2024 Toyota Tacoma......finally someone is taking note

[Maverick1]

NOPE, you will never afford one.
COST CREEP will kill you because everyone else is saving too.
JL

NOPE, I will never purchase one.
Not because I can't afford it. Because I choose not to.
My 16 year old vehicle runs great and meets all my needs!

 

[5MilesBack]

They finally did away with rear drum brakes!

The rear drum brakes on my '89 4x4 are original......never serviced, never replaced. Why change what works.

 

[eamyrick]

If I was 5 foot 6 one of these would be awesome.

 

[Coldtrail]

At 35 grand starting and not even having 4wd, very unlikely I'll seek out a new Tacoma when mine wears out. I'm happy with mine.......but not 50+ grand happy enough to replace it. But then again I wouldn't spend 50 grand on really any of the new 1/2 ton cars either.

 

[Southernfriedwerewolf]

We have 2 Toyotas, love them reliability and functionality- Tundra and a Tacoma

Living at 9k feet on dirt roads gotta have something that lasts, hauls and has power

My ask of Toyota Corp is offer a Diesel in their trucks for USA market like they do overseas in the HiLux

 

[sacklunch]

What a cute little westie mobile

 

[BRTreedogs]

The rear drum brakes on my '89 4x4 are original......never serviced, never replaced. Why change what works.

If you have never replaced them, that means they are not actually working. Soooo

 

[Billy Goat]

The rear drum brakes on my '89 4x4 are original......never serviced, never replaced. Why change what works.

They don't wear out cause they don't work.....

 

[BRTreedogs]

They don't wear out cause they don't work.....

Personally I like stopping when I need to.
My Toyotas only kinda sorta stop.

 

[Billy Goat]

Personally I like stopping when I need to.
My Toyotas only kinda sorta stop.

I don't have one, but I use to do rear disc conversions on jeeps. Going backwards, downhill, hit breaks and they don't want to stop. Use to have same problem with trucks and trailers too, but they finally went to disc rear, of course electric trailer brakes don't really work in reverse either.



I like how they sell lifetime brake pads now, they will keep giving you brake pads, if you keep buying rotors....
Somethings are supposed to wear out.

 

[IdahoElk]

I think the EPA and green agenda has neutered the entire car industry in North America, V8's are now dinosaurs or will be in the next few years.

 

[GotDraw?]

NOPE, I will never purchase one.
Not because I can't afford it. Because I choose not to.
My 16 year old vehicle runs great and meets all my needs!

^^^^YUP, gotta love #NOPAYMENTS

@Maverick1 -

I'm with you.

My '98 Jeep Cherokee has 408K mi, burns no oil and gets everywhere I need to go. Bought it in 2000 with 70k mi from CA original owner for $8k/cash.

Stock bumpers, no winch, no lift kit or Mall-Crawler bits. I keep it super well maintained, Mobil 1 oil changed between 10-15k mi and could sell it today for not much less than I bought it for.

I am considering a 4.6L or 4,7L stroker-engine upgrade for towing at some point, but no rush.

JL

 

[GotDraw?]

Personally I like stopping when I need to.
My Toyotas only kinda sorta stop.

@BRTreedogs -

I did a Lexus big brake conversion on my brother's Gen2, 4.0L Tacoma 2005 double cab short bed, Larger rotors w/bigger calipers w/more pistons. His truck has 35" tires and stock braking was marginal. This upgrade made a huge difference in stopping power. Kept same master cylinder. Not at all hard to do and far more affordable than the "big brake kits" that cost thousands. Best time to do it is when you need a brake job (rotors/pads) anyway, then the only added cost is calipers. Cost might have been around $500 for all the parts if I recall, but if you do it instead of a std brake job, then you'll offset the rotor and pad cost.

I am 99% certain this swap can also be done on Gen 1 Tacomas. I do seem to recall they might need a larger master cylinder, but I could be wrong. I do know if you do a rear disc brake conversion that you will need a larger master cylinder.

NOTE-- This swap does require 17" or larger wheels to clear the larger calipers/rotors, and you must get precisely the correct caliper model to avoid it being too wide and hitting the back side of your wheel spokes (spacers can take care of this). Truly a big difference in stopping power. Don't complain about the larger wheels, every vehicle with great brakes needs bigger wheels to clear larger rotors/calipers.

JL

 

[BRTreedogs]

@BRTreedogs -

I did a Lexus big brake conversion on my brother's Gen2, 4.0L Tacoma 2005 double cab short bed, Larger rotors w/bigger calipers w/more pistons. His truck has 35" tires and stock braking was marginal. This upgrade made a huge difference in stopping power. Kept same master cylinder. Not at all hard to do and far more affordable than the "big brake kits" that cost thousands. Best time to do it is when you need a brake job (rotors/pads) anyway, then the only added cost is calipers. Cost might have been around $500 for all the parts if I recall, but if you do it instead of a std brake job, then you'll offset the rotor and pad cost.

I am 99% certain this swap can also be done on Gen 1 Tacomas. I do seem to recall they might need a larger master cylinder, but I could be wrong. I do know if you do a rear disc brake conversion that you will need a larger master cylinder.

NOTE-- This swap does require 17" or larger wheels to clear the larger calipers/rotors, and you must get precisely the correct caliper model to avoid it being too wide and hitting the back side of your wheel spokes (spacers can take care of this). Truly a big difference in stopping power. Don't complain about the larger wheels, every vehicle with great brakes needs bigger wheels to clear larger rotors/calipers.

JL

I have power stop calipers, drilled and slotted rotors, stainless lines already on my 05 Tundra with 32s.

I suppose its possible the booster is weak or the abs was not properly bled. Even though I had the dealer do it.

Honestly I feel the braking on my truck is almost un safe, to probably actually un safe with my 14ft enclosed.

 

[BRTreedogs]

And my straight axle 91 w 35s is the same lol

It has drilled and slotted with factory v6 abs calipers.

 

[tron8]

At 35 grand starting and not even having 4wd, very unlikely I'll seek out a new Tacoma when mine wears out. I'm happy with mine.......but not 50+ grand happy enough to replace it. But then again I wouldn't spend 50 grand on really any of the new 1/2 ton cars either.

35k for a midsize base 2wd truck is insane to me.

 

[GotDraw?]

I have power stop calipers, drilled and slotted rotors, stainless lines already on my 05 Tundra with 32s.

I suppose its possible the booster is weak or the abs was not properly bled. Even though I had the dealer do it.

Honestly I feel the braking on my truck is almost un safe, to probably actually un safe with my 14ft enclosed.

@BRTreedogs -

Question is:

Are your PowerStop rotors same diameter as stock? If so, your Swept Area remains the same and thus any improvement will be marginal at best. You will only gain meaningful improvement by increasing disc diameter and then also increasing number of pistons and pad size.

Drilled/Slotted rotors look cool, but do nothing to help braking and also introduce potential for cracking.

JL

 

[BRTreedogs]

@BRTreedogs -

Question is:

Are your PowerStop rotors same diameter as stock? If so, your Swept Area remains the same and thus any improvement will be marginal at best. You will only gain meaningful improvement by increasing disc diameter and then also increasing number of pistons and pad size.

Drilled/Slotted rotors look cool, but do nothing to help braking and also introduce potential for cracking.

JL

Stock size

 

[BRTreedogs]

I've had several oem rotors warp on various cars over the years and had good luck with drilled and slotted rotors. Even cheap ones off of ebay.

Maybe I should do the Lexus swap and rear disk swap.
But idk if its in the cards for awhile.

Plus my 91 has so many years of stuff on it. I should of made a cheat sheet. Because now when I need replacements I can't remember what all I've swapped on.

 

[N2TRKYS]

I’d rather not have their factory installed options at a more expensive price. I’d rather put what I want on it and it’ll be a cheaper price, to boot.

These types packages are for folks who don’t know how to put stuff on or don’t mind overpaying for what they are getting.