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

I don't have a lot of knowledge, when it comes to what is the right ride. I do know these springs are carrying the weight much better than the factories. I purposely took my test drive down roads with known bumps that I would previously avoid. I Won't be hunting for the sweet spot on the roads any more. This setup is just short of amazing.

I don't notice the front diving as much under heavy braking. That could be because I have just short of 2" more suspension. Regardless, I like.

Ive mentioned that I am not a wheeler. I need a better ride on the road more than I will ever need a decent ride in the trails.

If these sucked, they would be removed in a big hurry.

 

Im jealous...

 

Well your input is appreciated all the same. How I make these decisions is basically I culminate an array of facts and opinions and see where my wants/needs lands among them. So thanks.

This is awesome. Should I ever own a house someday (hahaha yeah okay), I will definitely consider having one of these on site.

 

Don't be. Just do the math. If you are on this site and in this thread, there is a good chance you like to wrench. Most likely you will do repairs on your cars for your whole life.

The cost of a set of after market wheels and a set of tires is close to what these lifts cost. The tires wheels will be good for 5 years. The lift will be used your whole life.

Easy math.

 

I forget to mention, the original Bilseins had only 8k on them! They sucked right from the get go.

 

Wow yeah I just looked at price on a few, and they are quite a bit less than I expected. I guess the issue would be that not a single garage I've ever personally been in would be tall enough.

 

I did run about an extra foot of 16 gauge cable to it. Seemed to help slightly, but still have to be within about 10 yards of the truck.

This guy pretty much took a whole roll of 18 gauge wire and attached it. Now it works up to around 75'.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-to-increase-oem-keyless-entry-range.406672/

 

That should work. As long as there aren't any leaks. I had a similar setup, except that I used a hard line from a tundra to connect the two lines andnavigate a corner so the hoses wouldn't get damaged. Plus, it saves you some money.

The only thing I would check for is to make sure there isn't a lot of slack when connecting the two hoses. When I first did it, the original return line was running too close to the pulleys and fan for my comfort, so I trimmed the new hose a bit so it took some slack out of that.

 

Finally found a passenger side mirror off of an 02 to match the drivers side i found last week. The side mirrors and center console have made a huge difference in driveability for my 99. Next will be some seats from a 4runner sport hopefully or another option if i come across a better idea.

 

Rear winch ?

 

Changed oil

Added fumoto drain plug

 

Went camping with the scouts

 

I did it before you!

 

Excited to use it next time

 

I had an awesome time this weekend camping.........Then i decided to explore a little and and i found a really bad ass camp ground and reservoir at the top. Now for the bad news at the top of a Gnarly 6 mile pure hell road with huge rocks i was averaging 2.8-4mph in low 4x4 in either 1st or 2nd gear! I broke both my lower traction arms off completely they were dragging on the ground. 1 shock got bent. my rear leaf springs went totally flat and twisted and broke the arms off then it bent the overload springs!!! And then finally as i left the road all rigged together as best i could almost home the rear end starts sounding like a vacuum cleaner and then 18 miles later BANG the rear diff just grenaded. The whole truck had just been re-geared to 4:88 at 100795 miles It lasted 18 months and only 10,000 miles.



here i removed the tie down and you can see the arm hanging down.

 

^ is this why you don't block lift?

 

Yes

 

Life lessons.

 

Sounds like you had one hell of an adventure!