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

Oh yeah, add me for sure

 

Spent the last two days working on the truck.

Wired up all the lights, LED, HIDs, switchbacks. Photo By J.J. Abrams
Everything on full blast minus high beams:

Switchback LEDs with Hazards/Turn Signal Active (flashing)

Time to ditch the old cable!

Went wireless on the winch.

Custom Splice Fairlead

Whats this? Front and rear lockers as well as an ARB twin air.


Now I'm tired.

 

Very nice. Lets see more pics... of your garage door (looking to upgrade mine lol) and truck from side profile.

 

Oreilly's swapped my bad battery under warranty, so that's good.

 

Came with the kit from LCE. You can buy them from Toyota, that's how the stock Tundra brakes came.

 

Had my Relentless Fab rock slider welded on this weekend.
Also replaced both CV axles, both lower ball joints and both sides inner and outer tie rods. Hope it takes care of the clunk!

 

Those look great

 

Bought a 10K lift for the shop. Hopefully this will get my project moving a little faster!

 

Looks elevated.

 

You have lived up to your username.

 

That there is quite punny! I like it.

My company name is Elevated Development... hence the name. ha

 

my dash low key looks like the jeeps

 

I'm amazed at what 01-04 OEM fender flares cost new. I was stoked at what I just sold a set of used ones for. These trucks are like buffalo all parts of the animal have good value

 

Got my first Blackstone oil report and couldn’t be happier!

Oil tested was Valvoline 5W-30 dino juice incase anyone was wondering

 

A very old trick indeed. So old in fact that we were using generators, not alternators, when we used to use it.

 

Nice dude I'll have to test this! I doubt the rotor would sit in a 15" steel

 

So I'm looking for a new front differential for my PreRunner/4x4 conversion since the yard sold me the wrong gearing. My gear code is B07A which translates to 4.30 which was confirmed when I spun the tire 20 times and the driveshaft rotated 43 times.

Front differentials in 4.30 is rare in Tacomas, but common in certain early 4Runners. The ones that I do see in 4Runners have the gear code A04A.

Would the 4Runner differential work in my Tacoma despite different gear code and ring gear size? I believe the 'B' versus the 'A' in the gear code denote ring gear size, with 'A' being the 7.5" ring gear and the 'B' being the 8.0" ring gear. I know the differentials physically mount the same but I don't know if the different gear codes was something to worry about. Will I be fine as long as both differentials are 4.30 and disregarding the ring gear size?

 

So jealous.

 

As long as the diff is from a 3rd Gen 4runner (96-02) you'll be fine. It'll bolt right up. If it's from a 2nd gen or 1st gen..no way.