Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

Welcome Aboard

 

Full day of driving-Ashland to Minneapolis to Ashland. Put my oldest on a plane bound for college... there go the next four years of upgrades.

 

? What do you mean? Now that the oldest is out of the house you have less food to buy unless utility bills. Sounds to me like it's the perfect time for upgrades.

 

Welcome!

PSA…. Lock up your credit card before you log on to Tacomaworld!


Tons of stuff you will want to buy.



The Madison area members seem to be growing.
We all Definitely need to meet up near Madison for a beer at a brew pub. Unfortunately my calendar of events is full till mid October.

Wait…. Oktoberfest meet in Madison???? @Thatbassguy , @Pixeltim @Cipher94




@Camerasandcoffee I still need to do another fluid film application before it gets too late in the season if you have time!!!! Maybe before the October Trip on the Wisconsin adventure trail.
I’ll bring or moonshine!

 

Uhhhhh, yeah!!!

 

Ha…
We’ve been through this before. They always come home on breaks. They always need things sent to them. They always need a slight loan (lol) for a emergency that pops up. It’s also jumping in a plane with the entire family to visit them on campus!




Im just hopeful our oldest puts me in a nice senior home when it’s time!

 

I'm hoping at that point I no longer know who I am and always forget to put on pants before going in public.

 

I definately have a list of things i want to add to my taco. But if yall do have a beer meet up I'd love to join you!

 

Whelp, I need to stay off the Mud forums for a little while...just read through a 3 link thread and started getting bad ideas.

 

Beer is our friend!

 

Do tell. We can help you sort through what's important and what's not.

 

I want to get rock sliders of some sort, and thinking of a lift, but I also was thinking of getting dual exhaust. Do you have any opinion on pedal commander or sprint boost? I do love the way the truck drivers but it is a bit sluggish uphill. Torn on thr pro grille. Maybe more lights as well. So many options

Very open to suggestions

 

Sliders=RCI
Lift=Dobinson

 

I wouldn't spend money on exhaust, unless you're just interested in the aesthetics. Or, noise.

There are plenty of opinions around here about lift. Your driving style will determine the best option there.

The pedal commander and Sprint booster both seem to get a lot of good reviews. As long as you understand that it doesn't actually add any power, but rather makes the pedal more sensitive to your input, you will be very happy with either one. There are also a couple of off-brand ones that seem to work fine. But, I might stick to one of the more well-known brands just because it seems like they might be less likely to throw a check engine light.

As far as lights, there are several different types of lights you can add, and the price range is all over the place. I recommend Rigid, Baja Designs, and Diode Dynamics. Spend a little more money up front, and you won't regret it. I have Rigid D-SS ditch lights and a 20-inch SR light bar in my bumper, and love both of them.

Edit:. Also, check out 4x innovations for sliders. They are local. There are a lot of other options as well.

 

We have had several beer garden meets,


Brewery/lunch


or a bar during a meet rainout



Thatbassguy mix master during a camping trip





driveway/backyard beers, brew pubs stops and several brewery runs.

3 Sheeps Brewery In Sheboygan , New Glarus Brewery Tour and Potosi brewery after a group Tran Wisconsin Adventure Trail trip








Hey @Pixeltim
You have any stickers left? looking for the dark shaded one!


I also need to have some stickers made for my neighbor. I’m thinking I’ll be in Madison next week sometime. I’ll send you over details tomorrow!

 

You can't fool me, thats like 8 pictures of the same guy at different stages of aging. Totally zero stereotypes about how us Taco owners look lol!

(PS I'm not being a hater just having a laugh. I probably fit somewhere on this spectrum. Oh shit are we all clones from some experiment?)

 

Skip the pedal commander and Sprint booster. They're kind of just hacks. If you want to get actual performance out of your vehicle, you're going to want a tune from one of our tuners. People like @Shellshock

As far as lights go, there are a million options. But I will say this... Dollar for dollar, some brands absolutely smoke others as far as light output color pattern etc.

As far as suspension there are also a million options, again your driving style determines what's really going to work the best for you here.

 

I have a weird issue with the 4Runner. I'm curious if anyone here has heard of anything similar before.

Saturday, after the trails, I could not lock or unlock the 4runner with the key fob. Also, if I would push the lock button on the inside of the door, it would instantly unlock as if the key were in the ignition. But, I was able to lock it with the key.

Then, Sunday morning it worked like normal. Sunday, after some more fun, it was acting up again. Then, yesterday after work it unlocked with the fob. I drove it around a little bit, and when I got back I had to lock it with the key again.

So, it seems like it is related to heat or something. Could this be a bad ignition switch? Or, has anyone else had this issue and figured out what was causing it? I found a thread on the 4Runner forum where it sounded like the OP had the same symptoms as mine, but there was no resolution posted. I figured they share enough hardware that maybe somebody here would have an idea.

 

Time to part it out and get a new one.