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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 28, 2018 at 1:20 PM
    BartMaster1234

    BartMaster1234 Well-Known Member

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    I’ll get to it one day. I’m just waiting on some time to install the LBJ’s and we’ll figure it out from there.
     
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  2. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:26 PM
    JKO1998

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    Sooner than later cause your tires hate you
     
  3. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:28 PM
    BartMaster1234

    BartMaster1234 Well-Known Member

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    You’re right. It’s on the list. I rotate them every time I have reason to take the wheels off. Alignment def. does not help the life though.
     
  4. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:33 PM
    Dan8906

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    Lbjs won’t effect it.
     
  5. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:33 PM
    JKO1998

    JKO1998 Well-Known Member

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    How many More pages of Tyler’s alignment are we gonna get?

    Current number is 6 pages
     
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    Blackdawg

    Blackdawg Dr. Frankenstein

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    Sorry dude.

    I went to school for the first 2 years with 23 credit hours a semester minimum. Worked 2 jobs. Religious about the gym. Lived in a recording studio 4 hours a day practiced trumpet 2 hours a day and still was able to build Frank.



    0 sympathy.
     
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  7. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:34 PM
    Empty_Lord

    Empty_Lord Toyotaholic

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    Hmm. I’m not a fan of the Spc arms. Never had an issue aligning with the univalve uppers.

    I mean spc works. I just don’t like em for me
     
  8. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:35 PM
    BartMaster1234

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    That’s fine. I wasn’t asking for sympathy.

    I just said a simple thing about not wanting to adjust my control arms and it turned into six pages of discussion of why I’m wrong for not wanting to do it.
     
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  9. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:39 PM
    JKO1998

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    You know what they say, the new generation of youth is weak, incompetent, needy, and overall, worthless
     
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  10. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:39 PM
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    I can never catch a break. Such is life.
     
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  11. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:45 PM
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    Just don’t ever post anything, unless it’s just a shit post.
     
  12. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:46 PM
    Speedytech7

    Speedytech7 Toyota Cult Ombudsman

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    I think you gave me a similar rundown when I pulled a Tyler in the past. It motivated me haha, I made time to get shit done!
     
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    I usually walk around under the truck looking at everything, lol
     
  14. Nov 28, 2018 at 1:47 PM
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    They were the cheapest aftermarket control arms I could find, so I went for them. The Total Chaos uniballs are nice.
     
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    Blackdawg

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    haha think I recall that vaguely.

    Yeah I help jack it up. Have to drive it in cause he hates my clutch :laugh:
     
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  16. Nov 28, 2018 at 2:13 PM
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    You have the time to make a welder look pretty but not an hour to do an alignment? :boink:

    SPC arms make alignment as easy as it can get and will give the most tire to firewall clearance of any UCA because it does not need the cams to adjust camber.

    Max out cams for castor, adjust camber by sliding the ubj bolt in or out, then adjust toe. Digital level and tape measure is all that is really needed. Toe plates help but aren't really required.

    To do it right, it's different
     
  17. Nov 28, 2018 at 2:34 PM
    BartMaster1234

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    That was back in High School. I had more time than what I knew to do with. Haha.
     
  18. Nov 28, 2018 at 2:35 PM
    Wulf

    Wulf no brain just damage

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  19. Nov 28, 2018 at 2:47 PM
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    Teach me
     
  20. Nov 28, 2018 at 2:49 PM
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    I have mods
    Did the shower curtain mod.

    My passenger door was missing the plastic water barrier so I made a new one out of a shower curtain. Still need to do the drivers door, although it does have the water barrier still but the OEM butyl rope is dirty and not sticking any longer. The water barrier is also falling apart in places so I'll just make a new one. Need to get some new door panel clips first.

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