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

Put on some Hella lights in the front on my new roof rack and some small floods in the back, changed out my sh** OEM leafs for Wheelers 5 pack. Rides like a dream now. I also threw my spare on the rack

 

Your the first I've heard complain about the dakars. Why didn't you like them?

 

Wondering the same...

 

TYPO!! I would never haha. OEM* OME makes some good stuff

 

Haha, okay. That's what I was hoping happened!

 

All brand new OEM in Jan 2013 30k miles ago maintained regularly with no play.

Typically those show signs around 10-30 mph

 

I don't think it could be the center support either cause when mine went bad on my other truck it would only show bad vibes around 15-35 mph and then go away after that

 

Took it wheeling this weekend





Didn't use my skids but I used my sliders haha

 

First rigid mockup. Mostly all wired, still have to run it behind the dash

 

So quick question maybe someone can explain this better to me
I have to run some sort of a spacer on my front hubs so my wheels dont rub my calipers
Now my question is i have a 1" spacer now but was looking at something smaller such as a 1/4" or maybe even 1/8" slip on type

Something like this
Now ive read people avoid spacers like this like the plague my question is how are these more unsafe than something like this

I figured the smaller a spacer is the better off you are especially one that doesnt have a second set of lugs instead of just using factory lugs

Also i have manual hubs so there is no hub centric anything for my hubs so a hubcentric spacer isnt an option if thatd make any difference

 

I got a 48 gal action packer yesterday, free. Handle was shot, so I took one off my 8 gal (will order a new handle from rubbermaid soon). It cleaned up nicely, plan to paint the top to prevent any more sun damage.

Need some suggestions, I want to secure to the truck for everyday storage, but still be able to pull it out easily for hauling bigger stuff. It needs to stay a few inches away from my bed bar to allow it to open fully. What do you think would be the best way to do this?

Will add pics soon.

 

Do NOT run the shim type spacers without extending your lugs. The stock front lugs are stupid short as it is.

 

So granted i get extended lugs is there any other reason to not use them?

 

Take it from me ('99) that's not going to fix your full flex rub, you're just going to get into the fender. get longer bump stops, trim, and if you have the same issue as me, axle relocation blocks for the rear. $.02

 

I changed out my 2002 fuel door with a 2000 fuel door with locking cylinder.

 

sweet. i didnt know about this mod. howd u get it keyed and is that carbon fiber?

 

The 98-00 typically have locking ones so you just swap it

 

I rekeyed mine all i did was take apart the lock and kept rearranging the pins untill my key worked the lock
Took maybe an hour
Also i snagged the lock out of another fuel door so i had extra pins to make sure i had enough for my lock to be keyed to my key

 

I heard the same when i had that problem. I went and got 1'' Spacers from BORA. have had them for two years, put over 6 thousand miles on them, took them offroading and wheeling, no problems...

 

Replaced lower ball joints and inner and outer tie rods. Passenger side wasn't too bad but both driver side ball joint and outer tie rod boots were ripped. Overall it went a lot smoother than expected.