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

Not my truck, but our 5th gen t4r. Because racetruck....

 

Sit in a Recaro seat ~8 hours a day at work. Stiffest seat ever....

 

Stiff is fine, so long as it's safe. And all research says it's the best...

 

As expensive as they were and considering they're in front of a bunch of computer screens, I don't feel that it's needed... Haha

 

If I didn't want to put it back on in the future I would have done that already.

 

I'm actually surprised you want to put it back on haha

 

Me too...lol. I just don't like the way it handles on the road now. I think I could handle it as is, but I know with an extra 130lbs of tent on the roof it will be a lot worse. We'll see, I may change my mind. I'm going to drive with it off for a few weeks before I get my tent. Wait, maybe months the way the GB is going...haha.

 

I think my truck rides so much better with no sway bar. There's a little more body roll, especially after going from eibachs to 881's, but the ride quality is no comparison between on and off. Big difference over expansion joints at speed on the highway, potholes, etc...

 

I kept my sway bar in the toolbox for about 4 months after I removed it.

After the first time I went wheeling in New Mexico I threw it in the dumpster the very next day haha

 

Mine's sitting in a pile leaves behind my house. Those stupid endlinks were all frozen. Cut them off, pulled the bar and never looked back

 

Installed a Crawlorado Hood Blackout:

 

Why did you do that?

Are you anticipating a glare problem? Maybe a 40" curved light bar?

 

Ordering my Old Man EMU shocks tomorrow cannot wait.

 

Doing some engine maintenance.

 

Sending those injectors out?

 

Put some SRQ2 lights on my bumper. The picture kind of makes them look like they'd get hit easily off-roading but they're tucked away pretty well. Didn't have to do any wiring because it uses the same harness as the D2 lights. Really they're the same lights just in a different orientation.

 

Isu2014: is that a fuel injector? How big of a job is it to remove the intake, injectors, and whatever else you had to remove?

I have oil seeping out of the valve covers so I need to replace the gaskets. Only thing holding me back is removing everything on top of the valve covers. From what I can see it's the intake, injectors, and unplugging the spark plugs but what else is there?

 

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All you have to remove to do your valve covers is the upper and lower intake manifolds.....go to youtube there is numerous videos on "how to" replace valve cover gaskets.....the only PITA is getting the valve covers themselves in and out, but really not that difficult of a job........oh yeah and you will have remove your intake but like I said not hard at all

 

Oh and yes you will have to unplug your plug wires, simple just mark them to know the order they go back.....but yes the above pic is a fuel injector and those will stay put