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

$35 POR-15 Top Coat Spray Paint, Direct to Metal Paint, Long-term Sheen and Color Retention, 15 Fluid Ounces, Chassis Black

POR15 Chassis Paint. Works amazingly - expensive but very well worth it.

 

Yea AFE owns them now
Want to sell the SAWs?

 

Gonna get them rebuilt first, then I might sell them or keep them depending...I'm interested in seeing how they compare to the Kings I have on now. If I decide to sell I'll let you know

 

Guess it's all up to the volume of oil and valving. Are the SAWs 2.0 or 2.5? Most SAWs I have seen are 2.0

 

Check any near by tire shop have them check what they can do. I got mine from my local Discount Tire and they beat everyone by $20 a tire. After taxes and all it was about $650 for a set of 4.

 

Actually yeah they're 2.0s, just double checked my PMs with the seller from over a year ago.

 

Chances are they'll ride a bit different but I wouldn't expect them to be worse unless you really are working them for a while, long enough to heat them up.

 

For the leaf spring and shocks should I release the ebrake?

 

Yeah, I'm not so much into the go-fast stuff...4lo and slow for me, but it's nice to not fall behind the rest of the convoy like I used to when I was on 5100s lol. The SAWs look like they're on 650lb springs which are heavier than my 600lb Kings, so I'd definitely want some more weight on my front end if I tried them out. The 600lb Kings are a little stiff on a stock front end

 

Thanks! Saved it to my list

 

I love my 650s on my Icons, right now even with my 4cyl it is like perfect. It's a total cadillac over bumps. I drove it today just as an excuse to ride in it even though I had nowhere to go. But I also like to go fast and couldn't keep up when the Icons were blown out. Now I think it would be comfortable enough.

 

Yes, the ebrake will have way too much pressure holding the axle otherwise. Also you bought a new rear extended brake line right? Make sure you have something holding your truck from moving

 

^^ this, @tymeson be sure to chock your tires. A guy on the TW facebook page posted a few days ago about how his truck fell off it's stands and nearly crushed him, turns out he didn't chock his front tires when the rears were off. I got the same Harbor Freight 6 ton jack stands as you, they've worked great. They sell rubber wheel chocks there too for a few bucks each, make sure to get those or at least use blocks of wood or bricks.

 

I think it’s funny when they fight like they’re married.

It always seems to start with something Monte did.

Thats the plan when the time comes. eBay seems to be the cheapest online at the moment.

 

Tires are one of the few things where the warranty is just as important as the tires themselves though, so if you can arrange to have Discount Tire get the ones you want and match an eBay price I'd do that because their warranty is stellar.

 

My brother actually chained his truck to a tree cause of the slope in his driveway at the time. Probably the best thing he ever did in terms of safety to my knowledge

 

Anyone know what the connector next to the rearend harness under the driver's seat is for? It's pinned for three wires.

 

Lol yea, it's always funny when they do that.

 

yeah I think I may have had too much preload on mine initially which was part of the problem (had them at 3" of lift). I ended up taking it down to just under 2.5" because of the severity of the CV boot angles, I actually ended up blowing an inner CV boot which sucked. Did a diff drop (more like 'tilt') when I lessened the preload, angles look better and it rides more smoothly. I think a front bumper will help though in the near future with softening the ride up more.

 

Facebook truck groups, even the TW one are 5 alarm dumpster fires