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

The dude does live in miami...

 

Cleaned engine bay.

Before


After

 

Looks good, what’d you use? Any issues with how it’s running afterwards?

 

That's kinda what I'm leaning towards.

What would a set up like this cost?

 

Purple power degreaser and an tooth brush followed by lite garden hose serval Times. I put a bag around starter and the alternator no problemos!

 

You'll have to confirm fitment but it'll give you a ballpark idea on cost - and I'm sure you can find it cheaper online other than Amazon but with Amazon, its there in 2 days (if you have Prime)

Akebono -

$62 Akebono ACT436 Proact Ultra Premium Ceramic Disc Brake Pad kit, GREY

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C1LL96/

Brembo -

$72 Brembo 09.8193.81 UV Coated Front Disc Brake Rotor

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L7TQMJ6

For the Brembo, even though the picture shows 2 rotors, its per rotor - you'll need to order 2.

 

I like the idea of upgrading my brakes to something beyond OE, but I think thats a little bit out of my price range haha.

I was eyeballing the

$104 Power stop KOE1233 Autospecialty Front Replacement Brake Kit-OE Brake Rotors & Ceramic Brake Pads [Application Specific For 6 Lug Models With 297mm Front Rotors]

Power stop KOE1233 kit on Rock Auto. Seems pretty well priced at $75. Anyone have any experience with this kit?

 

I have the power stop z23 kit i got off Amazon and its better then stock but not budget breaking. I think like 125$

 

Do s runners have the weak normal 5lug rear axle or are they rocking the 8.4? Are your brakes 6 lug or 5 lug. Such a rare model I have no idea what equipment they have.

 

Its the 8.4 with 3.15 gears.

Srunner is a 5lug platform. stock it has toiko gas shocks, stiffer coils, 1” small tirers, bigger front sway bar, rear sway bar, tuned exhaust, interior package thats close to a limited, fully color matched outside and only came in black or red, alloy wheels, fiberglss fender flares. Im sure im missing some stuff buts that’s pretty much it

 

Neat, also 3.15 has to be a huge drag. I had 3.58s in my old truck and damn did it slow things down, with your bigger tires and lift that's gotta be tough on fuel.

 

the truck stock with the 3.15 gears i use break traction all the time if i luanched to hard. Even with these 30x9.5 i still can but i need to luanch hard. My fuel economy was never that great. Stock i got max like 250 miles in a tank if i drove only on the highway. I need to upgrade to 3.55 to correct my speedo but I haven’t really lost any mpg

 

Found this gem in the parking lot today. Looks like someone was getting a little too froggy.

 

@Speedytech7 also it was only made between 01-04 and less then 10k were ever made

 

Through the rubber grommet in the firewall above the clutch pedal.

 

I swear everytime i see trucks like that or guys asking aBout bad advice on bad lift options or drop bracket lifts i always think of te guy that said “Where can i get these ball joint spacers”

 

body lifts just look so shitty past 1"..

 

I hear ya bud. I justify it in the sense that, well... its brakes. When that 'oh $hit!' situation comes up, I want to be sure I can stop on a dime, well - I don't mind paying the premium. Its like Lower Ball Joints - sure I could order some Auto Zone brand but in the end, do I really want to trust it over OEM? Just the way I see it. Everyone has their own way of looking at it and that's totally cool too.

 

Once you start adding weight and bigger tires oem doesn’t really cut it anymore unless its oem tundra breaks in a tacoma lol.

But if you don’t want tundra breaks or cant afford it then preformace pads are rotors are your best bet. But i wouldn’t trust some ebay or Amazon breaks, unless its name brand like stop tech, brembo, power stop.

I like the power stops, work great on my tacoma and just installed them today on a srt8 jeep and they worked great.