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I think it’s really common for people to buy way more truck than than they need. The manufacturer bean counter stats dictate that very few first owners of 4x4s ever take them off-road. It’s the second and third owners that do. It’s been my experience that many Toyota truck guys are oddly...

I I short shift most of the time. I rarely shift above 3,500 rpm. In most cases it’s sub 3,000 rpm. I’m still on stock tires and wheels. I travel a lot on the highway and off-road. The best I can average is generally just below 20 mpg cruising at 70-75 mph. I can do better for short stints...

You‘ll be shocked by how much weight is added when a camper is fully loaded with food, water, clothes, bedding, cooking utensils and trinkets. Looks Like you’ll have about 250 pounds in fresh water alone when full (30 gallons). Try laying out everything you plan to pack in an open room. It’s...

I regularly tow 4,000-5,000 pounds with a TRD Off-Road. However, it’s not a travel trailer, so the wind resistance would be a little different at speeds. Based on what I knew about the Tacoma engine’s torque curve, I went with the manual transmission and couldn’t be happier. The Tacoma turbo...

Oh I get it, but I’m not one to keep cars for 200,000 miles anyway. My last 148,000-mile Tacoma was about to spit a head gasket when I got rid of it. I’ve taken several heavily modified Jeeps over 100,000 without issue and recently let a 105,000 mile Jeep Gladiator go with not a single issue...

it might be just a bit premature to think that these Toyota turbo four cylinders will make it to 200,000 miles. Time will tell for sure. I will say that of all the truck manufacturers, I would trust Toyota to be able to do it the most.

Oh boy, let’s be honest. They both have flaws. I’ve owned 5 Toyota trucks over the years and numerous Jeeps. I recently got out of a Jeep Gladiator and into a new Tacoma. There are some things that the Gladiator does better than a Tacoma and there are a few things the Tacoma does better than a...

Seems like any mat that doesn’t blow out on the highway is a good upgrade. I trimmed an old Ram 1500 mat that I had laying around to fit in my Tacoma. Works perfect to keep heavy items from banging around the plastic bed.

@Will721 : Well, you have your theories, I have mine. I still don’t claim to know exactly what happened, but given the location, a rock impact seems highly unlikely, even more unlikely than some of my other theories. If you look closely, you’ll see that two metal brackets cover this location. In...

@Will721 : The problem is that an impact hard enough to cause the plastic to break like this would leave some sort of witness mark. A ding, chip, bent bracket…something. But there is nothing. Add this to the protected location and it seems highly unlikely that a rock hit it. My other theory is...

@Lando I‘m sure you can imagine my frustration. I believe I took it as far as I I could go. Using it as a lesson. I also believe I would have been treated better had I taken it back to the dealership I purchased it from. One that I already had the relationship with. Unfortunately, that dealer...

These are some shocks I’ve had on the rear of a Jeep Gladiator. The 2.5-inch reservoir shocks had a lot of miles on them. The other shocks with the plastic guards only had a few thousand miles. I also had a Ford Raptor where the rear shock guards literally wore away from rock chips. The shock...

It’s a pretty common thing on every vehicle that carries any kind of speed on a gravel road. Can’t really do much about it until something starts leaking. Replace part and repeat.

I’ll admit that the Optima Orange Top QH6 lithium battery sounds interesting. I’ve worked with lithium batteries in a lot of other applications including E-bikes, RC cars, computers and so on. In most cases they have a lot of advantages. However, the charging requirements, heat cycling and peak...

I‘ve checked that skidplate out closely. It’s pretty weak if you plan to drag the belly over rocks. For clean dirt, sand and a few small branches it’s fine.

Totally depends how you plan to use it. For me, solid rocker protection and a rear seat protector/cargo tray.

Perfectly acceptable. Your Tacoma has a transfer case low range ratio of 2.57:1, high range is of course 1:1. The transmission gear ratios are below. So theoretically, in the right conditions you could probably even start in 3rd gear low range with an effective gear ratio of 3.70:1. Starting in...

What was included in your lift kit? It sounds like maybe a loose rear control arm bolt. Or if new coils were included, maybe the rear control arm bolts were not tightened correctly with weight on the suspension.

I only have a guess because mine looked similar for a minute. When I drained my oil, I found the oil plug is at an angle. The draining oil hit my drain pain and ricochet back up and splashed all over my passenger side lower control arm and inner wheel. The solution is to use an oil diffuser...

It seems like the body-mount steps should be pretty rigid. When installing my sliders I noticed all the OE step mounting points on the underside of the cab. They looked well integrated and reinforced. Should be fine!