Recent content by hossmaster

Go bilstein and never look back most of the time the 5000's or any other shock of the same type are too stiff for most applications except larger vehicles. You will have more comfort and performance with monotube shocks.

your gonna have to pull or drop the headliner in enough to put the drain line back on and use a worm type hose clamp to ensure that it stays put. Just did that to my camry for the same problem.

perhaps a tire pressure adjustment is in order.

if they didn't exist, we would never have this sticker

that is a check engine light. Go to autozone and find out what code the ecu is throwing, when the light is on. Sounds like a sensor that is starting to fail.

just being realistic, you can't have your cake and eat it too. if your that worried about offroading and pinstripes you might as well put a set of curb feelers on your runner to keep the curb from scratching your rims.

my tacoma was expensive, it has its fair share of on trail customization. Most cases a tree branch will grab the leading edge of the magnet and just take it off while leaving a good deep scratch.

pin striping is part of the hobby, if you don't want them don't put your vehicle there.

I have installed them on a tacoma, you won't regret spending the money, but it sounds like you haven't done enough homework yet. Search around, this has been beat to death.

my 02 tacoma does that too, there really isn't anything that can be done about it. Turn radio up louder.

If you can manage it, get it scanned while the CEL is illuminated. Something doesn't jive with the truck when it's cold or whenever the light comes on, but when the criteria is met the light goes out. Sounds like something is partially failing or has lost some of it's metering spectrum. A CEL...

yes replace what you can at this stage. Timing belt, water pump, cam and crank seals, drive belts, any loose/wobbly idler pulleys, rad hoses, thermostat, etc. If some of the hidden stuff fail, you have to undo all of it to change them.

were you parked on a level surface? I just fill up the diff until it flows out and put the plug back in.

pop the hood and listen for the squeaky belt and adjust the tension appropriately for that specific belt. Or it may be an idler pulley that's bearing is going south.

have you searched yet? lots of info at your fingertips, just put them to use:D