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

Got the

$100 BICYACO 1 Pair 105W Rectangular 5x7/ 6x7" Led Headlight High Low Beam Headlamp Compatible with Jeep Wrangler YJ Cherokee XJ Kenworth T300 1997-2010 Replacement H6054 H5054 H6054LL 69822 6052 6053

headlights and corner lights ordered. Headlights should be here tomorrow because Amazon Prime is the best

 

I have those headlight, I like them a lot but you need this harness for them to work with our ground side switched headlight wiring.

$20 [ALL STAR TRUCK PARTS] 2-Headlight H4 Headlamp Light Bulb Ceramic Socket Plugs Relay Wiring Harness Kit

https://smile.amazon.com/2-Headligh...D=51lzT%2B1ndLL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

Yeah I got that harness, I think you mentioned it once before when I asked what headlight you were running. Those are the only aftermarket headlight that didn't seem to break the bank and didn't look like garbage lol

 

The ones that these ones we have are based off of are from Rigid industries and are about $375 a pair

 

$100 was like the max I'd spend. I have plenty of money but didn't feel like dumping it into headlights on my truck when I could more wisely use that money

 

I am very much anti LED in a reflector housing. I wanted something that didn't look so 1990s so the ones that Zane has and I now have ordered are a good compromise.

 

The additives would be for the clutch packs in the limited slip your elocked doesn’t have any clutches

 

Almost every truck had the same 5x7 chrome/glass headlight, it's just a very 80-90s look. I don't hate the 5x7 look just wanted to get away from the chrome look I guess. These just look a lot more modern

$100 BICYACO 1 Pair 105W Rectangular 5x7/ 6x7" Led Headlight High Low Beam Headlamp Compatible with Jeep Wrangler YJ Cherokee XJ Kenworth T300 1997-2010 Replacement H6054 H5054 H6054LL 69822 6052 6053

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074LT5B1M

 

Manual states

$29 75w-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75w-90 for front diff, 80w-90 for rear diff. LSD was not available on 1st gens so no additive needed.

But In the past I've alwaysed used Mobil1 75w-90 synthetic, my stock gears still looked good at 215K mi.

I actually just replaced rear diff oil (& trans) today. Just finished running break in on my new gears. I'm using Lucas 85w-140 dino from now on.

 

That is what I just went with after my gear change.

 

The Truck-lite version is $184 each. I've heard good things but it's not worth $370 for headlights to me. For that much I could retro HID projectors that will easily outperform any LED setup for 200mm headlights.

 

K, another steel bumper question,

Do all your bumpers have a little mounting bracket like trail gear uses?

Or do just use the bolt holes on the frame?

 

Well I guess this is a different thread then I started in, oh well.

 

No. Most plate bumpers you have to modify your frame horns. Trail gear is the only one with the adapter for both gens.

Pelfrey built will have a specific one for 98-00 similar to how cbi does.

 

My ‘98 has the weird frame horns, so Relentless Fab provided special frame caps to cut and weld onto the stock frame horns. This appears to be only an issue on the 1998-2000 model revision.

 

Ordered up the Idler pulley. Tired of hearing it squeal when it gets dirty.

 

I’m thinking about building one, my friend welds for a living and has some access to steel at work, so make make a half way decent looking one, no winch mount or anything.

I guess really anything would be better than the stock one.

Ya so does my 99

 

if you build a custom one, do whatever you want. Hell you can buy the adapter from trailgear for your starting point if you wanted.

 

Guess I could do that huh, when I swapped my deer bumper for a new to me bumper yesterday it made me miss the old TG I had haha.

 

Or weld it straight to frame but I think that's illegal in some areas.