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

No turning the DTRL off and on by a switch

 

No, many 01-04s have em automatically on any time the engine is on (headlights are the dtrls) and it's annoying

 

IDK about you...but..i have a switch that turns the markers on then the head lights on...wtf is the difference? haha

 

ohhhhhh didn't know that..or maybe i did. My 03 doesn't so just figured they all don't But now i remember looking at schmetics that do have them.

Should be easy to over ride.

 

well, if you say its easy. It has to be

 

I still need to disable mine

 

I re-used all my stock bolts, didn't need to cut any thankfully. only ones that got replaced were the shackles due to the grease-able shafts/nuts for the Wheeler's set. I didn't even use the exhaust relocate bracket.

 

Mine has them, but they no longer come on.

I did that. I want to say it was a green wire, but I'm not sure. And I'm willing to bet there is more than one green wire in that harness.

 

Sweet, I'll do some research! Hopefully it isn't too bad

 

Ive been driving around with parking brake on 1 click ahaha.

 

From last week, parking brake on 4-5 clicks and still in 2wd:













didn't realize until after the crossing...

 

The first one was a bit difficult but the other side came off pretty quick. The threads I read made it out to be more difficult then it was, which is usually not the case for me.

 

I learned this the hard way but don't ever use moog LBJ's, at least on a 1st gen. I just pulled mine off after 20k at the most and they are f'd. Super stiff and I had to really push hard to get it to move in certain ways. Hated forking over $200 just to put new oem ones on before selling but I definitely feel better now. I think this will solve my issue with the truck wanting to track a certain way when driving straight. Can't wait to try it when it's all back together.

Happy to say one side of my truck is torn apart and ready to replace the cv, swap add parts on (spindle and cv) and put all back together. Going to wait till the morning as changing a cv is not quiet at all and my neighbors won't be too happy with me if I'm wielding a hammer like Thor in my driveway at 10 PM.

 

Moogs suck ass. Same with 555. My god mine where on for like 5k and where shit. Super stiff and wouldn't really move in a circular motion at all.

OEM only for LBJ. Worth the cost.

 

Yup, I got my moog for super cheap so I figured I would try it out. Dumb dumb dumb.

 

Buy your lower ball joints online at camelback toyota. you will save a good amount and shipping is free on purchase 150.00 +

 

That's where I got mine but 4Runner LBJ's are more expensive than taco and I got new bolts as well. Camelback is awesome.

 

How difficult is it to wire in your turn signal to the dtrl? It's something I've wanted to do since I bought the truck, just afraid to tackle it myself.

 

Its left on 1 click to disable the drls.

 

Showoff hahaha that looks like too much fun! I wish we got snow like that here..but whatever I'll be moving there soon enough