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

Pelphrey built is coming out with a first gen bumper line though

 

FINALLY

when?

 

That'll be interesting. The second gen front end doesn't lend itself to good mounting points or an appealing slope to a plate bumper so perhaps knowing what they know they'll really knock it out of the park.

 

Not sure on a set date but when speaking with Tyler last week when he dropped off my buddies 2nd gen hybrid bumper. He said someone was letting him borrow a first gen for a while so he could come up with a front/rear. Then he said later they would do sliders/skids.

Just super busy and high demand with all the other products

Also said they they would be plate bumpers...

 

Nice! I know Mike told me there where looking into it. Be nice to see what they can come up with. Hopefully see something this summer then.

they are definitely busy. But they make some of the best armor period for 2nd gens and I guess 3rd gens now.

 

Yea they kinda said that they had to make armor for the third gens just because that's what was going to be in demand etc and had to keep up with the other companies.

Another word... they are thinking about making armor for........j...jeeps

 

gotta feed the audience. No different the Vin expanding into Jeeps too. Long as they make money and stay alive, go for it!

 

Yea it was something about the new jeep at sema projected tripling sales numbers from previous years. The demand is going to be so high it's impossible to ignor coming from a business perspective

Edit: plus they are stupid simple to make

 

Went to install my Akebono pads. Measured discs, too low. Installed new discs. Then needed brake master cylinder. Expensive day.

Oh well, 2001, with 197K trouble free miles.

 

I thought you put it away for the winter?

 

Yup it is away for winter, sleeping in the garage. Thus getting the due maintenance it needs

 

Bye Bye Little Sebastian, Miss you in the saddest fashion.

I love medium sized dogs. I would be alright owning that terrier.

 

Did the install go pretty well for you? Any hiccups or bumps in the road??

 

And the final touch. A new trd sticker for the SC.

 

May need to retune my truck. Noticed after all the maintenance and resetting the ecu, it's pulling a little more timing than before. So I'm losing some power in the areas I'm pulling timing with the URD unit. May wait and see if it re learns where the timing was so I don't end up changing it right back.

 

When I installed my Doug Thorley headers, it wasn't too bad. I was lucky as there was no welding involved. My stock cat has a 2 bolt flange on the upstream side. The kit came with a little adapter piece that bolted the y pipe to the cat with no issues. I was real excited about that.

 

No real hiccups, I've studied up quite a bit before I attempted it. Emailed a few folks that have done it, talked a little bit w/Gadget... I have a good amount of tools so I knew I'd have pretty much everything I needed. It was just a very arduous process. I'm glad I did it as a learning experience and I'd probably do it again someday but if I have the extra $500 I wouldn't mind paying a shop to do it also...

 

Just fixed my hid high beam indicator with one for the passenger side.
Now have high beam indicator again

 

Ugh truck feels heavy in the cold. Steering, braking, heat