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

I use 6 ton stands but i don't like fully extending them. So i cot a big chunk of 6x6 and cut it up into 14'' sections or something so that two pieces of 6x6 will fit under the jackstands.

I do that so the jack stands don't have to be quiet as hight by themselves. That and if i do the front they have to be pretty high up anyways even on 6x6...long travel problems.

 

My truck sat on fully extended 6 ton jackstands for like 2 months last year.

 

@Squeaky Penguin thanks going to get some now

 

If I remember right, when I did my leaf springs I did something similar, but only one stand and I put it under the receiver in the back. Definitely not one of my brightest moments.

 

Mine is right now...

 

There are 20% off coupons here...

 

Lol if you think that's the place to get Harbor Freight Discounts....

http://www.hfqpdb.com/

It's a database of every single coupon for every single item that HF puts on sale. Also the newest 20% coupons and free item coupons. I don't walk out of a HF without using one or two of those coupons.

 

Haha nice, as long as I don't pay the price on the item I'm usually happy. Didn't see any jackstand specific ones right now although they do it once an a while

 

This guy did a much better job making a Dually Taco...

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/worlds-first-4door-dually-tacoma-and-15bt-swap.937923/

 

haha mines done that..never fun haha

 

He basically put a Tacoma body on Dually frame. Wow.

And a 15BT...

 

Oh there's tons of them

 

Diggin that Gunmetal F5 against that gorgeous Red paint!

 

What tires?

I'm really impressed with the KO2s, Jon gave me, in the snow. But they are loud and don't seem to be perfectly balanced on dry roads.

 

Picked up a few more parts for the 4x swap this weekend.


And while I'm on the subject... Bought these from @Tour991, and let me tell you. James is a stand up guy. The transaction was completely 100% seamless. Great communication and pleasant to deal with. I would not hesitate, at all, to do another deal with him.

 

I was going to mention the sidewall issue off-road but figured I'd keep it to the "grip" comment.

Oh and

 

Anyone else rear frame just behind where hitch mounts looks like this. Tom I am putting on a cbi rear tire carrier and just wondering if I need to reinforce the frame. Looks like it was made this way just concerned me!!!

 

I was always a KO fan. Started with them in 94 on my Bronco and they've always treated me well in every Colorado condition on and off road.

The KOs I last took off my Tacoma went 80,000 miles. Unbelievable.

Then, for the first time ever, I tried a different tire: Goodyear Adventure All Terrain. I really liked them on road. In the snow they were solid. Off road we're ok enough.

Then Jon traded me his KO2s with 3000 miles on them for my Goodyears with 25,000 miles on them. I figured what the hell. Might as well.

Aside from tearing my sidewall 1 day after putting them on, as Viking Brett loves to point out, they've been nice. Absolutely great in the snow. Vast improvement over the KOs in the snow.

 

No that was not made that way. Looks like it was tweaked at some point. Did you remove the horizontal trailer hitch mounting bolts on each side?