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Some fun on the sand with the wife and kids. I was nervous as it’s the first time on the sand with the big girl, but I have to say, it ate that beach up so easily.. Traction off, VSC off, normal drive mode and locked to second gear, effortless...

Yep. I just rebuild the front end and had a nasty clunk after. I tore the entire front end back apart and it still was happening. Puzzled, I then realized I never fully torqued down the sway bar link on the LCA. OE ft.lbs and clunk was gone.

So I don’t get tempted to retaliate to oncoming joy high beamers, getting too old for road rage, I’ll just squint momentarily.

Agree with @2000UZJ - that inner high beam pocket could be put to better use. I went with 3” Auxbeam cubes in mine that have a DRL/Amber backlight function, ended up matching the amber to my side marker lights and Diode Dynamics ditch backlight.

305K, original as far as I can tell. Plugs have been done previously, I think ~40k ago

That’s how a few of mine looked when I was replacing my plugs last year. I put them back in and it’s been running fine since. I know where to start looking if problems start though.

Get new ones...please. If you are investing the time, get new hardware. It will be so much easier to install. I have trouble getting the nuts off the stud without buckling a thread or two. It's just one slip of the dead blow and the stud is...

or you could just buy new ones , they are avail from Toyota and relatively cheap

All 8 coil packs are cracked, O2 Sensor going out (P0420), and 8 spark plugs :bang::confused: Popping $800+ in a week is not ideal, but neither is getting 6.6MPG. I'm hoping that I'm onto something here.

I run MLED 2.0's in mine, with their high beam projector on the inner sections like factory.

I would love an ZF 8HP75 in the 100. My last car had that transmission and absolutely amazing.

Rescued this pavement princess from Denver Colorado in March. A 2007 100 Series with only 97,000 miles — bone stock aside from bumpers, wheels, and a roof rack, Texas sun-faded, and full of potential. I wanted to make it mine before I shared it...

Posting this in case it helps somebody else down the line. I've been chasing down an intermittent P0420 code since I purchased my 05 a couple months ago. Thinking maybe this was the last straw that caused the PO to trade it in which is fine by...

For what it's worth, the "absolutely rust free" part of the equation is much more important than whether the vehicle has 220k or 360k miles.

Carfax is not $35, you can go to marketplace on FB and people will run them for you for $5 or less, i have a guy that i pay $3 to run for me each time im interested in a car. These trucks will make it to 600K+ miles easily so just enjoy it

I just went through the exact same thing, and turns out the dealership did not tighten the cam bolts all the way. This was creating a racket upfront, so something to check. The second thing I found, was the sway bar popping over bumps. I did not...

ok great! Thank you!!

This. Reindex the OEM's. I ran an ARB + 12K Steel Winch + Skid Plates on OEM T-Bars on my 2000. It was fine.

Just reindex the originals. They really do not wear out, and can handle a lot more weight as well. I'm still running the original TBs with a front bumper and winch with no issues. Thicker torsion bars will also make the ride harsher.