Got myself a TACO

Hi guys!

I recently upgraded vehicles and after a lot of careful thought and lots of time spent lurking these forums I settled on the Tacoma. A 2012 V6 Base model Access Cab with the Trail Teams appearance package and 70,000 km to be precise. Being new here I have lots of questions and look forward to prying a few shreds of knowledge from your experience with these awesome trucks. So in short it feels great to become a part of this great community.

Ok, I'll shut up now and get to the pics!


The day i bought her.


Look at that pretty face


Trail Teams wheels with Fierce Attitude 285s (fake beadlock ring was painted black by the previous owner)

Previous owner had Fox 2.5 with remote reservoirs installed along with Total Chaos UCAs, Fox shocks around back as well, sprayed the rear bumper with bedliner, installed a low pro rollup tonneau cover and bent the tailgate. All in all she is in pretty good shape and already has quite a few of the mods that i would have wanted to do to a stock tacoma. I will definitely add to these mods to make the truck my own but will be doing this in a slow and RESPONSIBLE manner.

So far so good but...

I just found out that the UCA bushings and uniballs as well as the steering rack bushings (just bushings, rack is good) are worn and causing the front end to be slightly out of alignment. I'm currently debating if I should attempt the work myself or have a local shop do the work at a cool $560CAN for labour. Any suggestions would be welcomed.

Cheers, guys!