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Posted: 4/25/2012 9:02:24 PM EDT
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All the real FJ's in this thread have me drooling. My dream is to one day do a full frame up stock restoration on a factory diesel FJ. Do it, man! 
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Posted: 4/28/2012 7:03:25 PM EDT
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97 fzj 80 triple locked, 195000 miles, perfect working order...leak free...16mpg I love it! |
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Posted: 5/1/2012 9:07:19 AM EDT
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http://hotimg23.fotki.com/a/184_90/171_86/New018490.jpg 97 fzj 80 triple locked, 195000 miles, perfect working order...leak free...16mpg I love it! Looks great. Those things are beasts. |
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Posted: 5/2/2012 8:08:14 PM EDT
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This 4Runner had a Marlin Crawler in it and a final ratio of something around 500:1.
It was behind my JK on Hopping Jalapeno during the Chile Challenge and was a very well prepared rig. I'm searching for a 84/85 4Runner or pickup for next years event. 
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Posted: 5/5/2012 1:02:34 AM EDT
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My 12' Taco. Saving up for tires, lift and topper.
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Posted: 5/5/2012 1:09:00 AM EDT
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Quoted: My 12' Taco. Saving up for tires, lift and topper. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/clharr/IMG_1940.jpg Nice looking truck. Non TRD 4wd v6? I'm looking hard at tacomas, but will probably buy used. New ones are a little steep for my price range.
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Posted: 5/5/2012 1:20:17 AM EDT
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My 12' Taco. Saving up for tires, lift and topper. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/clharr/IMG_1940.jpg Nice looking truck. Non TRD 4wd v6? I'm looking hard at tacomas, but will probably buy used. New ones are a little steep for my price range. Thats it. The TRD's are nice but I saved about $5k buying a base model with a few upgrades. Used 4WD Tacomas are rare around here. I was under a time crunch and didn't have much time to wait around for one. I like the truck but it gets pretty crappy mileage and I just had to have the AC compressor replaced, I've only had the truck for five months. |
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Posted: 5/5/2012 1:29:07 AM EDT
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Quoted: Yeah, I'm torn about them. I spoke with someone at a large GM dealer, and I can get a new 2012 Ext cab LT 1/2 ton for mid-high 20's (with my USAA discount and the other rebates, etc). But the little Toyota demon in my head keeps whispering about reliability and resale value. Quoted: Quoted: My 12' Taco. Saving up for tires, lift and topper. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/clharr/IMG_1940.jpg Nice looking truck. Non TRD 4wd v6? I'm looking hard at tacomas, but will probably buy used. New ones are a little steep for my price range. Thats it. The TRD's are nice but I saved about $5k buying a base model with a few upgrades. Used 4WD Tacomas are rare around here. I was under a time crunch and didn't have much time to wait around for one. I like the truck but it gets pretty crappy mileage and I just had to have the AC compressor replaced, I've only had the truck for five months.  |
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Posted: 5/6/2012 12:15:29 PM EDT
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frame off in progress.
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Posted: 5/6/2012 12:25:09 PM EDT
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My 12' Taco. Saving up for tires, lift and topper. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/clharr/IMG_1940.jpg Good looking truck. Did it come with black wheels and black fender flares, or were they grey like the older ones? |
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Posted: 5/6/2012 1:32:50 PM EDT
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My 12' Taco. Saving up for tires, lift and topper. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/clharr/IMG_1940.jpg Good looking truck. Did it come with black wheels and black fender flares, or were they grey like the older ones? The wheels were silver but I painted them this week since I won't have money for wheels and tires for a while. Everything else came as is. I got the base model because I like the way it looked better. You guys with newer Tacomas can you tell me what your RPM"S are at around 65-70mph? Mine stays at 3000, I think thats a little high. It's acting like it doesn't want to shift out of 4th. |
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Posted: 5/6/2012 5:06:22 PM EDT
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My 12' Taco. Saving up for tires, lift and topper. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/clharr/IMG_1940.jpg Good looking truck. Did it come with black wheels and black fender flares, or were they grey like the older ones? The wheels were silver but I painted them this week since I won't have money for wheels and tires for a while. Everything else came as is. I got the base model because I like the way it looked better. You guys with newer Tacomas can you tell me what your RPM"S are at around 65-70mph? Mine stays at 3000, I think thats a little high. It's acting like it doesn't want to shift out of 4th. Good decision. Black wheels are the way to go. 
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Posted: 5/6/2012 8:15:03 PM EDT
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My 12' Taco. Saving up for tires, lift and topper. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/clharr/IMG_1940.jpg Good looking truck. Did it come with black wheels and black fender flares, or were they grey like the older ones? The wheels were silver but I painted them this week since I won't have money for wheels and tires for a while. Everything else came as is. I got the base model because I like the way it looked better. You guys with newer Tacomas can you tell me what your RPM"S are at around 65-70mph? Mine stays at 3000, I think thats a little high. It's acting like it doesn't want to shift out of 4th. Mine is in the 2000-2200 range at those speeds. A 2011 5 speed auto TRD Sport 4x4. |
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Posted: 5/7/2012 2:12:13 AM EDT
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My 12' Taco. Saving up for tires, lift and topper. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg314/clharr/IMG_1940.jpg Good looking truck. Did it come with black wheels and black fender flares, or were they grey like the older ones? The wheels were silver but I painted them this week since I won't have money for wheels and tires for a while. Everything else came as is. I got the base model because I like the way it looked better. You guys with newer Tacomas can you tell me what your RPM"S are at around 65-70mph? Mine stays at 3000, I think thats a little high. It's acting like it doesn't want to shift out of 4th. Mine is in the 2000-2200 range at those speeds. A 2011 5 speed auto TRD Sport 4x4. Thank you. Looks like I'm heading back to the dealership. I'm idling at 1000, by 45mph it's staying at 2000 and by 60mph it's staying at 3000. It shifts up to fourth then nothing. No shifting to 5th and no down shifting. When I slow down you can watch the gauge jump up and down until I have come to a stop. |
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Posted: 5/7/2012 7:07:15 PM EDT
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Color me Jelly, you have my dream in progress. |
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Posted: 5/8/2012 4:38:46 AM EDT
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Color me Jelly, you have my dream in progress. [/quote] i actually have two going, to be honest. 
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Posted: 5/12/2012 8:03:39 PM EDT
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Quoted: Color me Jelly, you have my dream in progress. i actually have two going, to be honest. http://www.boomspeed.com/kinky/may12B.jpg[/quote]  |
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Posted: 5/12/2012 8:34:39 PM EDT
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My 2012 Texas Edition Tacoma with about 55 miles on it a few hours ago. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38983 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38982 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38981 Those white letters and side steps will be changed out soon. Jim I like those wheels. I have an 07 Prerunner that needs something other than it's stock wheels. I'm thinking of these TRD series as well though. 
I already did an instrument panel illumination change. White needles against blue instrumentation. Looks so damn much better than the stupid red/red that tears my eyes a new one at night. Was an easy 1-2 hour job with a soldering iron and some colored LEDs. Takes awhile due to their tiny size. |
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Posted: 5/13/2012 10:00:18 AM EDT
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I like those and the TRD six spoke wheels. Quoted:
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My 2012 Texas Edition Tacoma with about 55 miles on it a few hours ago. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38983 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38982 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38981 Those white letters and side steps will be changed out soon. Jim I like those wheels. I have an 07 Prerunner that needs something other than it's stock wheels. I'm thinking of these TRD series as well though. http://www.toyotaracing.com/trd/images/wheels/wob_4_b.jpg I already did an instrument panel illumination change. White needles against blue instrumentation. Looks so damn much better than the stupid red/red that tears my eyes a new one at night. Was an easy 1-2 hour job with a soldering iron and some colored LEDs. Takes awhile due to their tiny size. |
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Posted: 5/14/2012 2:29:50 PM EDT
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Pics from a Tacoma meet this weekend on the Rally Fighter Test Track:
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Posted: 5/15/2012 12:50:27 PM EDT
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Thank you. Looks like I'm heading back to the dealership. I'm idling at 1000, by 45mph it's staying at 2000 and by 60mph it's staying at 3000. It shifts up to fourth then nothing. No shifting to 5th and no down shifting. When I slow down you can watch the gauge jump up and down until I have come to a stop. Did you ever get this resolved? I'm just wondering if the overdrive lockout was engaged. On my '01 there was a button on the side of the shifter. |
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Posted: 5/18/2012 8:29:25 PM EDT
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Thank you. Looks like I'm heading back to the dealership. I'm idling at 1000, by 45mph it's staying at 2000 and by 60mph it's staying at 3000. It shifts up to fourth then nothing. No shifting to 5th and no down shifting. When I slow down you can watch the gauge jump up and down until I have come to a stop. Did you ever get this resolved? I'm just wondering if the overdrive lockout was engaged. On my '01 there was a button on the side of the shifter. Yeah it was all my fault.  After having a rental car for over a week I got use to how the shifter worked. When I got my truck back I was shifting just like I did the rental and was putting it into 4th instead of Drive. Luckily I figured out the probem before I went to the shop. Though it was my fault for not paying attention I have to say the way Toyota designed the shifter is pretty dumb, D and 4 are side by side and it only takes a small bump with your hand to knock it into 4th.
On a more postive note I hit 10k miles today. 10k in five months is a lot of driving. |
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Posted: 6/2/2012 6:07:46 PM EDT
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Well, it's technically a Toyota...
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Posted: 6/2/2012 9:44:55 PM EDT
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2011 highlander
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Posted: 6/2/2012 11:40:24 PM EDT
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Well, it's technically a Toyota... http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx116/MVolkJ1975/FR-S/FR-S1.jpg Looooove the blue. Best color for a sporty car IMO. How does it drive? |
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Posted: 6/3/2012 12:38:20 AM EDT
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2001 Celica (not sure what I was thinking... but it was a 5 speed!)
Kept her pretty shiny 
1992 Pickup Wish I never sold this one, it was a dream/nightmare to work on. I'll probably buy another later in life. 
Little hill climb 
2009 Tundra Nothing done to it and I probably won't do anything except for some tint. 
Magpul sticker now replaced with BFL sticker. 
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Posted: 6/3/2012 1:11:09 PM EDT
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Well, it's technically a Toyota... http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx116/MVolkJ1975/FR-S/FR-S1.jpg Looooove the blue. Best color for a sporty car IMO. How does it drive? Handles like someone nailed it to the ground. Incredibly quick and stable in turns. Feels faster than the number sheet might have you expect, even with me keeping it under 4k RPMs (break-in). Awesome front seats. I'd recommend test driving one if you're at all interested. Most Toyota dealers should have one on the lot right now. If you get an auto to test, put it in sport mode. Makes a huge difference in the way it handles shifting and responds intelligently to aggressive driving (rev matches downshifts, downshifts into turns, etc). |
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Posted: 6/6/2012 4:28:39 PM EDT
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2010 Tundra XS-P, 4.6L
Currently getting Nitto Terra Grapplers installed. Anyone have any strong opinions (pos or neg) of these tires? 
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Posted: 6/6/2012 9:42:55 PM EDT
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I'm on my second set, I like them.
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Posted: 6/6/2012 10:54:16 PM EDT
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2009 Tundra Nothing done to it and I probably won't do anything except for some tint. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e116/Camach/DSC_0033-1.jpg Magpul sticker now replaced with BFL sticker. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e116/Camach/IMG_0129.jpg I'm also on supraforums. Still have yours? |
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Posted: 6/7/2012 2:22:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/7/2012 9:49:29 PM EDT
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Washed and waxed her today, installed the camper shell, and swapped my 33x11.5" KL71s for the factory street tires. I'm leaving on a 4,000 mile road trip tomorrow so the 245/75s will save me a ton of gas going across the country. I'll be sleeping in the camper with the dog.
What it looks like with the M/Ts and no camper: 
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Posted: 6/7/2012 9:56:39 PM EDT
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Washed and waxed her today, installed the camper shell, and swapped my 33x11.5" KL71s for the factory street tires. I'm leaving on a 4,000 mile road trip tomorrow so the 245/75s will save me a ton of gas going across the country. I'll be sleeping in the camper with the dog. http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/472622_10150826951560904_660105903_9647802_981736921_o.jpg What it looks like with the M/Ts and no camper: http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/389784_10150333769265904_660105903_8314202_853302943_n.jpg Very nice! I made several cross country road trips in my old Taco, good times! |
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Posted: 6/7/2012 10:08:59 PM EDT
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Washed and waxed her today, installed the camper shell, and swapped my 33x11.5" KL71s for the factory street tires. I'm leaving on a 4,000 mile road trip tomorrow so the 245/75s will save me a ton of gas going across the country. I'll be sleeping in the camper with the dog. http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/472622_10150826951560904_660105903_9647802_981736921_o.jpg What it looks like with the M/Ts and no camper: http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/389784_10150333769265904_660105903_8314202_853302943_n.jpg Very nice! I made several cross country road trips in my old Taco, good times! Thank you I'm pretty excited, I take this truck wheeling 2-3 times a month and I've been out of state with it twice before but this will be my first long-distance trip with it.
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Posted: 6/7/2012 10:28:28 PM EDT
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Me and my 87 in about 1991.
Here it is by the lake last summer 
And wheeling at coal creek in 05 
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Posted: 6/7/2012 10:36:13 PM EDT
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Me and my 87 in about 1991. http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j201/bob200587/SCAN0436.jpg Here it is by the lake last summer http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j201/bob200587/DSC_1044.jpg That is AWESOME! Talk about growing up with your truck! |
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Posted: 6/7/2012 11:10:59 PM EDT
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Here's my rig. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7200/6983667471_caf86b439b_b.jpg Suspension is bilstein coil over and Fj80 coils and Fj80 Bilsteins. Everything else is self explainitory Rigid light bar on the rack? How's that working for you? It looks very streamlined and sleek up there. Me gusta. |
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Posted: 6/8/2012 1:18:34 AM EDT
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2009 Tundra Nothing done to it and I probably won't do anything except for some tint. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e116/Camach/DSC_0033-1.jpg Magpul sticker now replaced with BFL sticker. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e116/Camach/IMG_0129.jpg I'm also on supraforums. Still have yours? Actually I have yet to own a Supra... building one in my bank account though. Been a dream car of mine for a while. Hope to have money saved up for one before I am 30...
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Posted: 6/8/2012 8:43:18 PM EDT
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I pick this up tomorrow.
It will be the base rig for my rock crawler project for next years Chile Challenge and I'll probably take it to Moab later. The tranny is toast, but I'll swap in a 5 speed to replace the four that's in it. No rust, rough interior and needs new exhaust, kind of where I expected it to be mechanically. It has 17 inch rims on 305s and 6 inch lift. I may sell those and go with 15 inch steelies on 33's. 
These are were my other early 80 trucks, which I completely regret selling: 
Trekker: 
I bought this for $1200 in 1991 when I had very little money, replaced the destroyed 4 speed with a 5 speed and drove it all over New Mexico and West Texas for a few years. I rattle canned it with OD paint I bought at the exchange for $1 a can ($12 paint job) : 
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Posted: 6/9/2012 6:42:34 PM EDT
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Just got back from picking up the truck.
I had to deflate the front tires in order to secure the tow straps, as they just barely fit: 
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Posted: 6/10/2012 1:28:24 PM EDT
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Sweet ride, I'd really like to have one like that.
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Posted: 6/11/2012 12:56:40 AM EDT
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Just got back from picking up the truck. I had to deflate the front tires in order to secure the tow straps, as they just barely fit: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40568 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40569 Round head lights make me happy. |
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Posted: 6/11/2012 3:42:44 PM EDT
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Angry FJ is angry...
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Posted: 6/11/2012 6:55:37 PM EDT
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Just got back from picking up the truck. I had to deflate the front tires in order to secure the tow straps, as they just barely fit: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40568 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40569 Round head lights make me happy. real trucks have round lights and solid axles! 
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Posted: 6/15/2012 7:01:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/23/2012 12:10:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/6/2012 10:45:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/10/2012 9:38:24 AM EDT
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My 2012 Texas Edition Tacoma with about 55 miles on it a few hours ago. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38983 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38982 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=38981 Those white letters and side steps will be changed out soon. Jim I like those wheels. I have an 07 Prerunner that needs something other than it's stock wheels. I'm thinking of these TRD series as well though. http://www.toyotaracing.com/trd/images/wheels/wob_4_b.jpg I already did an instrument panel illumination change. White needles against blue instrumentation. Looks so damn much better than the stupid red/red that tears my eyes a new one at night. Was an easy 1-2 hour job with a soldering iron and some colored LEDs. Takes awhile due to their tiny size. Drool. |
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Posted: 7/10/2012 9:38:54 AM EDT
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Well, it's technically a Toyota... http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx116/MVolkJ1975/FR-S/FR-S1.jpg I want one so bad! |
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Posted: 7/10/2012 9:40:29 AM EDT
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