1. Welcome to Tacoma World!

    You are currently viewing as a guest! To get full-access, you need to register for a FREE account.

    As a registered member, you’ll be able to:
    • Participate in all Tacoma discussion topics
    • Communicate privately with other Tacoma owners from around the world
    • Post your own photos in our Members Gallery
    • Access all special features of the site

San Diego BS Thread.

Discussion in 'Southern California' started by Speed Freek, Nov 23, 2010.

  1. Nov 20, 2015 at 6:33 AM
    Crom

    Crom Super-Deluxe Member

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2009
    Member:
    #18782
    Messages:
    9,639
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Nick
    San Diego, CA
    Vehicle:
    2009 4x4 DCSB Camp Supreme
    Millions
    I've experienced this too (in the same thread) lol

    Over the years I've authored a number of technical write-ups here. They've apparently helped a lot of people judging by the comments. Sometimes I can't believe what people ask in there. lol

    One of the write-ups, can't remember which, is full of step by step instructions, fully illustrated with diagrams, pics, etc.

    Then a post appears, requesting a video because they don't want to read... :facepalm: lol.
     
  2. Nov 20, 2015 at 7:29 AM
    jeffz0rz

    jeffz0rz Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 9, 2009
    Member:
    #27296
    Messages:
    3,958
    Gender:
    Male
    san diego
    Vehicle:
    1996 tacoma 4cyl, 5spd
    post a video, and prepare for people requesting that you come to them and do it for them.
     
    Crom likes this.
  3. Nov 20, 2015 at 8:16 AM
    zeekevin

    zeekevin Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 5, 2012
    Member:
    #70020
    Messages:
    1,884
    Gender:
    Male
    San Diego
    4K booty bouncing action
     
    jeffz0rz likes this.
  4. Nov 20, 2015 at 8:20 AM
    Crom

    Crom Super-Deluxe Member

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2009
    Member:
    #18782
    Messages:
    9,639
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Nick
    San Diego, CA
    Vehicle:
    2009 4x4 DCSB Camp Supreme
    Millions
    lol

    Almost every answer to any relevant Tacoma truck question can be found here. But searching requires work... Let me just make a thread for that, I'll be sure to ask for an answer in 4K video lol :D
     
  5. Nov 20, 2015 at 8:34 AM
    Doc.SS

    Doc.SS ︻╦╤─

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2009
    Member:
    #23899
    Messages:
    4,389
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Frank
    O'side
    Vehicle:
    T4R SR5
    Looking for information is tough but you just have to know what to search for....usually you'll get quite a few results to sift through.
     
    Crom[QUOTED] likes this.
  6. Nov 20, 2015 at 8:36 AM
    MadTaco461

    MadTaco461 BRO runner

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2009
    Member:
    #28470
    Messages:
    13,409
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Mike
    CA
    Vehicle:
    99 turbo 5 lug long travel
    Kinda stock
    You aren't a fan of this gem. I've been building my truck wrong this whole time

    Screenshot_2015-11-20-08-35-11.jpg
     
  7. Nov 20, 2015 at 8:39 AM
    Crom

    Crom Super-Deluxe Member

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2009
    Member:
    #18782
    Messages:
    9,639
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Nick
    San Diego, CA
    Vehicle:
    2009 4x4 DCSB Camp Supreme
    Millions
    very true. Searching itself is a skill as well.

    One of my favorite ways to search TW is to leverage the power Google. It's robots are always indexing the site.

    To do this, navigate to google.com and in the search box use this syntax: site:tacomaworld.com TC cam tab gussets
     
  8. Nov 20, 2015 at 8:40 AM
    Doc.SS

    Doc.SS ︻╦╤─

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2009
    Member:
    #23899
    Messages:
    4,389
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Frank
    O'side
    Vehicle:
    T4R SR5
    Like that inverter switch, whether it lit up or not...I gave up searching and asked in here.
     
    jeffz0rz and Crom like this.
  9. Nov 20, 2015 at 9:35 AM
    4WD

    4WD cRaZy oLdmAn

    Joined:
    Jul 2, 2009
    Member:
    #19185
    Messages:
    23,530
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Doug
    Lakeside, Ca / Gardnerville, Nevada
    Vehicle:
    2004 DC TRD 4x
    Grey wire MOD, deck plate, diff breather MOD, 2nd gen. OME 883# on Tundra 5100's, OMD custom 3" leafsprings, rear shock relocation, Ivan Stewart TRD rims w/285/75/16's, '02 bumper MOD, Famous Fabrications sliders , LED interior/exterior lights, bed bar, Custom tube bumper, Old school KC day lighters,Red Ring 8" HID flood, Kenwood vhf 2M.. umm some other shit I'm forgetting right now

    Or you offer up a solution to an issue you've addressed & corrected a few hundred times . (axle wrap for example) & you're post is just glossed over because they want the answer to come from another member with same year truck like whats happened to me in the 3rd gen section, Jesus, a bigger bunch of cry baby whiners I haven't seen in awhile...
    But then again, I have never helped anyone with any problem at anytime....:rolleyes:


    Hi Frank...:wave:
     
  10. Nov 20, 2015 at 9:38 AM
    Doc.SS

    Doc.SS ︻╦╤─

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2009
    Member:
    #23899
    Messages:
    4,389
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Frank
    O'side
    Vehicle:
    T4R SR5
    Hey Doug..!!
     
  11. Nov 20, 2015 at 9:43 AM
    Airdog

    Airdog did your Mom

    Joined:
    Dec 26, 2012
    Member:
    #93790
    Messages:
    4,875
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Tom
    SoCal
    Vehicle:
    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/airdogs-2012-prerunner-access-cab-slow-build.264263/
    5 inch spacers is considered LT right?
     
    MadTaco461[QUOTED], 4WD and Crom like this.
  12. Nov 20, 2015 at 9:47 AM
    Crom

    Crom Super-Deluxe Member

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2009
    Member:
    #18782
    Messages:
    9,639
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Nick
    San Diego, CA
    Vehicle:
    2009 4x4 DCSB Camp Supreme
    Millions
    Glad I could help. :thumbsup:

    I've seen some of your posts trying to help folks. Generally I've stayed out of 3rd gen entirely except once or twice by mistake. That place is a shit show.

    I can not understand why in Hawaii they build their trucks that way. It's a local custom I just can't wrap my head around it. Whatever floats their boats :notsure:

    :laugh:
     
  13. Nov 20, 2015 at 10:40 AM
    noSKills858

    noSKills858 battlescars

    Joined:
    Jan 5, 2009
    Member:
    #12256
    Messages:
    3,522
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Alex
    Poway, CA
    Vehicle:
    2003 5-lug Prerunner
    Couple shocks, some old tires, and a bad paint job
    5" Wheel spacers and 16x12 wheels with 0 back spacing = Baja 1000 winner.
     
    Speed Freek[OP] and 4WD like this.
  14. Nov 20, 2015 at 10:48 AM
    MadTaco461

    MadTaco461 BRO runner

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2009
    Member:
    #28470
    Messages:
    13,409
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Mike
    CA
    Vehicle:
    99 turbo 5 lug long travel
    Kinda stock
    The rear blocks are massive. People must think we are crazy the way we build our trucks. We must be getting old because it is mostly guys in their early 20s
     
  15. Nov 20, 2015 at 12:45 PM
    TuffRuffDangerous

    TuffRuffDangerous Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 29, 2013
    Member:
    #105169
    Messages:
    754
    Gender:
    Male
    San Diego, CA
    Vehicle:
    2011 TRD Off Road 4x4 DCSB
    Salex glovebox/console organizers, Philips H4 MotoVision headlight bulbs, Optilux H10 Extreme Yellow XY foglight bulbs, csjumper2003 LED domelight & license plate bulbs
    Can you add Spanish, French, Chinese, Mandarin and Tagalog subtitles please?
     
    4WD and Crom[QUOTED] like this.
  16. Nov 20, 2015 at 12:52 PM
    TuffRuffDangerous

    TuffRuffDangerous Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 29, 2013
    Member:
    #105169
    Messages:
    754
    Gender:
    Male
    San Diego, CA
    Vehicle:
    2011 TRD Off Road 4x4 DCSB
    Salex glovebox/console organizers, Philips H4 MotoVision headlight bulbs, Optilux H10 Extreme Yellow XY foglight bulbs, csjumper2003 LED domelight & license plate bulbs
    So it's strictly a Hawaii thing? But yeah I did see that style when I'd go there for vacation. Here's some pics I took from my past vacations.




    6/17/2005



    8/2/2009


     
    Speed Freek[OP] likes this.
  17. Nov 20, 2015 at 1:01 PM
    Crom

    Crom Super-Deluxe Member

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2009
    Member:
    #18782
    Messages:
    9,639
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Nick
    San Diego, CA
    Vehicle:
    2009 4x4 DCSB Camp Supreme
    Millions
    No it's not. BUild your truck any way you want. Just an observation that it occurs a lot there
     
  18. Nov 20, 2015 at 4:33 PM
    SKULLY

    SKULLY Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 12, 2011
    Member:
    #56541
    Messages:
    1,013
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Dave
    San Diego
    Vehicle:
    06 DCSB
    :stirthepot: If they had an award for pot stirring on TW you would be a serious contender for the top spot....read though a few pages of the 3rd gen shit show and could not believe some that those guys were actually serious! :notsure: It goes from trying to give advice, to rationalize with them, to completely mocking them for some laughs....entertaining for a while
     
  19. Nov 20, 2015 at 5:09 PM
    92shawman

    92shawman Person

    Joined:
    Mar 14, 2012
    Member:
    #74900
    Messages:
    2,782
    First Name:
    K
    The Americas
    Vehicle:
    1992 Toyota Pickup
    Lots...see build
    I keep seeing a tan 2nd gen double cab with a bedrail lumber rack and an arb front bumper around Encinitas and Cardiff. I've seen him at least a half-dozen times in the past few weeks, but usually I'm in a work truck and not my own. Saw him this morning in Cardiff with some long boards. Anyone on here?
     
  20. Nov 20, 2015 at 5:12 PM
    Mcdees84

    Mcdees84 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2014
    Member:
    #131922
    Messages:
    1,003
    Gender:
    Male
    First Name:
    Matt
    Tallahassee, FL
    Vehicle:
    2014 MGM DCSB-TRD O/R
    Not me. But I work in Cardiff and haven't seen him.
     

Products Discussed in

To Top