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

IIRC specs say 32.95"

Day one I measured and it looked like 33".. I didn't pull out a micrometer or anything but it was close enough to 33 that it could have been .05" shy

 

Specs say 32.8 I've never heard a tire measuring larger installed.

 

Ok, 32.8 then. I'm not saying that they measured larger than this, just that they were close enough to 33 that I couldn't distinguish how many tenths or hundredths of an inch less than 33 that they were with the tape measure I used. I'm curious to know how much shorter they are now.. hmm may have to start a log of tire shrinkage

either way, i'm likin these tires a lot and can't wait to get my new suspension on to see how much more trouble i can get myself into (and hopefully out of) offroad.

 

You still mad about the whole sharks thing? you seem to have taken this a bit to personal. All I said was they were smaller then your typical 255/85, which in fact according to their specs. Never said anything bad about them, would have gotten them but really like the 295/85.

 

Not sure what you mean, I'm not mad. Also, no clue what sharks you are referring to..

They may well be smaller.. just throwing my .02 in given that I have them and measured them when I got them. No hate intended!

 

WHOOOOOOOOOOO CARES! whats the name of the thread? Is it "Argue about .01" of tire diameter today?"

 

No, it's not.

I go time-out now.

 

lol

 

Thanks Bud! I didn't know if I would have to change the fuel pump too during my swap.

 

Youre doing a 2.7 to 3.4 swap? Sheeeeeeet.

I cant say if the sending unit is the same (probably is), but the pump itself is.

 

mmmmmm, not really. They didnt bother to align caster. It looks like they didnt even touch the right control arm. And I may be spending too much time on pavement, but there should never be positive caster on any car unless youre autocrossing. I would take it back and have it redone.

A proper alignment has no more then a 0.1deg deviation from one side to the other.

Also the left side of your rear axle is pushed back and lower compared to the right.

 

I told them to adjust the camber and get it closest to 0, which they did and its a whole lot better than it was before. Keep in mind I put a 2" lift on my truck with stock UCA. And the steering wheel is right in the middle. And the rear left side of my axle might be lower because of my driver side lean, which will be fixed some other time next month.

 

Most on here will disagree saying to max out positive caster. With 2" of lift and stock UCAs, you should be able to hit close to 2

I've got 0 caster due to a bent spindle, and my truck doesn't track well and like to follow groves in the road etc.

 

With a lift, you will have a lower caster angle, maybe slightly lower camber. It doesnt change the issue that they didnt adjust one side of your truck, and did not get close to matching the left and right sides. The front end has way to much deviation from one side to the other. And they did not attempt to get the toe near zero.

Its your auto, so if youre happy then thats what matters, but im just saying i would never accept those specs with my truck.

 

My truck se

Here are the papers from my first alignment with them. I might go back and tell them to adjust the toe close to 0 as well but time will tell.

 

That front caster and toe looks like the autocross/track setup i have for my BMW M3 with a 1.5" drop. If you notice, they made the front camber worse after the alignment. If these are all from the same shop, then cut your losses and go somewhere else.

Here is what i would recommend for a street truck:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-proper-alignment.381518/page-2#post-10492783

Camber: -0.4 to -0.6 each
Toe: 0.05 to 0.10 (0.10 to 0.20 total)
Caster: 2.0 each or more

No more than 0.1 left to right deviation on adjustable components.

 

It's definitely nose high.

 

This was the first alignment after my lift last monday, I came in today and got it realigned and the first post you quoted about was from that. The only alignment they did last time was the toe and go, I watched really closely this time.

 

Dude your CVs and Ball joints are screaming and i can hear them from here.

lower the front. WAY too high.

You have 0 down travel i bet.