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

I did end up seeing this. After I build Satoshi grill I'm gonna line-x the lip around inside and may match that on these lights as well as lower bumper. Thanks for heads up!!

 

Thanks! It was quote the process lol. I contacted people selling Tacoma off Craigslist and found someone to trade my chrome parts for his paintable. I had rear chrome bumper media blasted. Rear bumper and Flares were filled w a primer to smooth out and all was painted. Not exact match but I'm pleased within. I'll post more photos once the build is done and trucks all clean.

 

My ebrake hasn't worked for 2 years...hell for a while I didn't even have the front part of the cable...

I've found that the cable gets stuck in the arm on the frame so it isn't free to rotate, or the arm gets stuck and wont pivot, OR the cable gets cut up by the bracket inside the cab and causes jams.

Well, at least all 3 of those things have happened to my truck.

 

"Froze" as in will not move, or stuck due to temperature?

I'm assuming the former b/c of your location. Sounds like seized bell cranks. I've got a great write up to fix this in .pdf form if you'd like I can send it to you

 

Froze like temperature, it was 20 degrees this morning. I got home and it is fine now.

Sprayed all moving parts so I'll see how it does in the morning

 

Just got my truck back from the dealer. Looks like they didn't replace the bearing. Only the seals, brake shoes and bearing retainer.

Immediately notice my brakes feel super squishy after driving away. Get home and pull the e brake all the way to my gear shifter. A-holes didn't even adjust the star wheel after installing the shoes. I had to go back and fix their laziness.

I bet the bearing is bad too and just didn't bother replacing it. Still hearing a lot of rear clunking going on when I drive over small bumps at 25 mph..

 

Today was productive! Installed my spring for my firestik, rewired up my rigids in my bumper and also ordered everything to do a front end conversion to an 01-04!

 

Got some new bfg tread installed today. Went from 265 up to 285.

Before...after...

 

Nice! Let's see the whole truck now!

 

Thanks!...before new treads, gotta get a after pic tomorrow. 99' on bilstien/toytec@2.5" and AAL. also have a 01-04 front bumper conversion. And after being on T.W now for a month or two, a new MOD list as long as my leg lol

 

Just put on my cbi diy front bumper and volant cold air intake

 

Any wheel spacers involved? You might rub at full lock but your good.

 

You like the cool sucking noise. But no HP gained

 

Yep, I'm running on second gen offroad alloys with 5.25" backspacing. So spacers where a must. Mounted some 1.5" bora's today also

 

Did you use a prybar?

 

Horse power right now isn't my biggest priority, just want a clean engine but I didn't even get the sucking effect lol. Also like the box versus open filter

 

You thinking about getting a different wheel soon?

 

Def gotta see it with the new tread!

 

It is to me, my next mod is a 7th injector. Can't wait to feel that 35-40 HP difference. I might just do the deck plate mod though.

 

That crap gets a lot easier when you do it three or four times in a couple months lol! Ask me how i know! Ahaha