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

Installed a new head unit and soldiered/heat shrunk the connectors but I guess it didn’t fix the issue I was having in the first place. Maybe someone here knows something about headunits and wiring that I don’t?


https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/radio-shuts-off-when-going-over-a-bump.570386/

 

When are we doing a California wheeling trip?

 

We all have plenty of devices with accelerometers, those works very well for this. Or just like buy a bubble gauge.

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Where are you again?

 

But they don’t look as cool, I have no reason for one other than looks

I’ve only been off camber a few times, such in uncomfortable feeling.

 

Flagstaff, AZ

 

The Turd Gens actually have one built-in to their fancy instrument clusters.

 

Oh crap, I was gonna say come by and I'd have a look but that's a bit of a drive. You make sure the constant power pin in the radio connector isnt wiggly?

 

I just realized the numbers follow the curve of the gauge for the first time. That's visually very annoying.

 

That's exactly why I bought mine. Because it actually looks really cool, and it's definitely a conversation piece. The few people I've had ride in my truck since I've installed it have all commented on it.

It's like aftermarket wheels on your truck. You absolutely do not need fancy SCS wheels, but they look good.

 

A lot of newer Toyotas do that. Here's the FJ instrument cluster.

 

Wider tires need diff wheels tho, these are baby trucks they hardly fit anything bigger than stock without wheels

 

I replaced all connectors, truck side and radio side when I threw in the new head unit. I checked the first connectors on the original unit when I was having this issue and didn’t see anything. Had the radio plugged into the truck and working while I was wiggling and trying to get it to shut off but nothing


EDIT: or did you mean factory truck pin for ground/power wiggle?

 

I should say fancy aftermarket wheels.

 

Huh, that cluster is just ugly in general. Fake cruiser got some weird stuff going on

 

SCS are pretty cheap as far as wheels go, just hard to get

 

I really like the FJ. You don't see bold-looking SUV's like that anymore. They all look the same.

It's like the N64 of the car industry.

 

Yup, if it slipped back from the retainer it could be intermittent. Did you run a separate ground to a body bolt or use the stock radio ground?

 

16” Steelies are cheaper too.

 

I think they just look cheap