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

Yeah I read over it last night. I can probably bend the rail a bit, that or switch the Tacoma rail onto the 4Runner one. Are the limited Tacoma and 4Runner seats the same? That's what it looks like to me.

 

I think so too. I don't see how you couldn't just switch out the rails. Even if those holes didn't line up you could drill and tap them into the seat but I would think they'd screw right in

 

Grill looks good hombre.

 

Slowly throwing up
https://www.winchreadybumpers.com/winch-bumpers/Toyota/Tacoma/1998-2004/70503Z

 

See those on full size trucks all the time

 

Thanks QMEDJoe.

 

I dunno, maybe I'll take it to someone else and have them look at it and hope they don't charge me too much...

 

Seen a dbl cab with 95-97 front end on insta. Cant find again but it looked good.

 

I mean just make sure he isn't spinning the bolt that loosens it

 

The cam bolts are only to tighten. The nut is attached to the sleeve/bushing and is what makes the adjustment. It is counter intuitive.

The easiest is to just cut the bolts with a thin disk on a 4" grinder. A saws all won't work, the bolts are hardened.

I would like to fupa punch the engineer that stated that there is no need to lube the cam bolts/bushings at the factory. I've had to replace 4 control arms on 4 different Toyota trucks over the years. They all were a pain in the dick.

 

And I'd have to take the steering rack off? I thought I read somewhere you could just loosen it and tilt it side to side

 

I've never had to remove the rack because I cut the bolts out with a thin disk. When I put it back together with new bolts, I put the one bolt in backwards. The cams do the same thing, you just adjust on the opposite side.

 

Thanks man! Only complaint is you can see inside the engine bay at literally every other angle through the billet grille besides the one I took the picture at haha.
I got the Toyota emblem off a 90's 4Runner (since the FJ Cruiser one is insanely overpriced).

I feel like I'm the only one around here who doesn't hate Chrome.

 

Did the 1st gens ever come with Carbon Fiber emblems from the dealership? I have never seen them before on any other Tacoma (and like every other Toyota truck here is a 1st gen) besides the stock Chrome ones.

I'm pretty sure the original owner didn't change the emblems. Looks like it came from the dealership this way.

 

I'd imagine they just come apart like any other nut and bolt?

 

I have that same snorkel. It's been sitting on my bench for over a year. I'm afraid of cutting into my truck, might mess it up. How was your install? How did you fix the collapsing elbo?

 

Those are not oem

They are overlay

 

Who makes that ditch light bracket? I've got the CBI ones now and was wondering if it'd get in the way of a snorkel if I ever installed one.

 

CBI brackets clear snorkels. Those are CBI brackets.

 

If they weren't frozen, yes.

Frozen, you won't get them loose with any type of tools. The rubber bushing acts as a shock absorber. Impact wrenches just wiggle the bolt very rapidly...at least I've never gotten a frozen bolt/bushing apart with any type of wrenches. You can't use heat because the rubber bushing just burns.