Recent content by Kotrin

It may be harder for me currently. I've had a few more surgeries since than due to my spine and have been diagnosed with liver disease. I'm working on trying to do another trip before I lose the ability to but its looking like next year(2021) for me :(

if you went through my signature and looked you could see I've owned 2 other 3rd gen, Tacoma x2 and a 5th gen very built. I personally love the way mine is built now. The window can roll down without a problem. My bed is actually a truck bed so when I swing out my swing-away I have a flat...

Yeah I'm super happy with mine that one looks different though in the way the back is built. Would love to see how the 'bed' looks. The one from a guy I used to know Tommy (it was a 4th gen one done) and mine are similar in the bed setup. https://i.imgur.com/45lawuk.jpg

So I think I figured out what is wrong with my Transmission after trying to troubleshoot it for almost 4-5 months now. It looks to be that my filter is clogged or causing my transmission to be starved of fluid or something weird. I get the whirring noise that seems to be associated with it and...

So Fluid isn't low its good. I'm very confused about it, I almost feel like something in the shifting range is wrong, maybe even the ECM :( I think i'm going to try to save every penny and hopefully stay out of the hospital and get a backup transmission. To me the Transmission is still good for...

Been awhile since I posted, ran into some medical issues and than some vehicle issues :( I fixed one which was a Miss-fire on Cylinder 4 but now i'm running into a Transmission issue. My father's in Moab for another 9 days enjoying some extreme wheeling. Went with the guy's and took the big boy...

I've ran lots of different styles and prefer the BFG Km2 tires. I hated my duratrac in al area's BUT mileage out of the tire. I would recommend one of those and ultimately if you want to fit it underneath you'll need to keep it low air to squeeze under. So I throw my vote in for BFG!!

I have the Toytec lift and my rear was higher but I did go with superflex coils. Even after a few years and weight the rear is still a little higher but I wish I had gone differently. Now from what you're coming from its going to be a upgrade personal recommendation :)

I had duratrac's and fuel boost wheels on my 5th and 3rd gen. They had so much trouble balancing at Discount & Les along with ma-pa shops. I gave up. They road horrible but only at 60-68 mph speeds. I recently switched from the Duratrac's to BFG KM2 M/T's and have zero shake/vibe anything...

Lot's have gone back and forth on this. I built my own back in my 97 4Runner exactly as you described. Was only like 50-60 for me to do it myself. I just did it for my father for 13.00 with out the relay's & indicators. So either way works great. Look to see as rkntoy said, a lot of...

That's interesting and not sure how I missed this but been here and there... So my father has gone through two or three of the same tire's but they aren't treadwrights(I think..??). But the first developed a bubble on the inside of the tire causing a HORRIBLE vibration. The second developed...

Back in 2002 I knew a guy who just got a Tacoma from a dealership. He was extremely hard on his vehicle and I never personally saw him do any work on it, oil changes or what not. At just 34k miles he blew up his motor. The dealership said he neglected the oil changes and it was his fault...

Have had great luck with my toytec boss so far minus it doesn't do what I need (really need adjustments more for help physically), but otherwise no issues like you described. Love the Instagram vacation posts it was awesome!!

Yeah. Running into something similar into my other hobby (video games & etc) going the same route. One sides so extreme versus the other while i'm more of a guy to meet in the middle. Heck i'll go 75%... :) Even though I physically have limitations & mentally I still do my work on my vehicle...

This is one of the issue's I always dislike about the internet and independent writers on articles for websites or etc. It's interesting to note you can find anything if you want to google it. I would love to read the Lawyer paperwork on what they said. More information is needed, but in...