Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

Wassup Ed! Welcome to TW Norcal

 

FTFY. And welcome.

 

Your toe or camber is jacked up at this point, potentially even caster. It's really hard to say without looking at it. She may have possibly bent the left "coilover" shock as well. Just because you think it tracks straight doesn't necessarily mean you are not eating the tires up though.

Dude, lets DO IT!

I am going camping this weekend though and we are going to be doing a lot of hiking and biking. So it will have to be next weekend. Maybe on sunday.. I have a lot planned for next weekend too!

I think I have seen you driving around before, then again there a million white Taco's everywhere, welcome!!

 

Ima be in the Sac area tomorow visiting fam if anyone wants me to drive some shit up there from the Eastbay

 

Shocks look good, but I definitely would not want the resi hanging out like that to get smashed up by rocks or anything.

 

Is that Concord Australia or Concord CA?

Yay, another one for Concord! I think that's like five of us now. Or actually, I'm over the hill but you might as well consider me Concord since I'm there more than anything.

Pretty truck!

 

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Every time I drive around town now I have my eyes out for all you! I never realized how many were out here until I bought one. I saw one getting on the 242 and one getting off the 242 yesterday afternoon on my way to pick up some sweet nectar (beer).

Anyways, if you ever see a white Tacoma completely de badged, give me a wave! Unless it's a blonde eastern European women, then leave here alone she's mine!!!

 

Guy just traded his '06 with 175k miles for a '13. His trade was a DC SB with a Leer Cap and Airbags (no lift). Trade was around $10,500, private would have been around $12k. He's in PA, and I'm guessing our trucks are probably worth more in Calif.

 

I've been bouncing between dealers on the Peninsula. I'm a transplant from Chicago and I haven't quite found a "go-to" regular dealer. Any tips? I traded my 12 for a 13 at Putnam-eh. I've been buying parts from Palo Alto, TRDparts4U in Dallas, never going back to Toyota 101, and Sunnyvale seems to run the most specials… What are your thoughts for a solid dealer, if one exists?

 

As far as actual services, I don't know, but for parts, Autowest Toyota in Hayward matched prices that I printed out off the Internet. I saved over 50% off MSRP.

 

Damn Jay! You wait till i purchase a truck!! I would have loved to buy your rig

 

I go to the one on stevens creek. one of the guys there gives me free parts. He is in love with my devil horns on the truck.

 

stevens creek guys are OK. i buy my stuff there. at least the Toyota stuff.

 

Ive always had good luck with the Toyota Parts dealer at the Concord Dealership. Me and Eric would go in there to get some parts and he would give us nice discounts. Like we bought a jug of diff oil, and he threw in a quart for no charge. Maybe it was the trucks, or that we were all somewhat Asian...

 

Check the MSRPs on the internet sites first. The dealers around here all give me a "discount", but their "discount" is MSRP. I always go in there armed with the MSRP. on most the smaller stuff its cheaper or the same to buy from the dealer at MSRP than to pay less at the internet places and have to pay shipping.

 

They'll be fine. I have already looked into it and there are plenty of members who run them hard without any issues. They are too close to the tire to be an issue.

 

My back has been killing me in my stock '99 seats. I just picked up some seats from an '00 Celica to swap out. Does anyone out there have experience modding the rails to get them to bolt in? I'm in Sacto. I found this guys pic tutorial but I'm not sure if it's overkill: Let me know if you can help. I can bring food and beer, or whatever. Or even a shop to go to. Thanks.

 

Selling my snowboards. Thought I'd give priority to you NorCal guys. Gotta pay some bills. Haven't ridden in the past two seasons.

Left to right. Burton bullet 160 w/flow bindings. Nitro 165 wide w tech nine bindings. Stepchild 154 w/flux toe bindings.

Burton: ridden once by my dad, gave up trying to learn haha - $200

Nitro: ridden twice in powder, too big for my taste - $200

Stepchild: my baby. Simon chamberlain model great flex. One ding on bottom, filled professionally with filler. - $200

 

OMG I should not have had the Vietnamese coffee just now. I need to wake up in 5 hours.