AZ BS Thread 4.2⁰

From my searching before buying my Elantra, there ain’t much you’re gonna find sub $100 a month that will be reliable. My initial hope was to spend $3-4K on a somewhat reliable Japanese dd and I could hardly find anything barely running for that. Parents lease was coming to an end and I ended up paying them out about 13k for mine which was about $180/month for my loan.

Moral of the story, anything $100/ month is probably gonna have some issues

 

How about I help you with an intervention? I come to your home with some friends with stock Tacos. They keep you in the house and discuss the beauty of stock trucks while I do a suspension swap with my truck. It's a win win for both of us. You'll feel fresh and renewed and I can continue my addiction.

 

I've got a 2005 Corolla S we're putting up for sale soon. You've seen it...it's not perfect, but it's a great little car. It was Hayden's for a couple years...and I wouldn't let her drive it if I had any concerns.

Edit: My OG post made it sound like I took it out of service because it was crap
Far from it...she'd still be driving it, but we gave her our 2008 Tahoe.

 

If there is any seriousness to the bolded statement above there is really only one option that I can see.

Sell the Tacoma and fully commit to your future by getting into a late 90's or early 00's Corolla/Camry or Civic/Accord. Something well taken care of. They're out there.

Folks may see this mentality as extreme or unwarranted but when I owned my own home and owned ~$600,000 in rental real estate, while working full-time as an engineer, I was still driving around a 295,000 mile, beat up but reliable, 2001 Tundra that had seen better days. Out of all of my tenants I had only one who owned a vehicle that was only slightly worse than mine. We're all different, in different circumstances, with different skills, but buying a house and launching a business take serious commitment. I'm glad I made the decisions that I did, because today, just a few years later, is a completely different story.

 

Gotcha. Well looking good! The 3.0’s are gonna do some work. How many bypasses in the rear?

 

I have about 10k in equity in the Tacoma and I'm not at all scared of keeping it. I'd just walk into a dealership, find a 10k car I like, lay it out for them about what I wanna do, and then walk out if they say no and wait for them to call me. Just gotta find the right guy looking for a sale, or a guy who likes the idea of trading a V6 Coupe with cobwebs on it for a hot selling Tacoma.

You can't stop the Tacoma mod bug! YOU CANT. DITCH LIGHTS ARE NEXT. SKID PLATE. SLIDERS!!!! *flails and thrashes being carried out of the room* YOU CANNNN'TTT. 33'S SOON.

Thanks, and I was eyeballing that Corolla a bit. It depends on if I sell privately, or just trade at the Dealer. I'm looking at V6's as a minimum, right now, though, but might expand that into "large displacement" four cylinders (2.1<) since those are a hoot to drive.

There are a couple of V6 Accords out there with stunningly low miles right now that are checking my boxes and very possible. Coupes are in such low demand that the prices are down on cars with low mileage relative to the year. My negotiating tactic would be to walk in, point at one and say "I want that, no payment, no financing, you take my Tacoma" et

The business is actually the business I'm currently employed in. The Boss/Owner is a friend of my father's, and he's looking to get out of it in a few years 'cause he's been doing it for 25ish. His sons all have their own career paths and none of them wanna take it over, so the heir apparent is me right now. Thing is, he runs it out of his house, so the kind of house I buy needs to have the room/space to be able to store a lot of the tanks and materials, as well as a truck.

 

Honestly, I am not positive. There is an external valve but from what I have read it is a newer shock from King with internal bypasses. "Supposed" to be the best of both worlds. I just figured I would go big to start so I don't want/need anything else down the road. Had Icon's on my last two Tacoma's and was not happy with the ride and customer service. So far I like the King's, going to hit the trails today to test it out a little.

 

Anyone have experience with Rav4's? Specifically a 2007 v6 Limited. We have a friend looking to buy one from a small local dealer today.. she's in need of a vehicle asap. From my research the 2nd gens (2007) aren't as desirable as the later gens, but still very solid, as long as maintenance and recalls have been done. We can check for all of that through my wife's work with the VIN.

 

The front may be an internal bypass but that rear definitely has a standard rebound bypass. Link to what you ordered? Or more pics of the shock body?

 

Not that this really helps, but I’m sure it’s pretty solid if it’s a yota. I’d say just look at the normal items that could show issues (oil buildup in the engine bay, shifts good, drives good etc.).

basically your a yota pro, trust your instincts <3


Idk what I’m saying. I just wanted to talk to you.

 

Hey man. lol

and thanks. definitely checking all the usual stuff.

 

Recently went through the Rav4 vs crv(2006). Crv with the 4 cyl was the the final decision. The v6 did not compare to the 4 for reliability. Found one with 90k 1 owner for 4k.

 

Interesting.. any more info on the rav v6 then? They checked out a 2006 4cyl crv as well.

 

https://www.bilsteinlifts.com/shop/...ks-for-2005-2019-toyota-tacoma-6-lug-stage-3/

 

Nice looking kit. Yeah the front has compression adjusters, non internal bypass, and then some 2-tube bypass for the rear. Should be fun and work pretty dang good.

 

Anybody know of a shop in the valley familiar with Miatas or general race car setup? My new suspension shows up tomorrow and Im thinking I might have a shop install it that knows these cars and can align/corner weight it to the specs that I want.

 

ISO drip molding for a double cab. If anyone has driver side they do not want please let me know.

 

Anyone near phoenix coming through going to vegas? Im looking for wine bottles which i found on craigslist but 5hr round trip isnt worth it.

 

Got the URD TCAI installed!! Pretty damn happy with it so far! I added an Injen pre-filter sock for some added protection. Threw an AFE throttle body spacer on too just for garnish

 

Thinking of hitting up Box Canyon for the day. Probably be out around Florence around 10 or so. Just going to do some exploring and wheeling. Uncle is in town from Cali with his 4Runner.