What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

I've been running Moog upper ball joints for over 10,000 miles. Still no issues...

 

I dont think the uppers take quite as much abuse as the lower's, my factory uppers are still going at 177,000. This will be the third set of lower's. Original, factory recall's, now the NAPA/555's.

 

Yeah, I need to replace my lowers as well. No play, but the boots are busted. They've got about 50,000 miles on them.

 

Seems like yesterday, time really does accelerate in later life.
One post from back then has stuck in my mind "Do we have 100 members yet?".

 

Nope, they're manually adjusted. My year didn't come with the power mirrors so I searched a little more and found the manually adjusted version instead of getting one with a motor and just running it dead.

These guys.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/310696570547?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2648

 

is where I got mine from.

Does it look like they can come apart so you could get the glass out?

Edit: Disregard, I looked at the closeup pics.

 

Does your mirror shake ? Bought one off of Amazon looked amazing but the glass vibrated a lot

 

So does anyone have a write up for wiring up map lights?

 

What do you need to know?

 

Just wondering if there was a good write up to follow, what they wired them in with, and there is a plug on the back of the map lights, just wondering what it's for

 

The plug is for stock applications, a power and a ground I'm guessing

 

I know there are probably 1000 threads on this, so flame away. I searched "2.7l re-gear, regear, what gears, which gears" and it didn't really pull anything that struck my fancy in the title. So, I have a 2.7l 4cyl. TRD OR. Looking to possibly re-gear. Running 285's. What is the benefit of 4.56's or 4.88's. I do use it at hwy speeds, as I live about an hour from where I work. 55-60 mph. I had a suggestion from another TW'er about shipping my axle and diff out to someone, but I'm really looking to have it done locally, although the only place I can find is 4wheelparts.

Links will work too. I can read, just not find.

 

The plug is the power source,
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/60-t-100/170213-putting-map-lights-my-t100.html
http://www.yotatech.com/f2/rear-view-mirrors-map-lights-55427/

Just run wires from you dome light

 

I'll have to post the total later tonight. Ordered through Camelback Toyota in Phoenix. They have a presence on TW. No discount for TW now but the prices are very reasonable compared to my local dealers.

 

Order the 3rds from east coast gear supply. It'll take a day maybe two but pretty much a bolt-on job once you have the 3rds.

 

So far they're all good, haven't had a problem with them.

 

Nice. didn't know they made manual ones in that style

 

It's not.

It's a 01-04 mirror. If it's manual then the housing stays put and glass moves vs the whole housing moving like on 95-00 manual mirrors.

Or it's a powered and he just moves the glass as needed.

 

Mine are 00s and I can move the whole assembly if I want but the actual mirror moves around also