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Could you imagine if I combined my sweater, my aviators, and my 1980 Boyota?

Any neighborhood I drove through would become impregnated. Instantly. Even the men.



Clark

The rear locker is self-explanatory, the manual transfer case means I can tell I it's actually engaged or just not. The upgraded front suspension ensures if something goes haywire, it'll cost three times as much to repair, and the skid plates create a jolly fugging time when I change the oil.

I don't think I have the rear locker though. And I definitely don't have the manual transfer case. Both of which I would find useful.

You hit the nail on the proverbial head regarding skid plates. I hate those oil catching POS.



Travis

Having knocked an exhaust off and damaged the manifold, I have a different view of underbody protection..Rocksliders to protect the sills are another good idea and also offer lifting points for Hi-Lift jacks..

Ummm... Yeah. But how many people drive a $40K pickup off the lot and drive head first into some rocks?

Don't get me wrong, a truck is a truck. But I'd be shocked to learn all these TRD's on the road require skid plates to get the kids to and from soccer practice.



Travis

The skid plate on my new one don't catch oil anymore because I have to completely remove the damnn thing to access the oil filter. There's a removable plate for the drain plug, and it's not bad. I also have to use ramps to get the front off the ground enough to swing the ramp out of the way since it hinges in the front.

I think Toyota's best engineers got together and decided to screw with their loyal customer base..........

You�re the one who wanted a proper off roader a few posts back! Lol Anyway, bugger the soccor moms, let them drive SUV�s!

And, it wasn�t a rock, it was a tree stump, and I wasn�t picking up the kids, but driving across a clear fell area at night looking for two deer carcasses I was too lazy to drag back to the forest track.. In hindsight, it probably wasn�t a wise thing to do�

Oil filter on mine is accessible from the wheel well, no need to remove skid plates.

Had about half a dozen Toyota 4X4's, this is my first TRD.
Waste of time to argue the merits here, but if and when I am looking for another, nothing but TRD will even be considered.

Yeah this thread is jumping around a lot but in this context I'm just talking about the new pickups.

But people must want them because I see "TRD" on just about every Toyota with a bed.



Travis

Turned out mine had a navigation system too. Not sure I need that to drive around Havre but what the hell?



Travis

Those navigation systems seem to work well at sending city folks off on out of the way, unmaintained roads in winter, where they become stranded and freeze to death.

I'll program the VFW in Blaine, MN and see if it works next weekend.




Travis

Not sure what it includes these days but when I bought mine it was basically shocks, skid plates, and rear locker. About 2000.00 IIRC.
I bought it for the locker which I've used exactly ONE time in twelve years.
I have however removed and replaced the skid plate 44 times to accommodate oil changes.

I removed the skid plate on mine the first couple of oil changes too, then discovered it can be accessed from the wheel well.

The skid plates on my 99 have a hole for the drain plug and the filter is accessed through the wheel well.

It's the 4.3.




Dave

I bought my 95 Tacoma LX used in 2004 with 76K on it with the 2.7 5 spd ,paid $7000 for it. When I got divorced, I ended up buying out my ex's interest in our home. I ended up paying off the Toyota and doing a refi to buy the home again. That was in 04 I am still driving the Toy and as others pointed out it's been pretty maintenance free other oil changes ,tires, a oil pressure sender unit, starter rebuild, couple of batteries and a new set of rear springs. Less expensive than anything else I could have afforded and bought. Those $300-$500 a month payments to run a Ford or GM plus upkeep and repairs was used as extra principle on the mortage. With 224K on the the Toyota and still running fine it looks like it will go the distance and last longer than my mortage. Not something you can say about most vehicles today. My Toyota is and has been the "Enabler" too more than transport in my life. That's what it has DONE for me. Anybody don't like Toyota's has more money than sense and can GFY far as I am concerned. Magnum Man

Yea,,,, I can get at through the wheel well but half of the contents end up in the skid pan so I just pull it.
Five bolts and a 6X6 block of wood to rest it on. No big deal except I had to drill out the two back bolts and tap for the next bigger size at about oil change #40.
I'd much rather drill&tap em again in another ten years than fight that dam skid plate.

Behind every Toyota is a Ford or Dodge ready to lap that piece of crap!

Jus Say'n

W. Bill

LOL!

Let me give you an example. The ball joints on my Taco went at 13 years and 300,000 miles.

The front end of my 2006 Dodge Cummins went at 3 years and 105,000 miles.

Sample of one, but illustrates the point pretty poetically.

It only serves illustrate your complete lack of automotive understanding. Just the Cummins engine alone in your truck weights around 1000 pounds. Your Taco engine around 300 pounds. All that weight travels to the ground through the ball joints. So, over three times the mass means the Dodge Cummins ball joints lasted just as long as those in your Taco when the weight they had to carry is factored in.

Now, let's get back to all those Toyota traitors crowing about their long lived Toyota - most of whom seem to live in warm weather states that never see snow or road salt.