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The TRD comes with an air lock rear axle, so you'll have a solid locked rear axle on demand.

Had a bud who hat this set up with his prerunner and really liked it.

Not 4WD, but way better than a conventional axle.

Virgil B.

It will. One of my four Yota's was a 2wd TRD (Wife's), and I never needed more than the diff lock to get out of anything, even on the beach. Of course, I never took it in the really bad places.

I had a 2010 2wd taco before I traded it in for my present 2012 4wd,it wasn't difficult to get stuck until I put 500 lbs in the back.

Fair enough. I don't see a problem with it, just don't see too many that aren't 4x4 anymore. I've had plenty of 2wd trucks. As long as you know what you're doing, you'll be fine.

Keep an eye on the frame for rust, especially where the springs attach. I know rust is a way of life for you in the north country, but having your frame rust out at 170K is not cool. It happened to my oldest son's 99, and it spent most of it's life in the south. He now drives a GMC.

Just got out of the dealer last night. I am trading my 2013 off on a new 2016.

Trading this one in on the second pic.

Mack, nice looking trucks. I have the big brother to your bronze Tacoma in a bronze colored Crewmax Tundra.

Have they released the engine specs for the new Taco yet?

3.5L V6 ATKINSON CYCLE WITH DUAL VVT-I, 278HP @ 6000RPM/265 LB-FT @ 4600RPM, 6-SPD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION,
4WDEMAND: PART-TIME 4X4 SYS W/2-SPEED, &, ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED TRANSFER CASE, AUTOMATIC LIMITED-SLIP
DIFFERENTIAL, OFF-ROAD TUNED SUSP W/BILSTEIN SHCKS, LOCKING REAR DIFF; MULTI-TERRAIN SELECT, CRAWL CONTROL;
HILLSTART ASSIST CTRL,

16"MCHN CNTRST ALLOYS W/P265/70R16TIRES


Says 19 City and 24 Hwy

Good looking Yota and I would definitely keep the camper shell, not only does it look good but great for keeping things out of the weather.

Welcome to the club. I have a 2009 TRD Sport 4WD. Great trick overall. But I just found out that ISIS wants to steal my truck. Might need to buy a lo jack

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/these-toyota-trucks-are-strangely-popular-with-terrorists-%e2%80%94-heres-why/ar-AAfdpSX?li=AAa0dzB&ocid=iehp

I have an 09, Access cab,6 spd manual, just at 160K now, been good other than a front wheel bearing went at 140k. I put a topper on it as I travel with the dog, carry all manner of hunting & fishing stuff in there, sleep in it on fishing & hunting trips in all manner of weather.. Tow a 14ft boat or a 5x8 enclosed decoy trailer, no issues with either, way better than the 92 was in that regard.
I couldn't wrap my head around the TRD package, just an SR5.
I did put the ARB winch bumper and a Warn winch on it. The mount on these is complicated, not a simple one like my old 92 was. Had to put a levelling kit on it for that. Not cheap, but, I tend to go places when I need to when hunting, that a winch is sometimes a requirement. I put 275R75/16 on it, they kiss the frt flaps sometimes backing up, depending on the tire brand.

ARB's are nice and sturdy, and air bag compatible if you care about such things. I've got one on my 2002 double cab. Handles chit well. I whack all kinds of crap with it off road, and it's fine. Rear ended a Dodge Dakota years back with it. Screwed up the ass end of the Dodge pretty decently. Only damage to the ARB was a somewhat crushed bumper mount bracket (the crumple mount which makes it work right with air bags). Bought a new mount from ARB, and all was good as new. No damage to my truck.

Here's one on one of the 3rd gen Tacomas.



But with an ARB (or other heavy metal bumper), it's a lot of weight, and you'll need to start thinking about heavier springs up front to handle the weight and keep a nice driving truck that can handle the off road bumps. On mine, factory springs were 550 lbs. I'm now running 700lb springs on my King Coilovers. And it rides great and handles whatever I throw at it.

Thanks. the 278 HP is a boost over what the 4.0 put out, but I was hoping that they'd tweak the 3.5 to get closer the the output of the Chevy Colorado's 305 hp. Torque is pretty much identical between the Taco and Colorado.

On the other hand, Toyota seems to have pretty clean drivelines and get a decent percentage of their power to the wheels.

You can slice it, dice it or whatever, the Toyota will be alive and well when the Colorado is someone else's distant memory.

As a Toyota owner I won't argue that point, but for selling purposes, it would be nice if the performance was on par with the competition.