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

Well I'll avoid there

 

Trying Rock-n-Road in Loomis, California. It’s this small operation that does great work. They ship and receive from all over the county.

 

I had SDHQ rebuild mine, you can give them a call and if the shipping is really bad through them you can ship to me and I'll run em up there.

 

My local place wanted 125$ a Shock,


Not even local actually, half way across the state the long way now.

Havent Checked in SLC

 

Absolute steal of a price for a high quality pad. Thanks for the heads up on the part numbers interchangeability

 

You sure there's nothing else wrong with them? Might be better off buying a new set versus shipping them somewhere to find out they're trash.

Even if it's just that, add the parts into a standard rebuild and you'll be at $300 a shock easy.

 

Amazon has an inexpensive Koyo radiator for our tacos.
Edit: just saw the posts mentioning the Denso, that might've been what I was thinking. It's been a couple years since I did this.

 

LMAO!! damn!!

 

Got my ARB bumper front bumper and Warn winch mounted today. I couldn't rent an engine hoist and this whore wasn't going to wait. It's a good thing that I don't skip leg day because I just dead lifted that pig on to the mounts. I did wrap the body with blue painters tape and foam. I got most of the interior back together now, I just need to put the door panels back on, but I need a few parts before I do.

 

I haven't made that argument, maybe revalve capabilities. If anyone thinks they're saving money by getting something rebuildable they're fooling themselves. I paid $150 per shock to rebuild mine plus new bearings, which could have bought me another set of OMEs.

You're paying for performance.

The other problem is, if you let them go to long between rebuilds, you can completely trash them, especially in areas where corrosion is an issue.

Got to pay to play.

 

Even my blown icons rode nicer than billies and stock, but rebuilt icons kicked blown icons ass everywhere.

 

No. Don't want to invest in a good spring compressor and a nitrogen setup. Otherwise I would.

 

I bet it's looking shaaaaarp, give us a pic

 

That’s probably where Ben lived, also explains why he’s so moody.

 

OEM or 555

 

@Squeaky Penguin

I just ordered this one, but haven't received it yet. I have auto trans. I trust Denso for any part. They provide so many factory installed parts, I don't see how you can go wrong with them. Undoubtedly their quality programs must meet Toyota stds.

$168 Denso 221-3138 Radiator

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096BA8Z6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Hooked this thing up. Now come fall hunting I can see thru river crossings better than this last August.

 

Truck has a gremlin and I think it’s the ScanGauge.

Driving home Saturday on I85 I flash my headlights at someone to merge in. The radio stops playing sound. Wondering if it’s a coincidence I flash them again. Truck acts like it’s going to die, radio loses sound again then the volts on my ScanGauge, which typically run between 13.9-14.2 start bouncing all over the place between 12.3 and 16.9. Pull over check under the hood, nothing visibly wrong with battery or alternator. Cut it back on, drive another hour home without issue.

Tonight I get in the truck to move it. Curious, I flip the headlights on and off. No issues. Do yard work for an hour, get back in to start it and move it back. The damn ScanGauge is somehow on trying to connect WITH NO KEYS IN? How the fuck? Battery dead.

 

I feel like I’ve read similar stories in reviews... wouldn’t be surprised.

 

Yeah I remember doing mine holding it up while a slow bitching old man (a.k.a my dad) was putting the bolts in I held it up for 5 minutes before putting it down. And using my neighbors engine hoist. Then listened to him insult me for using a hoist cause I couldn't hold it up anymore as I put the bolts in the mounts myself in 30 seconds. Luckily he lived a quarter mile away so I made him walk home lol.