Toyotas trucks are perfectly fine pieces of chit to beat on. Little fuggers do hold it together.
Not sure I'd ever buy one new. The old 2.7 trucks are pretty sweet. Fugg the 3.0 and the 3.4. Might as well get a 8cylinder real truck that can actually haul something, it'll use the same amount of gas.
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toyota "truck"? This kid has the right idea and knows the only thing a toyota is good for.
TFF! I bet that kid buys a real truck when he grows up. I've heard that only Gay guys in Montana drive Toyota pick-ups
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Probably headed to West Texas next year, into rough country. Debating on fixing up the 04 F150, or getting something to throw on a trailer & drag behind the 2014. My headache is my serious off-roading starts after 3-400 miles on the interstate, so a crawler, even street-legal, is not a good plan.
I don't really four-wheel but my plan is to tow bar this bitch to camp and use it accordingly for the weekend.
First generation Toyota's are the best. That's a badazz truck but you already know that.
My 03 Tacoma will roll 260,000 miles this week and so far I've replaced a battery and front brake pads its a tough truck.
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I'm good. Got mine a few weeks before they announced they were discontinuing the model. Worth about 10k more than i owe.
Very nice looking vehicle, but I've no idea what market Toyota were aiming these at? Are they meant to be an SUV or a "real" 4x4 with the the off road ability to match?
The FJ has pretty good off road capability with front and rear lockers, 4 wheel hi and low. The problems are terrible visibility, too much plastic in the bumpers and the body panels prevent you from attaching a high lift jack just about anywhere unless your willing to damage them.
It should be more reliable than a Jeep, but not as good off road because of the plastic and body panels.
Your probably going to want to replace the front and rear bumpers with something made of steel and the roof rack with something that is stronger.
To be fair, mine did that IN MY MECHANIC'S PARKING LOT. True story.
they would probably hold up better if they had a grease zirc.
This one had sightly more than 1/2 the mileage of yours, but the BJs were 16 years old.
Luckily it happened as I entered my driveway over the 5" 'curb' the grader left after plowing. One can see the skid mark where it got dragged up to the garage.
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To be fair, mine did that IN MY MECHANIC'S PARKING LOT. True story.
they would probably hold up better if they had a grease zirc.
Replacing those ball joints might avoid that happening.. you can also add zirc fittings to those.. I did that one mine...just replaced my original ball joints recently...26 years and 530,000 miles on them...but it was time...although they were still in decent shape...