Recent content by The Deec

My 2002 is still in the family, dad 1st owner to 125k(he thought it was showing too much age HA!), then passed it onto me and still going strong at 265k. I've had to do a lot of preventive maintenance due to the rust belt life (Western, MD). Still original Engine and tranny. Front, tran case...

Just an FYI, I too live in the DC Baltimore region and the TB job price is very accurate. Toyota Dealerships raised their hourly shop rate in Jan/Feb to over $145/hr plus increased their mark up on prices for the TB parts, give or take 15% more. Back in College my local dealer in WV was only $95...

Ill join in on the fun here. Originally purchased in December of 2001 as a replacement to my parents chevy blazer that died. Brand new off the lot with 10 miles, SR5 trimmed out almost to Limited (no heated seats or fog lights). I cant find the window sticker but I do have a pic of my Dad when...

I finally Got around to doing the Tundra Brake Upgrade. I got all my parts at Autozone and it took about 3 hours taking it very slow and taking my time one side at a time. I found the culprit of my shaking on highway speeds, It was the passenger side caliper with 2 frozen cylinders. I was a few...

I would say about 40-45 pounds. It's a hefty piece and was a pain to remove but my new savage bumper is a whole lot better.

I dont think it looks bad at all, some enclosed plate would be better but going from a swiss cheese rusty bumper to this is amazing. I personally thought the thundercloud under the black would be a nice combo, a bit better than the normal silver

I finally got my new rear Savage Bumper. I have to say it is awesome and worth the wait. hardest part was waiting on the painting, I wanted install it off the UPS truck if I could.

when I replaced everything downpipe back I used 9/16th Head Bolts which slide in perfectly and also slid right in at the triple bolt flange without hitting in the pre threaded side( just barely). Im not sure about yours since you have the other style of flange. It took me about an Hour to...

Technically its not a real what I did today but I ordered my Savage Offroad Rear Bumper:zoom:. Im excited to get rid of my rear A$$ rust problem... and some major holes.

About 120 a day but only 4 days a week. 4runner is still a beast on the road. In 6 months I've put on about 9,000 miles.

About two months ago I replaced my entire exhaust from the down pipe back for about $500 getting everything from rock auto. They include all the flange gaskets which is a bonus. All I had to do is provide about $10 in ss hardware. Zero codes and sounds very decent. Two eastern catalytic cats...

I just recently ran into this issue and had it fixed at the dealer... I know the Assistant Shop manager well so I got about Half off the total job... My bushings and cam sleeves were completely seized and broken up contributing to a horrible toe in. They ended up cutting the control arms out and...

I replaced both cats, Borla Cat back system, rotated tires and installed new lift gate supports. Took me about 3 hours due to rust, the absurd location of the 3 down pipe flange bolts and wiggling the old system out. Sounds amazing going back to stockish noise levels from a glass pack axle...

I only work 4 days a week so it's not so bad. 1800 miles a month. I don't mind getting passed by people to get that little bit extra. If you really focus and change your driving style it makes a huge difference. Dropping my rpms and shifts gained me about 2mpg compared to constantly doing 67-70...

ive been tracking my milage intensely over the last 2 months with 90% highway driving in the extreme cold and Ive been managing about 17-20 mpg. I normally can reach about 240-270 miles on a 13-15 gallon fill up. This is using the same gas station and alternating between two pumps. This is with...