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

yup, was in the garage when they came up. she didnt notice them at first till i brought them inside. best intro for them i could give her was "meet your new best friends" told her a budget and went back into my garage. now im waiting for the "im sorry, i was wrong" from her lol though she did a squeal/scream which caught me and the 2 guys off guard

 

she has found the cradle of life lol

 

I hit it with some, didnt do much. I guess I can take it apart and try to deep clean it.

 

unfortunately by not bedding the brakes, you run into rotor warping and improper wear of the pads. Not sure if it affects the calipers, don't see how it could, but this could be your culprit. Pull a pad and see what it looks like.

 

Without pulling the wheel off yet, the brake pads look even and i get no wobble in the wheel when braking, so warp doesn't seem to have occurred. I did attempt to bed them twice, just so many cars here that I never got more than a few hard brakes in.

 

Yeah I was trying to think of a road, maybe treat blvd at midnight haha, but yeah pretty congested in those parts. Sorry I can't offer more help.

 

All good, Ill just take it apart and check things out. Clean things up and add more grease to the pins and bolts

 

Front and back side

 

Not necessarily. Unfortunately, the ECUs changed so often its hard to pin point which ones run great and which ones don't do as well. It is very inconsistent. Add differences in elevation and other factors and you get a lot of mixed results.

So people hardly ever ping even stock. Some ping so bad they need a lot of fuel mods and tuning.

Just inconsistent sadly.

Plenty of spot that big bastard you have that wouldn't be as ideal. Id get what you have and an m12. The m12 can do a lot of bolts and is just nicer to handle due to its size.

All im saying is the smaller tool is easier to handle and can fit more places to make more jobs quicker. Which to me is the whole point.

The big bastard is for big bolts like you said and in those cases clearance usually isn't an issue.

 

@BartMaster1234 since you’re needing some inspiration to get your truck prepped and painted finally check out this guys thread on his 1st Gen paint job.

Probably won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but I think it’s pretty badass.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2003-tacoma-restore.533050/

 

guess, i'll buy some m12's then since you said that monte lol

 

I remember reading about that, it was crazy how I kept thinking man those body lines look familiar.

 

Dirty-fives..........

 

Cant lose with dirty 5s

 

if i go LT i better put 35's on or im going to be made fun of more lol

 

If I could get away with bigger I would lol. 38s would be nice

 

Some 2003/2004 trucks still qualify. Some Tundras and Sequoias too.

 

There's your issue. My brakes squeaked and squeaked and shuddered the first time I used them. I had to bed then in to get them to work properly.

 

Thanks guys. I think everyone's saying the same thing, which is also the direction I was leaning - if I'm going to get one, it should be for the things that might really need it - so get the high-torque.

Mark - that one you pulled out on the De-Tour - high torque?

 

What pads are you using? I have Hawk ceramic pads and installed them with new rotors and they squeaked for a good month even after two hard bed-in sessions. Eventually it went away. How long have you had them on?