after putting the tires on there was a considerable amount of power loss, but that because they're f*ing heavy...I haven't really measured the MPG but I would say I'm loosing about 1-2MPG..it's worth the sacrifice to look good I guess. I can't imagine what it's going to be like when I'm lifted with even bigger tires..Just my .02.

 

I take it that's the SST kit ?

 

Not too bad cept i cheated a little. I used a lift at the repair shop next door for the front. I gave the serv mgr 100 for helpin me and mountin and balancin my tires and lettin me tie up a lift for a couple days . It wouldnt have been any harder on jackstands tho. I had to put it back on the ground to bolt the brake lines back on. It goes just like the readylift video on u tube on the frt. The back centering bolts they give u just taper the ends and smooth em theyll go right in. The botoom shock plates under the axle hafta have the center hole reamed out. I had a big taper bit no big deal. I also had another truck to drive so i had plenty of time. It could be done in a day with 2 people. Watch the video a coupole times

 

Yes. Sst kit i weighed a stock wheel they weigh 26lbs my new ones weigh 19 my tires weigh 37 . I havent weighed my spare to see what the factory combo weighs. My 18" wheels m tires weighed 52 lb. I bought this truck 6 mos old the 18's were on it already. I used the stock tires on somethin else so i didnt have them to check weight.