Calling all Virginians (Tidewater area)

Charles Barker has a 2016 Tacoma in stock, just drove by there this morning and saw it on the front line. figured I'd give you tidewater guys a heads up.

 

Yeah so does First Team in Chesapeake! Going to swing by again sometime this week to check it out

 

Nice this was a red sr5 crew cab, I'm going to stop on my way home from work to check it out and I will post up some pictures.

 

2 of the guys in our group over here have them, and I've seen a handful on the roads already. I really don't see all the fuss. It's not like a complete makeover, still a Yota, still a great truck. The grill that has so much attention... that's what all the mfr's do, put in a new grill... make it bigger on trucks, sleeker on cars. WOW. The engine... time will tell. The crawl... have you heard it??? Geezus, what a nightmare.

I'm not knocking it at all... just saying it's just not that different, and for the $, I'd be afraid to get it scratched all over again unlike my current ride that just met a cinder block wall . Put in a diesel or v8! Give some massive springs....

 

Alrighty folks, as the money has been sitting in the bank after the totaling of my truck, I'm starting to second guess going the King Suspension route. That's a fantastic kit, which I "could" get, but in reality it may prove overkill for what I would be using the truck for. 99% of the off-roading I would be doing would be to get to a mountainbike/dirtbike trail head and or camping. So - do any of you have any positive comments regarding Downsouthmotorsports.com full OME kit? Would I still need TC UCAs? Thanks!!!

 

Nope! Lesner Bridge on Shore Dr. in VA Beach. It's a great place to drop in at.

 

I'll also throw another idea out there: ADS Racing coil overs instead of Kings. I like my ICON's but if I were to redo my front set up I'd have probably gone to ADS.

 

Any 1st gen's interested in a in-bed tire carrier with light tabs and hilift mount?

 

Parting your truck out?

 

Nah, got a cap. Plan to build a swing out in the next century or two...

 

Sr 2.7l , 26k

 

I like those black rims! First I have seen in an actual picture. Thank you for posting this.

 

No problem, I liked them as well. Here's a closer picture

 

That's nice

 

Selling my rugged trail rims

fs thread here: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/fs-rugged-trail-edition-rims.393180/

in Blacksburg now but ill be back in yorktown in oct

 

Bumping these

 

4cyl DBC interesting... Prior years were only reg and AC

 

Yeah I thought it was an interesting combo as well. I really couldn't imagine loading it to with gear and passengers expecting that 4 banger to do work. My father has a 2013 reg cab 2.7 and I just can't imagine it being asked to move more truck then that.

 

Mine is an AC 4x4 4cyl and it moves my truck fine

 

From what I read, 2.7L in the 3rd gen is not that bad. They use a 4.30 gear and the new auto is much better than the outgoing.