What have you done to, or with, your Tacoma today?

My upper idler pulley started making noise last week. Hit it with some dry lube last week on the bearing, it went quiet until yesterday. Ordered Idler pulley and serp belt from Vatozone. I know what I'll be doing tonight. 66k miles.
 
Does this count? While my Tacoma is in the shop getting 5.29's, I'm hanging out in Africa working on a 70 series!

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bonifacio said:
You gotta change that avatar. I'm dehydrated so my vision is blurry. I thought it was a chick in bikini. You almost got a dick pic.

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Squint your eyes and take a step back from the monitor... I'm not wrong...
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Hahahaha you're not wrong. I'd be a very hairy girl though.
 
ARE CX Classic truck topper/cap with Linex coating and windoors, and a new Artec Industries Rear Steel bumper with Diode Dynamics SSC1 lights.
 

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Read that there has been an uptick in CAT thefts in my area of NOVA so installed these today. I park in an open parking lot so no garage and i have always been nervous about break ins and such anyway... Deterrent as it goes... Also put on some Redline hood risers... tip---make sure you have a good rivet tool or it will not go very well lol
 

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After 2 years on 265's, I finally bought 285's w/USAA 25% discount on Goodyear.

Only downside is they only had E rated in stock so I will be waiting 2 weeks to have the D rated ordered and installed. With rebates the 5 installed will come in under $1,200 which I thought wasn't terrible considering current tire prices.

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About 30 more hours put into the audio install over the last week and it's getting close to being wrapped up. All speakers installed, crossovers mounted, almost 100' of speaker wire ran, and amp rack modified a bit. Pushing 12g wire thru the door accordion tubes on this truck is up there with the least fun things I've ever done. It's so much work to make it look like you didn't change anything, but at least my speakers match my wheels lol.

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drizzoh said:
About 30 more hours put into the audio install over the last week and it's getting close to being wrapped up. All speakers installed, crossovers mounted, almost 100' of speaker wire ran, and amp rack modified a bit. Pushing 12g wire thru the door accordion tubes on this truck is up there with the least fun things I've ever done. It's so much work to make it look like you didn't change anything, but at least my speakers match my wheels lol.

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Curious to know how it sounds, once done.
 
I swapped out the pizza cutters for some C-rated BFGs. Way better in the snow and way better ride with the lighter casings. There are a LOT more options in the 285/70 17 size. And they're 5 - 10 pounds lighter than an E-Rated. I can already tell the performance and mileage has improved.

Almost makes me want to try a P-Metric tire!

-M
 

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StormRnr said:
I swapped out the pizza cutters for some C-rated BFGs. Way better in the snow and way better ride with the lighter casings. There are a LOT more options in the 285/70 17 size. And they're 5 - 10 pounds lighter than an E-Rated. I can already tell the performance and mileage has improved.

Almost makes me want to try a P-Metric tire!

-M
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Everyone getting big boy tires and I'm over here rubbing. Maybe I need to just pull my spacers. :(

Today I was able to flash OTT - Mild - Medium. Hope I like it.
Only drove it 5 miles to work. Throttle response is better. Was on Valley Runner and I guess I was just missing out all this time.
Before it was like it would rev up before moving. Now it feels like an instant response and stays in one gear.
A lot of people reported better gas mileage. So I'm hoping that holds true for me. We'll see. I might just be too used to compacts.
 
bonifacio said:
Everyone getting big boy tires and I'm over here rubbing. Maybe I need to just pull my spacers. :(

Today I was able to flash OTT - Mild - Medium. Hope I like it.
Only drove it 5 miles to work. Throttle response is better. Was on Valley Runner and I guess I was just missing out all this time.
Before it was like it would rev up before moving. Now it feels like an instant response and stays in one gear.
A lot of people reported better gas mileage. So I'm hoping that holds true for me. We'll see. I might just be too used to compacts.
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They rub, even with my lift and zero offset wheels. But not the cab mount. I don't think.
 
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They rub, even with my lift and zero offset wheels. But not the cab mount. I don't think.
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Yeah, I'm on 16x8et0 with 1.25" spacers. After swapping lifts I think it stopped rubbing on the cabin mount. But I think it rubs and squeals on the sway bar even with the relocation kit. I really have to look at it and figure out what I'm gonna do with the liner.
 
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