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

Looks much better i think!

 

I don't know their manufacture as they were some old ones I had previously used before getting my OME Dakar leaf packs.
Now that my leaf springs have settled and I added a rear tire carrier I wanted a little more rake to the truck.
Without any prior measurement I estimate they provided about 1-1.5" of lift.
It is 5" inches from center to center of the bolts. I had OEM shackles before and I don't know their center to center measurement.
I hope this helps!

 

So much better! Looks good!

 

Wish I had a single cab to mess around with, extra cab is great for storage space but single cab just looks right. Also digging the single horse power model parked next to it. Is he a Percheron/Paint?

 

Hey man.. I had some weird stuff goin on with my motor and I think it was due to those vacuum lines just like you warned me.. anyways I was wondering if standard vacuum lines from autozone will be just as good as oem or should I definitely get fuel lines? Thanks

 

The short wheel base sucks. Going down. Almost any gravel road is not fun.

 

Meh, its all about how you have it set up, sounds like the one you drove was equipped poorly. Short wheel base is nice for break over angles and departure angles. You have a bit of an increase in chance to flip over backward but the truck isn't quite that short. It would be an ideal wheeling machine for the future.

 

Bash me if you want, but I love the 2nd gen single cabs! I'd love to make on a full time wheeling truck. Like Baby Tacos rig. Thing is so nice (minus the engine troubles he's having )

 

I hear you man, I hope Gage can get his sorted out. I would love to have a rig like his.

 

Own a single cab and you will soon see why you don't have one lol...

 

I'm working on it, they're like unicorns around here unless you want a 2WD. I don't believe the truck itself has anything to do with why it would ride rough or drive poorly. If you get your coil spring rate and shock valving right and the do the same with your leafs and shocks it should be every bit as good as an extra cab and more capable in tight situations. It would bother me as a daily because of the cab space, but other than that it just sounds like yours had suspension equipment for a heavier truck on it.

 

Got my new crank timing gear in this AM, put everything back together and I've got coolant dripping from the block at the water pump, so I get to tear it back down and replace the gasket with FIPG.

 

I think I'm going to attempt to put on my steering wheel and door panels from my 04 to my 00!

 

I'm here to tell you. A standard cab will never ride as good as a DC or Xcab.

I've tried all sorts of shock configurations.

Only way to improve ride is to carry around a couple hundred pounds. I think this is why so many have fiberglass bed caps.

 

You are aware the cruise won't work.

 

Can't I swap the actual control handle from my 00 into the 04? Cuz I know the pins are different! But I want to swap the actual control piece! Know what I'm sayin?

 

Exactly I'm sure if you got coilover and what not yeah it would do better, but it's so light and small. No cab space either

 

I don't think that will work. The cc stalk is different on the inside. I wanted to do the same. The wheel fits just fine, but the electronics are different. I ended up buying a wheel and air bag. Kinda pissed me off cause I already had a wheel and air bag.

 

Oddly enough, I am amazed at the number of people that have walked right up to the wife and I and asked if we were interested in selling. I have numbers from 4 people that want the truck. I don't get it.

I hate driving it, the wife had ordered me to keep it running forever. Weird.

 

Same here. Everyone asked me if I wanted to sell mine while I was driving it.

Oh and the gas milage sucked. I get the same mileage in my extra cab on 33s.