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

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I've had a single cab ranger, extended cab taco and double cab taco. IMHO the extended cab is the best configuration, at least it was for me.

 

Its your truck and thats all that matters. I think non DC's are gay. That's just me. To each his own. We all have bad ass rigs sir

I need to to give my rig some love now..lol

 

I know Vin will know ha. We sure do like the same things haha

 

Yeah he will! And for sure lol same view on a lot of things!

 

Need help with those?

 

Yeah, I'll let you round out the nuts so then we'll be even.


Unfortunately, I'm becoming like you and will be collecting a pile of parts that won't be installed for a while. Hopefully they'll be on sooner than a year. Shiny new Total Chaos UCAs are due in tomorrow, along with the brake lines and some other goodies, but that won't be going on until I get the spindle gussets welded on my other set of spindles. Thinking about coil bucket gussets at the same time for the hell of it. For now the pile of parts will keep growing until it warms up and I feel like wrenching.

I really should pick up those little hard lines though. Too bad there's not a dealer within 3 hours of me. Will pick some up next time I'm on the front range.

 

I was eluding to my genius move to get that retaining clip off.

Said no one ever.

Sa-weet.

I hear ya... waiting for it to get nice so I can finish all the lighting.

Send me your address, I'll mail them to you.

 

Haha thanks alot man! Everything on my truck hasn't been easy still! Haha. But to be honest my single cab did start to grow on me. Either way I wouldn't buy one if I had the choice to get an extra cab. Just the lack of interior room got annoying.

 

Oh. Yeah, that. Genius.....

You sir, are a scholar and a gentleman! Text incoming.

 

I'll take a Double ExtraCab please... LOL

 

$900?!?!!?

IIRC the original TTORA write-up on Tundra upgrade priced it between $5-600 using top of the line brand new components.

 

Mine was ~350

 

I got mine used, so my .02cents on the subject is worthless.

 

Like l said, I'm probably wrong. I just seem to have that figure in my mind every time I see the Tundrs brake upgrade come up.

Then think to myself "eh, stock brakes and pads have done fine by me for the 200,000 miles on this truck."

 

TRD still applies to mine . . . with perhaps a little TLC in front?

Tinkering Required Daily

Not because it is really broke and it has never left me stranded.

Just needs some continual TLC TRD RSVP MOUSE <= Would require the 8' bed though!
It's just one of those things . . .

 

I hear yah, there's no way I'd drop a grand for the Tundra brakes!

I didn't mind the stock brakes until I put 33s on. That being said, I don't know when the PO last changed brake fluid or bled his lines, as that could have a pretty drastic effect on brake performance over time.

 

Finally got Audrey back together and running, no leaks and she seems to have more power (maybe just a different feel from the ECU reset?).

 

Does anyone have experience putting stock 2nd gen rear bumpstops on a 1st gen?

 

Just do them later man. You can weld them on the truck. How I did marcs and how I'll be doing mine and how jace did his and many others.

 

Welding spindle gussets with the spindles on the truck? Sorry, but that sounds like a huge pain in the dick. Also doubt you could get as good of welds or get into all of the spots. There's a reason I picked up another pair of spindles.

On top of that, I'll have a whole bunch on new front end parts that will all be going on at once this spring. Not in a hurry to get the UCAs on at this point.