MARYLAND TACOMAS

You going to be social this time?

 

I want to s/c it but I won't because I prefer it to stay reliable.

 

yeah, tried that and my truck isnt heavy enough for it. and im just trying to assemble the coilovers in prep for install, not gonna happen this weekend because of this. looking into a better Hydro spring compressor and be done with it

 

Hey now. LS motors are great, but so are the coyote motors. Parents had a 99 SS Camaro with the SLP Package. What a fun car that was.

 

Nice. i have a bussman RTMR made by a former member on here. i need to actually get stuff on the truck worth wiring in, and decipher how it was wired

 

You know i just like teasing fords.

Plenty of people around me have switched to them and the only thing i can make fun of is the ecojoke

 

I can agree with that. They're starting to prove their worth but I'd still rather stick to a motors that been proven for decades.

 

With that said, you still bought a 2016 Tacoma with a brand new V6 under the hood. Everything has to get it's start somewhere.

 

True. But we only bought it to design all the things and will offload it once done. I personally wouldn't own one. I'm just not comfortable in midsize trucks.

 

I hear ya, I looked at mid and full size before buying my Tacoma. Really don't need a full size, don't need a pickup at all lol just wanted one. I'm happy with it so far, i'll be even happier when I get the front end aligned right once and for all. Shop that did the alignment after the lift had no idea how to align a lifted IFS truck.

 

I never understood why so many shops have issues just because its lifted. it still aligns the same way with the same specs dammit!

 

No it doesn't, you can't use OEM specs when aligning a lifted truck. Setting it to OEM specs is what they always do, that's why so many people have problems with run of the mill alignment shops.

 

is it not still 0 Toe 0 Camber 3-4* Caster?

 

To be totally honest, I don't know exactly what the magic number is once lifted. I do know I apparently currently have 0 caster which is a huge problem and major cause of my bad bump steer. Shop has tried twice now, I won't give them a 3rd chance. Time to move on to someone else.

 

But you had a regular cab when this all started!

 

Crazy I know. It was more a nostalgia thing. I learned to drive in a '88 Toyota Pickup. Regular cab, black, 22re with 5 speed manual. I loved that truck so I bought the same except a 2014. Them quickly learned I was way too tall for it.

 

I can't do a regular cab either; and a manual is just too brutal. Knee into the dash every time i go to use the clutch.

 

The alignment on a lifted truck is different. when I do them I don't look at the specs I try to get them the closest I could get to the center of the bar and match the other side. it has never failed me, and I'm working with a freaking dinosaur of a machine.

 

I believe the Tacoma does like about 3* of caster though. Where is your shop?