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

I just hope I can get it done some day. I've order the wrong color of lights twice.... Cause I'm an idiot that doesn't read.

 

I had the same problems before. Ordered wheels and tires mounted from 4 wheel parts....steering wheel shook like hell. Come to find out 2 tires were out of round and not balanced for shit. Took them to a local shop that did tire truing and sent them the invoice. They made it right. I have also put new rotors on ....had to have then turned even with then being new...autozone shit.....lesson learned.

 

Well, I did cheap out on the rotors and tires. Tires are Artturo trail blade MTs and then the slack rotors

 

Finished up my regear today! New 3rd with 4.88s and ARB from ECGS. Can't wait to get the compressor and get it wired up. Up front I have a used clamshell with 4.88s and Aussie locker. Still need to wire a switch to disconnect the ADD system. Install went pretty well for the most part and was pretty straight forward. Only issues were a frozen brake caliper (parts store ordered the wrong one so it sat an extra day.) and a dead actuator on the front diff, just swapped with my old actuator. Backing out of the garage I was impressed how easily it climbed a snow pile in reverse that I usually need to do a 10 point turn to get by. The front locker made a huge difference.

 

https://youtu.be/Cda8vTi6ZG8

 

Pretty sure these are the ones Mr Tim has.

 

Mine did it really bad with my old worn out KO's after

im go a have the inside 4 be hooked up with my headlights and outer two be blinkers

 

yep probably. The ones i posted at 13'' dia vs 9''. How they squeeze in the extra led chips for 225w vs 185w. But damn..13'' haha

 

Anybody know the size of the center pin hole on the leaf spring axle perch?

Thanks

 

Did you bed them in properly?, the pads MUST be bedded in correctly or you can get warped rotors. Also, I'd check to be sure all your lug nuts are torqued to spec...don't want your wheels flying off.

 

Yeah I went a little crazy with mine. I HAD some extras built into some mesh grille inserts I made in the valence. Havemt out them back in yet because I had different colors sent to me. All mine were yellow. And ordered some others that I guess turned out to be Amber. So after I installed them all the second time, one out of four was Amber and others were yellow, when I turned them on. Thinking I was all done... Nope! Sigh. Ripped them all back out and haven't had the patience to do then again. Ha.

 

Hey, off topic. But how's did you seperate your headlight fot the retro? Heat? I'm having a bitch of a time trying to separate mine.

 

Oven didnt work?

 

We all do it, at least you're learning and doing things yourself.

 

Nope, worked fine with my other headlights. This one used a different type of sealer

 

Yeah these 1 piece are a total beotch. It's been so long I can't hardly remember. I think I baked them at a lower temp for a while longer. Like 10-15 minutes. And had to be quick because the glue hardens back up quickly. Don't take my word for the time in oven. Don't want you to melt your housings. Heh. Also I had to use a few screwdrivers and a wide tip gasket scraper and wedge them in and slowly work my way around until I could get enough leverage to pull up and peel apart.

 

Haha alright thanks!

 

I have 10 red ones and 4 yellow... Maybe one day I'll find a use. I'm moving my blinkers because I eventually plan on getting a new bumper. Also plan on making a Raptor grill. Hopefully.

 

Nice. Yeah I wanted to get some more Amber ones for rear signals. But can't figure out where in the hell to put them. I thought about drilling into my stock bumper. Or retroing them into my spyder tails. Make like a little plate that can hold them in the turn signal spot.. Idk.. The eBay china specials are so cheap though. My black anodizing has faded to a bronze. And All the little projector lenses have fallen off on my filler panel ones. I want to figure out how to seal/protect them better from the elements. Just haven't had the motivation to figure it all out. I know they make better ones. Like from oznium. But Idk if I wanna pay that much. Plus their shanks are thicker I think And require even larger holes for mounting.

 

Did you get these? Thing I've read say there awesome.