Member I
So, I love my Tacoma. 225k, manual, 3.4 V6 Xtra Cab, with a bed rack with all my stuff mounted to it, RTT, and currently stock suspension, though I have a 3" OME/Bilstein combo waiting to go on. I've done a few expeditions with the Tacoma and drive it daily, and have had no issues other than a section of frame rust that I've found this morning, which I will be having patched shortly. Other than that, it has been nothing but good to me, and I would drive it just about anywhere. My issue is the layout it has to offer.
However, I've been eyeballing an FJ60 that I've considered trading for. It's an 84 with a 2" OME lift, 33" BFGs, a steel bumper, and is also a manual. Before my Tacoma, I had an 80 series with 35s, but the reason I got rid of it was because of the 35s, with steel bumpers, sliders, steel roof rack, and tire carrier with another 35 on it, it was all too much for the little 3FE with stock 4.11 gears, and 5.29s were far too expensive with labor.
My dilemma is that I'm not sure what to do here. The 60 has some body rust here and there but is otherwise solid, has a clean and much more spacious interior (mine is clean, but we know how small those back "seats" are), and now that I have an RTT, I can have sleeping arrangements on the top, and with the addition of a roof-length rack, would then have additional storage up top, as well as inner, more secure storage, with the addition of a homemade drawer system. I had a drawer system in the 80, but it was also a sleeping base as I didn't have my RTT, which meant less storage.
My question is, does anyone here have experience using a 60 series as both a daily and an exploration rig? What are the pros and cons that you saw? Where there any major issues that would stop you from considering owning another one?
However, I've been eyeballing an FJ60 that I've considered trading for. It's an 84 with a 2" OME lift, 33" BFGs, a steel bumper, and is also a manual. Before my Tacoma, I had an 80 series with 35s, but the reason I got rid of it was because of the 35s, with steel bumpers, sliders, steel roof rack, and tire carrier with another 35 on it, it was all too much for the little 3FE with stock 4.11 gears, and 5.29s were far too expensive with labor.
My dilemma is that I'm not sure what to do here. The 60 has some body rust here and there but is otherwise solid, has a clean and much more spacious interior (mine is clean, but we know how small those back "seats" are), and now that I have an RTT, I can have sleeping arrangements on the top, and with the addition of a roof-length rack, would then have additional storage up top, as well as inner, more secure storage, with the addition of a homemade drawer system. I had a drawer system in the 80, but it was also a sleeping base as I didn't have my RTT, which meant less storage.
My question is, does anyone here have experience using a 60 series as both a daily and an exploration rig? What are the pros and cons that you saw? Where there any major issues that would stop you from considering owning another one?
