Project Scooter Build *Old*

Open them up and reseal them. Did you crack open the housings when you put in the HID's?

 

Thanks for the concern. But I don't plan on going out of state anytime soon, and if I do, I won't be driving my taco

 

Don't really want to do that until it's my last option...
What is happening is that at night, my passenger housing gets about half full of condensation (seems to come in from bottom center towards grille) and during the day, almost all goes away. The only little part of condensation that is left is very minimal.

When I installed the bulbs, I took out the little black seals for the bulbs (was planning on cutting the holes bigger for the connector on the back of the bulbs to fit through), but I put them in my dads workshop... which ended up being thrown away . This week I'm going to head by Toyota and see if they have those seals and HOPEFULLY, that will solve my problem. If not... well, I don't want to think about that...

 

I have started to think about mufflers.
ATM, I'm considering either:
Flowmaster Super 44
or
Flowmaster 40 Seriers muffler
(not concerned about exhaust yet).

Not trying to change pipe size (anything like that), just looking for sound
Any opinions on either of the two or any other companies? Want to order them ASAP

 

Ordered a Flowmaster Super 40. Hopefully I'll like it It should be here Friday/Saturday (I'll keep y'all updated)

 

That drones down the freeway, quite loud

 

It wasn't that much so if I don't like it, oh well I'll find something else

 

My friend has one and inside the cab isn't to bad but hearing it down the road and wheeling its loud

 

Oh. Well how does it sound? Ricey or okay? Also with the loudness, is it just loud like a loud truck or is it turn heads 'trying to figure out what just went by' loud?

 

It isn't a ricey sound so its pretty good. It does turn some heads though

 

Okay good. Well I mean what's the point of aftermarket stuff if no one is breaking their neck trying to look at it

 

Okay. Big problem and I hope it is a easy fix. So here goes...
Earlier today, I was in a sand pit doing doughnuts in 2wd and I put my truck in 4wd to climb a sand hill; got up there and down alright. But when I was about to leave, I put my truck in 2wd but it made a horrible 'clank' sound and didn't think much of it and drove away. When I pulled out onto the road, I noticed something weird, my truck's front end was shaking bad. I drove home, and thought maybe if I drive around in 4wd it will fix it. So I did and put it back in 2wd after driving for a while and it stopped. I'm just afraid I screwed something up big time. Any ideas?

 

I get that clank sometimes too, just the transfer case. Never had a wobbly steering though

 

I'm going to wait a couple days and drove easily and see if it comes back. If not, I'll worry about it some other time

 

Was the clank right as it popped into 2wd?

 

Yeah. No clanking or shaking when I'm driving

 

Were your wheels turned hard? When your in 4wd you CAN NOT make sharp turns. If you were turning kinda hard and stopped then tried to go to 2wd, it will clank.

 

No I was taking wide turns cause I knew it wasn't good for it

 

I don't understand how it got here so fast but my muffler is here already


Getting up early and installing it

 

So last night, I installed the muffler... to get straight to the point, I'm not very pleased with the outcome. From the beginning, I knew this was either going to sound terrible or decent; it sounds decent which is okay. And going into this, I knew there is no possible way to make a V6 engine sound good, unless its a Porsche which sounds amazing stock.
Here are some pictures (no install pics because its very self explanatory):
Muffler:


I thought that the pipes on a Taco was 2.5" so I ordered a 2.25" muffler in/out to fit. When installing, I realized that they are the same. So I had to use a 2.5" extension piece to make them connect:


Since there is only three hangers to connect the stock exhaust, I had to improvise. So the tip that dumps is where the muffler is being held up: