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

Where's the new build page??

 

So what you gunna name this truck? Doctor? Victor?

 

no way. No mods planned until i can't handle the stock suspension. Then i'll do that but for now its perfect as is.

Victor! LOL!

No name yet either..hasn't surfaced yet..

 

The Bride

 

Well you already have Frankenstein's monster and Igor, so all you're missing from the main characters is Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

 

FRANKENWEENIE

 

Been a minute since I’ve posted! Got my ARE shell in this weekend and put it on! Next add, PrinSu designs roof racks for cab and cap!

 

that's pretty funny

 

Experienced the joys of buying parts online today. Purchased a radiator, Denso box arrives and it’s obviously been re-taped. Open it up to find trans fluid leaking out of the trans cooler outlet and dried on the box. Coolant outlet also showed signs of use. Now I get to wait a little longer to replace it.

 

I don't get the compulsion, these days, to buy most everything on-line, especially large and fragile items.
Returns/exchanges become a nightmare. I recently bought a new radiator for my Highlander from Napa.
They had a Denso in stock. No shipping, no chance of damaging in transit, easy exchange if there is any issues.

For me, online is the last resort for shopping, if I can't find what I want locally. The slightly less cost of online
is just not worth the potential hassle of things like this. Of course, living near a large city helps.

Just my 2-cents worth.

Hope this works out for you in the long run.

 

We'll be twinning here soon! I'm getting ready to order my TopRac!

 

Ummm. Your just old school Rick!

Just kidding sir.

I try to tell my dad the same shit. He always wants me to order him stuff on ebay. 3 out 5 times its the wrong fucken part and i have to deal with it. Bugs me, but i shouldnt complain, my dad is awesome

 

Awesome! I'll be on the look out for your update!

 

About to start dropping my diffs. Any tips I need to know? Especially for the clamshell, I’ve heard it’s a bitch to squeeze out.

Thanks

 

Just let it roll forward and lift at the back to get the rear mount out. Will take a bit of wrestling but isn't awful. Hope you can get your diff drain plug out!

 

Hope it’s that easy for me. Read of people having to loosen motor mounts, jack up the trans, etc. Hopefully they just weren’t holding their tongue right.

All my plugs are easy to remove, thankfully.

 

well..ive done it in the dirt. So you should be fine. Never had to raise the motor to do mine.

 

Good to hear! Ready for these gears and some power!

 

I'll be stalking both of you. I really want to put a prinsu on the cab. I'm thinking I might put yakima tracks or similar on the cab first instead of having open holes in case I want to remove it at any point.

 

What gears you going to?