1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

TTE on Facebook is a great, productive site/page.

 

I’ve never seen a manual hub Tacoma in the wild, let alone a 4x4 Tacoma. ADD is stupid common. One of my local yards once had a whole row of Limited 4Runners.

 

Yeah not as active. But lots of useful info to be had over there. I havent logged in over there in like 5 years.

 

On my truck yes. Baer Sport Rotors and LCE Brake Lines.

 

That’ll totally fit in the bed.

 

They aren't uncommon, both of mine are manual hub and they're aren't hard to find in the land of base models. Californians just don't buy base models I guess

 

Californians just don’t like 4x4 trucks. I’d say roughly 75% of Tacomas here are PreRunners or 5-Lugs. 4x4 parts are rarer and more expensive, that’s why I drove to Reno to get my swap parts.

Let me rephrase: I’ve never seen one at a junkyard. On the road there are plenty.

 

Because the kit that @mechanicjon sold me came with Baer rotors.

 

Baer makes awesome aftermarket stuff for hardcore brakes.

 

im still wanting to fit wilwoods to the taco...

 

They're pretty pricey too, I think it was like $150 for a set of two.

I like them, they look good. But like any drilled and slotted rotor they make a lot of dust.

 

how good is the powder coat quality on them

 

Pretty damn good I'd say. Not museum quality, but pretty good. The powdercoat on my manual hubs are better, but I had them done by a real powdercoating business.

 

my corollas calipers locked up today. got a set of the powerstops coming... was like 70 bucks for 2 calipers... cant beat that..

My calipers i got for my taco are getting mirror polished by the dad before they go for powder coat.. then im doing the TRD stickers and clear powdercoating them on...

 

I used Reliant Powdercoating in San Leandro, CA. Dealt with the owner the whole time, had nice operation going.

They coat things as small as valve covers (or manual hub dials) up to 50 foot structural beams for buildings or bridges. Their oven is like the size of a building. As I was leaving they were loading this massive beam onto a 54 foot flatbed truck.

 

Someone on this forum (or TTORA) makes TRD decals with the cursive front for the 13WL calipers. Looked pretty damn nice.

 

i had my old reciever hitch powder coated by a place that does massive building things.. they did a damn fine job.

 

the guy with the supercharged 4runner does.. forget his name. has a great video on youtube of the brake upgrade

 

Was pretty funny when I walked in there with my tiny ziplock bag of manual hub dials while the guy who pulled in behind me had like a Diesel engine block for a bulldozer.

 

Id love to get these on my truck.. lol theyre just sitting in the basement... but i aint making the bracket to fit them then having to run 20" wheels

Here they are next to 13WL calipers...