going from 2nd gen tacoma to 1st gen.....thoughts???

check this one out......pretty sweet, and it aint silver, but i has good miles, and the color is a nice color!!

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.j...04&doors=&transmission=&max_price=&cardist=88

 

THATS a good one Will I'm rootin for you man!!!!

 

ya i knmw the feelinggoing threw this mix emmotion about this truck i started looking new then realized i couldnt afford a 40,000 $ truck lease payments were good but the buy back was still 17,000 i would never let this truck go... it olnly gets better with mods....
so i started looking a 05+ used they still want 26500 i think these ppl pick a nunmber outta a hat and thats what they list the truck @.couldnt afford that. i dont want to worry about living in debt for the next 2 years i alredy have a house and soon a wedding thats the least of my worrys now

so now i was looking for a tacoma dubble cab or access 4X4 any 2001-2004
ive been looking for a little while i might have found one with 120 KMS on it
any problems that i should be looking for?????

 

So, I am confused. With a lease truck (which my first truck should have been), any modifications made to the truck would have to be undone when (and if) you return the vehicle, right?

So, what are you going to do about all the money you have sunk in mods?

 

more than likely......i'll take the bull bar and lights off and keep them. the bull bar may be universal.....may just need new brackets, if not....then i can sell it. i'll reuse my hella 500's, i'll take the airaid intake off and sell it and put the stock box back on, i'll take my cheap air horns out and save them for something, i'll probably keep my toolbox, or leave it with the truck......probably sell it if i dont keep it though, then all thats left are the new tires i just put on....they will stay with the truck, and i'll just leave the flowmaster muffler on there. the nerf bars were real cheap....so i may leave them on there as well.

thats the way im figuring so far.

 

I take it you didn't keep your stock tires or your stock exhaust. I would love to have bought your exhaust. I am waiting for some one to sell a used Cat-back system - then, BAHM! My truck will get a bit more throaty (and hopefully a bit more umph).

I think most of it could be modified to fit on an -04... except the exhaust. That would require some new pipes...

 

nah....didnt keep the stock exhaust....mainly because the first place i got my first exhaust done....tossed it. if i had it....trust me, you'd get a good deal on my flowmaster man.

 

im pretty sure the toolbox will fit.....as its actually for the smaller, narrower bed of the older tacoma. and for the bull bar and nerfs.......i dont really even want them on whatever i get.....more like sliders and brush guard.

im gonna ride to the dealer tomorrow or friday.........talk to the service manager and see if there will be a way they can help me out, he's a pretty nice guy. after searching around here..........and some miles from here, i have found some nice used(01 to 04) 4x4 tacomas.....double cab and ext. cab.

 

if you pay the fee, i dont see how it can hurt your credit. plus, i have discovered that it takes a while to damage your credit. i went a full year without paying my college loans, one is through the state and the other is through citi bank. i figured since i wasn't using my degree i wasnt gonna pay for it the collection agencies had a different opinion though. i had the money to pay i just didnt want to. anyway, after i started getting really threatening letters i started paying. and when i went to buy my truck i was borderline excellent credit. i wouldn't worry about that

 

Here is a silver double cab. Non trd, but Auto with 4x4. $17,999 with 65K miles. Link

 

check out the link.....54 listings(3 or 4 pages) worth of first gen tacomas!!!

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/searc...ors=&max_price=&pager.offset=0&first_record=1




talked to one of the salesmen about getting outta the lease today..........and i think we are leaning toward trading out of the lease, and the guy is looking for a first gen for me. i sent him,thru email, alot of the links you awesome fellas have given me, as well as some i had found. hopefully.....we will do something soon.

i was just wanting to pay the early termination fee, but i wasnt thinking about the negative equity i had going into the lease....trading the ford that i had. instead of what i thought was gonna be $1240.......its actually more like $6140 or so. no more leases for me ever. so now.....im just gonna trade outta the lease. i know there will be extras added to the price of whatever i get, but im gonna keep it for a long time, so thats ok i reckon!! thanks for everyone's opinions and all so far!!!

 

quick question for ya'll.......how much room is there in the xtra cab?? and how many doors is it?? i know its not really like the 05 and up extended cab with the 4 doors, but im just wondering. anyone have any available pics with the doors opened so i can kinda see what it looks like??

 

The ONLY reason I sold my '98 Extra Cab 4x4 was that I wanted MORE ROOM inside! The xtar cab has just 2 doors. The seats move forward and fold down so you can put things in the back, but its nowhere near as convenient or as roomy as the Gen1 Double Cab.

However a lot of people think there's sufficient room in the extra cab to suit them, and to be honest I was one of these for a long time! But now that I'm in the '03 Double Cab I'm truly in hog heaven as far as room and access inside the truck is concerned..

 

thanks for the insight man.

im thinking i should go for the double cab, since sooner or later, me and the wifey will have a kid, so i'll need the room for that.

 

Thats the way it works! Ya keep pokin' fun and one day she takes you serious!! When that happens and a new Tacomaman (or girl) arrives on the scene, you'll be grateful that you've got four doors and a back seat to work with..

 

yeah....thats what im thinking. i guess though, that i'll have to get used to the small bed. if i mount a toolbox, essentially, there wont really be any bed left, but thats just here and there anyway.

 

The short bed on the Double Cab is right at 5' x 5'. With a fold away bed extender it will accommodate as much as the longer bed does without adding to your overall wheel base..

 

this is very true. im still between the two, but even if i get the extra cab, i can still deal with what room is available behind the seats. thanks for helping me remember the option of the bed extender.

 

i called the salesman that i talked to back and told him to add extra cab to the list to search for. either way...............its gonna be an awesome truck!!!