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

I've always adjusted my coilovers with a proper size punch. Zero issues.

 

I don't think so..unless toytech is a jerk like that

Or this. Ive always used a 14?'' long 1/4'' punch. Works perfect.

 

Can’t say the fancy wrench that ADS sent me is any better, the steel pins completely wallowed out the aluminum handle after the first use.

I would go with a punch or drift, can probably get a better fit anyway.

 

King just sends a punch and I use that

 

Apparently king just goes these spanners break to easy let's just send them a metal stick instead lol

 

Well it has begun, carwash wasn't happy to see me.

 

Def a poorly made tool...

 

Need a hitch and wiring harness, suggestions would be appreciated, thanks TW

 

Found out last week that the clear coat on my driver side bed started to dry rot and crack, somehow this panel gets more sun damage than the rest of the truck.

I didn't take pictures of the worst spot as I decided to wash and sand it down right away, here's a pic of the not-as-bad area after a wash.


After sanding with 800-1000 grit


unfortunately the cracks are deeper than I'm willing to sand, so I sprayed some rattle can clear into a cup


and "brushed" it into the cracks with a toothpick, I wasn't too confident with this so only did the not-as-bad area as a test


waited a few days to let it fully cure, scraped off the high spots with a blade, cuts down sanding time


went sand


turned out great so also did the same to other areas


wet sanded with 2000 grit before polishing


Result turned out great. It's almost invisible but little traces can still be seen if looked really closely, it's a truck so this is more than I'm happy with.
Sealed and waxed the repaired area, the entire truck probably needs a few coats of protection, will do that soon.

 

Finally fixed my drive shaft vibration

 

i know ive been more or less inactive the past few months but im gona try and get back into the groove with this teuck. installed the tundra brakes today. Ive got a full turbo setup sitting in the passenger seats that needs to go on asap aswell.

 

$225 + shipping. They clean it up and throw in some new hardware too.

 

Picked up the driveshaft today. That driveline shop smelled like how metal looks. Cut and rebalanced for $190.

So close to REAL 4WD.

 

No new u joints?

 

My old ones still seem to be fine - only 92k original miles on them.

 

Thanks guys. Toytec had a "TW-change-of-mind" and are sending me out a new wrench. The punch idea is a good one though...I didn't realize it would seat far enough to turn the collar. Will probably give that a try if the next one breaks.

 

Went to see if we could still make it to the cabin, found out how bad my tires are on one road, made it on the next.


And I guess I did a mod I didn’t really know about.

And here’s some muddy dogs

 

All the rear suspension is off now. Getting ready to strip the OMEs to one leaf and begin cycling.



Also @turbodb it seems a number of vendors, Toytec included have needed social media and forums to keep them from making poor customer satisfaction choices as of late.

 

more companies need to do that. toytec isnt bad i have there coilovers as well. there great for the $ there not as nice as fox or ads thats for sure but there good for tose that want to save some money and start offroading with bigger tires and better suspension then stock.

 

Man those rear driveshaft flange bolts and carrier bearing bolts are a BITCH to torque. I could never get a good grip on the torque wrench and I kept hitting my knuckles on the frame of the truck. I can't feel my right thumb.

Yeah I know you're supposed to never push the wrench, but there was no way in hell I could pull it.

Installing @cnote4l wheel well liners now!

Anyone know anywhere in the East Bay Area where I can test the 4WD out? Public trails or anything. I live in the middle of suburbia and I have no remote clue where any public land I can use would be.