Recent content by KShorthairs

Some of my well maintained high mileage stuff has given me no problems. Whereas the lower sketchy maintained stuff provides unlimited small headaches. I just bought a reg cab long bed Chevy with great maintenance and new parts galore for a song. It has 181k. There is always going to be a...

I am kind of keeping the miles lower on the Tundra for my son. He's an aerospace student who's been driving his FJ (07) and won't let us get him something newer. He's at 198k and wants to keep it forever. I told him I'd keep the green one nice for him. Plus- I don't mind "stretching out" the...

This was my daily with the idea I keep miles off my LX. I was getting a new one every 4 years or so. I don't want a new Tundra... Now I keep miles off both and drive a POS 18 chevy truck. And I have a 76 K20 I'm working on. Kind of a truck farm here...

We call ours the station wagon. I give ZERO s***s what anyone thinks- I love it. Heck, I wanted the CTS-V wagon but could not ever find one and bought a sedan. I embrace my 70s childhood.

If you want 2 extras from an 18 LX, come get them... I think I still have a factory FJ set too you can have. It is a nice thought keeping them, but unless you are trading up and put the old ones on for sale, they will never go back on. At least in my 15 or so examples.

I have Toyo AT3 on my 21 TRD Tundra going on 40k now and they have been my all time favorite tire. Snow, rain, mud, and highway all good. My LX has KO3s and I really like them as well having owned several sets of KO2s over the years. I got my KO3s just because I could not find the right size...

Light snow- fine. Heavy rain they performed well on a few road trips. Better than my K02s. Very quiet once finally balanced. I had to warranty one. All good since. Would buy again. 285/70/17 on Methods

Thanks for this. I check that area often just because when I wash the car I wipe that area every time. I figure if the dust is settling around those areas, so is water. New seals might be a consideration as well once getting up ways of 10+ years depending on location.

Thanks. Hadn't thought of it that way, but will now! And my aim is waaaaaaaaay better than a stormtrooper.

Nekkid, but kind of wish I had the higher rails like gaijin.

Yep- The DPF situation is why I finally threw in the towel with my Cummins in 2011 (mega cab). My old 2006 mega cab deleted and tuned got 21mpgs with 315s... As long as you don't care about warranty or resale, most of that stuff can be addressed. Like the AFM stuff in GM (lifters). Just have to...

This is my situation too RyanCA- I trade trucks every few years or so and I put the brakes on that with my 21 pro Tundra. At first I didn't like the hulk hogan mustache look on the new Tundra, but then the myriad problems started to surface. I am now of the mind that I keep the 21 until it dies...

Thanks for all of this Denver- I'm out there in your neck of the woods often with my 08,13, and now 18 LX. I am pretty much in lock step with you in each point. I sold my 13 and got a GX to tide me over until the new 550s came out. This past July we went all over your state to see family and...

Yugo! One of my college roomies got a brand new Yugo and we were going to the bars first day he bought it. I moved the seat back to get in back and ripped the seat off the track. We drank anyway. Side story LC related- FJ40 was my 1st car in 83. It was already almost rusted in 1/2 when I got it.

I just got some 285/70/17 E KO3s and 2 would not balance at all and had to be replaced under warranty. Just putting this here in case it becomes a thing. Had KOs for ages with no real issues.