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

Your truck as usual is gorgeous

 

I just added a couple of off-road lights to the grill of my truck, using 7-inch single-row LED bars.
These are angled slightly to the side, for my version of 'ditch' lights.

I didn't want to screw up the clean aerodynamics of the factory body or create wind noise,
so I avoided placing lights on the roof, or anywhere above the hood.

 

Thanks bro. Corys is so damn clean too.

We got the trucks filthy

 

Yummy

 

As far as I know first time it's been changed in 200k miles. Took about 10 mins.

 

The pedal is kind of hard to push, if that makes any sense. I don't want to say mushy but it's definitely not soft. It definitely has some resistance to it.

When first getting into the truck, the first pump of the pedal is very loose. Each succeeding pump becomes firmer and firmer until it levels at at a certain resistance. Is that normal?

 

I had no idea I had the wrong nuts (on my truck) as you and Retroboy have noted.
Yeah factory 16". Those nuts (acorn style) were what was on it when I bought it.

What are the possible issues with using those over the mag shank style lugs?

So basically, I need to get mag type. So something like these would be ok?



https://smile.amazon.com/Premium-Fa...617581&sr=1-9&keywords=mag+shank+lug+nut&th=1

 

No. You shouldn't have to pump the brakes like that. If the brake fluid hasn't been done yet, id go ahead and do it.

 

That sounds like old age on the radiator, and the crappy plastic end cap has hairline cracks somewhere.

 

Not sure. The wheels don't have the matching taper, so there could be centering issues, and I think it wouldn't torque right.

I've got a set of factory lugs I'll send you for the cost of shipping. Shoot me a message if interested.

 

Yeah it's 10 years old and I figure it could use replacing. Speedytech7 gave me a link to a good one for $75 so it's pretty inexpensive to do some preventative maintenance at the same time

 

75 bucks?? Great price if good quality.

 

http://www.rockauto.com/en/partsearch/?mfr=OSC&partnum=1985

 

So I found Japanese Toyota "premium horns" that sound pretty damn good and louder than stock. I can't get around to putting in supertones as good as they'd look behind the grille.
08522-52020

 

Sounds good! Does this mean there's air in the system?

 

Could be a little yes. And bad fluid. Doesn't take much to merit a soft pedal.

 

How did you find out what they sound like?

 

Sorry I had the full overview in my build.

Japanese Toyota "premium horns" 08522-52020

http://toyota.jp/dop/comfortable/premiumhorn/

http://m.ebay.com/itm/TOYOTA-genuine-parts-accessories-premium-horn-Sports-Horn-chromium-tone-Ber-/272476738715?hash=item3f70e1149b:g:hxMAAOSwA3dYRyyI&_trkparms=pageci%3A4022f65e-f731-11e6-af50-74dbd180a1c7%7Cparentrq%3A5a1742a915a0a3589684c8a8ffefc7b3%7Ciid%3A1

 

I laughed at this.

 

Not that great at taking pictures but I got a new bumper for the front.