Recent content by 85GT-79FJ40

Thanks. I took ridiculously good care of it. Bought it with 35k miles as a CPO. Very sad seeing it there for sale as I intended to have it much much longer but life changes. And I already started modding the Tacoma. 48 years old and still can't leave anything alone.

I traded my 2011 Trail edition in 2 weeks ago on a 3rd gen Tacoma. They said they would likely auction my truck as it wasn't stock but I was there last night and it's out on the lot... Grappone Toyota in Concord NH. I absolutely loved the 4Runner but I am remodeling my house and just missed...

Did you actually take the seat back out and see if the threads were in fact gone? It's not hard to get the seat tracks misaligned if you have had the seat out. I would not riv-nut it personally. A through bolt with a nut and washer on the bottom would be a safer bet if you don't have a welder...

I had mentioned in a previous thread that although I haven't done this on my 4Runner I have done it numerous times on second gen tacomas and it's the same deal. When broke going through my divorce I needed to change one. I bought a cheap POS $30 ebay bearing and seals from advance auto. It's...

I like the looks of that. Not a horrible price point either considering all the stuff you have to get to install an aftermarket unit.

I've been wanting to do a lower end pioneer with apple carplay but with chip shortages every time I feel like pulling the trigger nobody has anything available. I already put Infinity speakers in all the stock locations and have a powered sub in the back. Which made a huge difference but I never...

I have the g015's on mine now in 285/70/17. These replaced Toyo AT3's that were really pretty awful. Chopped BAD even with 5k mile rotations and after 20k miles they were well below half tread. I had been eyeing these Yokos as I wanted something a little less aggressive and in late October...

I have an early trail edition so the rack is different. But I have hauled kayaks on J bars on both the stock crossbars and my thule aero bars no problem. And I've hauled a ridiculous amount of lumber on it. Never had an issue.

This is so true. I've upholstered a few seats using zip ties. Including my 4Runner after I installed heated seats. The nice thing about the zip ties is you can loop them around and actually pull them tight. A lot easier on your hands than the pulling/squeezing with hog ring pliers. Not to...

If you really like it a GOOD powder coater will blast it before they coat it and it shouldn't be an issue again. I had a few powder coated pro comp 4" lifts back in the day that had terrible powder coating. Literally came off in sheets and the steel of course rusted.

I had three second gen Tacomas and the front bearings failed pretty much like clockwork every 80k miles on all 3. One I bought with both bearings TOTALLY smoked. Like let off the gas and the thing would slow down like the calipers were severely dragging. So loud it was unbearable to drive. I got...

Congratulations! Those are nice. I would love a tundra but I can't currently afford to feed one.

I had those on mine and loved them. Wore great, fantastic in the snow, and pretty good off road too. Then I lifted my truck and went 285's in wildpeaks. SL rated, made in china. They were horrible. Great traction and looked great, weren't all that loud even. They just weren't actually round. I...

I worked in BMW parts for a LONG time. I recall one customer who ordered a bunch of parts for his 90 M3. Well a whole lot of them were wrong. Turns out he had a 318is, not an M3. Yet it was sold to his as an M3 with an M3 price. I mean anyone who knew BMW's knows an E30 M3 is a very special car...

And remember your winch won't help you if there's nothing to pull from. I got mine high centered in snow once and the atrac nor locker nor crawl control helped of course. And it was before I had a winch. I just did what I have always done and dug it out with a shovel. I always carry a recovery...