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

I believe it, damn #overlanders

 

You need to spend way more money than that before you're a proper overlander.


Are you even on expo portal bro?

 

wut there's an expo portal? Like you step inside and get transported to someplace awesome?

 

Stock life bro for about 6 more hours till I’m home.

 

J-shifter 2-lo mod

The push button was easy sounding

Thanks for the link.

 

I believe a twin stick is the only way to do it with a J shift.

https://frontrangeoffroadfab.com/twin-stick/

 

or manual hubs, for the ghetto version

 

I'll stick with the stronger axles and hubs.

There's only been a few times I've thought 2 low would be helpful anyways. It would be nice for wheeling on the slickrock, but that's about it.

 

What about da snow?

I honestly have no idea, I’ve just read people like it, I think.

 

I don't see 2 low being helpful in the snow in any situation.

 

Floating on top of it going really slow so ya don’t sink.

I dunno bro, just thinking

 

If you have 14'' 700 pound springs try removing your front sway bar. I took min off for a few months and it seems to ride much better.
With heavier spring the body roll is not as bad.

 

I think you'd still be better off in 4 low.

Tight turns is about it. On slickrock where it binds the xfer case really bad, but you need the control of low range. That happens several times every time I wheel Moab.

Also, going down tight switchbacks it could be helpful. When going down black bear, a buddy in a 2nd gen with an auto put it in 2wd, and made the turns tighter than me, as the xfer case binding pushed the truck through the corner and increased the turning radius. I didn't dare put it in high range though as I needed low to maneuver carefully around the corners and multi point turns.

 

2lo with a j shift case is as simple as putting a switch on one wire.
Comes in handy when a trail is lumpy enough to require real slow speeds yet not 4wd.

 

Ya know, I just realized what the conversation was about.

I thought you were talking about setting up a twin stick double low range set up kinda deal (whatever that’s called).


I feel waaay dumb.

 

I think if I didn't have an auto locker I'd have it. I put a switch in line to interrupt the signal to the ADD. The driveshaft would spin and the stub shaft would get all the power.

 

Makes sense now. I was stuck thinking there wasn't an way to do it at the xfer case like with the push button cases, but that would work assuming you don't have a lunchbox locker.

 

When I had manual hubs, 2 low was fun to just see what it was capable of and it definitely helped me turn since my driverside axle is always locked.

 

Could you explain how this is possible? I am new to Toyotas, but my truck has a J-shift case and manual hubs. I don't see how wires come into the picture at all.

 

If you have manual hubs they don't. Nothing electronic about it. Unless someone swapped the hubs in an ADD truck.