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

I understand... its the rack guide thats ovaled out allowing the rack to move up and down, right?
What lift do u have up front?

 

Just Nitrochragers with 883s.. I'd be surprised if it's a full 3inch lift never measured

 

You OK?
What happened?

 

Oh sorry I didn't post dates, this all happened in Jan of 2009, I collapsed at work from acute pancreatitis and was rushed to the ER, I was fine after a few days of tests and full body flush.
This was with my first gen 98 lowered Tacoma.

 

just had a city welder stick weld my diff gaurd on haha.. It was nice not having to pay for this 10 minute job.

 

I hope you replaced the rear diff oil shortly after instal.

 

Just had to drive it 15 blocks to get back to my shop, will be changing it after work most likely.

 

Every man should have his own welder! Very useful tool

 

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I have a POS harbor freight welder(110), knew that wouldn't cut it for 1/4".. Borrowed a city miller wire feed welder(also 110) from my girlfriends dad. The chart on that one went up to 3/16 and I couldn't get any penetration on it.. So he had his buddy stick weld it on with one of those big generator welders lol.

 

I think you (and the others) are right, too bad it doesn't fit my jack...

 

Have you pulled the boot and checked the inner tie rod? If the washer wasn't set correctly to keep it from spinning it can wiggle and allow the ITE to backout. That would cause the movement you're seeing.

 

Does jb weld count? Welder in a tube lmao I'd love a garage with a car lift a good Welder and $5k-$6k in tools lol

And silver you forgot a plasma cutter lol

 

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I recommend saving for a personal lift. If you have a garage and plan on living in your home for 5+ years, investing in a lift is money well spent. For those with low headroom, look into the "max Jack" or any of the scissors lifts. Your back with thank you. Your knees too.

I have an Atlas 9k, 2 post lift. What a game changer!

 

Is this a good setup fox performance 2.0 coilovers, Fox 2.0 10" stroke rear shocks and allpro standard leaf springs?

Just want to make sure. I never done a lift or put aftermarket suspension on any of my vehicles.

 

And yes, that is the required plasma cutter in the upper right corner of the pic. I've worked my ass off the last 20 years to have the things you guys listed. I wish I had got some of these toys 10 years sooner. Once you reach your mid 40s, the desire to play with our trucks starts to diminish. No more all nighters swapping out an engine for example.

 

10'' will be too long for stock bumps. You'll need to increase bump height.

 

What size of bump stops would I need?

 

Every truck is different, you'd really have to cycle the leaf pack to get the best answer

 

When I had allpro standard leaves iirc I was running the 9.25" bilstein 5125's with stock bumps.