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Seems most of you guys have said essentially "not something I would do", but no one has said that it's impossible or listed any reasons why it would be a terrible idea... What would the downsides be, other than cost?

Yeah, I'm already frustrated enough every time I put a sheet of plywood or other building material in a 6'4" bed and can't close my topper door, I'm thinking that the shorter bed will just **** me off even more. But, I don't know for sure. I figure if I put a longer flatbed on, I can easily...

Oh absolutely it is, I just can't find any existing stock on dealers lots in 3 states that have EVERYTHING I want. Namely EcoDiesel, 3.92 gears, and MUST have crew cab. I can find pretty much everything I want on the short beds, there are none that I can find with the long bed. To get the long...

Don't they get worse mileage? I'm searching 3 states to find something close to what I want on a lot, but I just can't seem to find anything close with the longer bed. I don't think I'm doing anything else that could justify going up to a 3500 towing and hauling wise, the fuel economy of the...

Dude, you stole my idea! But, I'm kinda glad you did. This has been on my to-do list for a long time, and I don't know if I'd ever have gotten around to it. As a survival instructor/WFR and aspiring SAR tracker, I LOVE the idea of being able to secure my gear to the side panels. Assuming I do...

So, I had a (probably silly) question... Can someone who desperately wants a longer bed but is forced to get the factory 5'7" do a swap to a longer custom flatbed? It would be amazing to get the tighter turn radius and still have a much more useful bed length. Is this a crazy idea? I don't...

It's funny that the AC thing came up, because the poor AC is the only negative thing I found during my test drives. I didn't think much of it at the time, but I remember being distinctly unimpressed. Now that I know it's an issue with a super easy fix, I'm not worried about it at all. I'll...

I ain't scurred! I follow a thread on a Tacoma forum that is now over 3,400 pages lol :ROFLMAO:

I'm rather vehicle illiterate but learning. Are you talking about just clamping off where it would mix with the heater core? I'd meant to look up whether that was an easier fix or if it would cause anything to overheat. Just haven't gotten a chance to research it too deeply. There's a LOT of...

I just read a thread about A/C mods, are you talking about putting in a valve?

How much weight are you towing, and over what kind of terrain? The elevation in CO doesn't help; and the locations I'll be in CO in the summers to teach are around 7,200-9,400 feet, and NOT flat lol

Yeah, I will admit that I'll miss the worry free maintenance of the Tacoma. But, I feel like I'm either stuck with a "dependable" turd/lemon that'll last forever that I hate to drive, or I have to gamble and jump ship to a different truck that I may love driving, but may not last very long...

I never felt like I ever asked anything of my 2nd gen manual Tacoma that it couldn't easily provide. However, I absolutely call the 3rd gen Tacos the "Turd Gen" for sure. I was a Toyota guy for life before this... Now I'll likely never buy another Toyota again if I can help it. Super...

I do love how nimble the Tacoma is, but at the moment I don't do anything with it that I don't think a bigger truck could handle. I also made sure to try some U-turns during my test drives, and I was very pleasantly surprised by the 1500. I get off road, but I'm not a crazy rock crawler or...

Hello all! So as the title states, I'm thinking about giving up on my 3rd gen Tacoma in favor of a 1500. However, I'd like some advice from y'all about a few things. Background: I had an 08' manual trans access cab Tacoma and LOVED IT. However, I had an unfortunate encounter with a cow in...