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

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by SlimDigg, Feb 7, 2011.

  1. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:39 AM
    El Taco Diablo

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    I'll keeep letting you know when we go.... one day you'll go with us :thumbsup:
     
  2. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:40 AM
    BartMaster1234

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    Hey, invite me on a weekend and I very may well be able to go. Haha.
     
  3. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:41 AM
    BartMaster1234

    BartMaster1234 American Auto Horns

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    @turbodb

    Your website is beautiful, I don't know how I've never taken a look at it before. So much information in such an organized and compact package. I don't know if you made that graphic with the different tire sizes under different lifts, but it's excellent.
     
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  4. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:43 AM
    turbodb

    turbodb AdventureTaco

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    Thanks, I did make it. :cheers:

    Most of the content there is also on TW, but sometimes I need to post things for friends and family, and I think this site would be a little overwhelming for them, hahahha.
     
  5. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:44 AM
    BartMaster1234

    BartMaster1234 American Auto Horns

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    Lots of great info on there, I'll have to take a close look. :thumbsup:
     
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  6. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:51 AM
    Blackdawg

    Blackdawg Dr. Frankenstein

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    Nothing.

    You've barely used it. Once. In almost a year...

    So..you made it heavier i guess...


    If you don't want to trim anything. Don't start offroading.

    Nope.

    Frankenstein didn't have lockers until 2016.
     
  7. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:53 AM
    BartMaster1234

    BartMaster1234 American Auto Horns

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    I made myself into mall crawler fodder is exactly what I've done.
     
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  8. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:54 AM
    Blackdawg

    Blackdawg Dr. Frankenstein

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    right.

    Could have done that in 2wd though haha
     
  9. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:55 AM
    Phessor

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    My daily driver!
    E-Locker
    4:88 gears
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    1500 pounds of fat...
     
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  10. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:55 AM
    turbodb

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    My recommendation is not to do too much future-proofing. If you think you will need something in the next year, do it.

    Longer than that and you are better off investing the money and seeing what happens. If, in 10 years you realize you need a locker, put one in then. You might find it before that that your interests or uses change, and you could have put that thousand dollars to better use.

    There have been a lot of things that I've said I would never do to my truck, and in the end I've done them all. However, I drove the truck and used it before I did them and realize I actually needed to do them.

    A great example is my front suspension. I put in a ToyTech BOSS coilover because I knew I needed more than stock. I could have future-proofed and gone with a high-end racing shock at the time, but who knows how I would end up using the truck? As it turns out, my life situation changed and I use the truck a lot more now than I used to... So now I'm putting in the racing shocks.

    I don't view that as wasted money on the Toytechs. I view it as a responsible approach to finacial management.
     
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  11. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:56 AM
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    Wait till I get my Relentless Fab armor on!

    I'd be the cover of mall crawler magazine.
     
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  12. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:57 AM
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    A lesson everyone should learn from, especially college students
     
  13. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:58 AM
    BartMaster1234

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    Very good points. If I can get a good deal on the locker, I'll probably get it because I'm a stubborn son of a bitch. But financial responsibility is another thing to keep in mind.
     
  14. Nov 8, 2018 at 11:58 AM
    Prayn4surf

    Prayn4surf 20 minutes late

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    Did you find someone to weld it together for you yet?
     
  15. Nov 8, 2018 at 12:00 PM
    BartMaster1234

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    How do you like it? You're almost the same tire size as me.
     
  16. Nov 8, 2018 at 12:00 PM
    BartMaster1234

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    The whole reason I bought and restored that Miller 180 MIG was to weld the bumper together myself. And I'll get to it one day, I just want to take some welding classes first.
     
  17. Nov 8, 2018 at 12:06 PM
    Prayn4surf

    Prayn4surf 20 minutes late

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    Tyler, just have someone do it for you or sell it. Its gonna sit there for years and be that thing you never got to. I realize my reasonable reasoning is futile though. All that work restoring the old Miller done for nothing.
     
  18. Nov 8, 2018 at 12:08 PM
    BartMaster1234

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    Just you watch me.
     
  19. Nov 8, 2018 at 12:11 PM
    Phessor

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    So here is the short story.

    I purchased this truck with the intent on leaving it stock! But in the end, I wasted so much money not looking ahead to the possibilities.

    First I rebuilt the entire front end, of course I used all stock components. Then I added new tires, 31X10.50X15 BFG's on stock wheels.

    A year down the road I decided I wanted more lift, so I installed a set of Bilstein front shocks with OME coils and some ICON progressive add-a-leaf's in the rear with Bilstein shocks.

    Then less than a year later I wanted even more, so out came the front shocks and coils, in went the Kings and JBA UCA. Then out with the factory leaf's and in with a set of OME Dakars and Toytec shackles.

    But wait, there's more. I ended up pulling the Toytec shackles and adding the ICON progressive add-a-leaf's under the Dakars to give me the lift I wanted and the nice ride.

    So now I needed new rims and tires to pull it all together, so I went with SCS F5's and BFG 285/75R16's which my truck pushed down the road ok. But I decided to re-gear to 4:88 to get my power curve closer to stock.

    So far I am very happy with how it turned out, but I wasted a lot of money and time along the way. The only thing I may look to in the future is another S/C, I miss that power.
     
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  20. Nov 8, 2018 at 12:15 PM
    Blackdawg

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    at least skip the damn class. Not that hard to MIG weld. Find some scrap. Turn it on. Watch some youtube. Start practicing.

    Won't take long to get good at it.
     
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