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

thats the plan.. finally have a rig to tow the trailer ive had for 5 years! lol

 

Sas it, cause that’d be neat.

And go join tundra world you vehicle slut

 

lol

 

Went with 650 Eibachs, just have a tube bumper up front, but no sway bar. Plus I didn’t wanna preload the hell out of them to get 2” up front. So far I really like them!

 

I’ll grab a pic tomorrow, too dark now

 

Some measurements would be great as well.

 

Tinted the front windows and windshield today. Looks better I think!

 

I measured right after I put them on and was sitting at 39” on both sides from ground to fender, may settle a little bit after some driving

 

Question:

The Trans and Tcase I bought for my 4x conversion were separated when I bought them. The did not come with the bolts to attach the Tcase on to the Trans. There was one bolt left over because the trans mount was in the way to get it out (pictured).


What is the consensus... Would you do OEM bolts from the dealer, for who knows what stupidly outrageous price they want? Or, would you use the one bolt to get the correct thread pitch, legth, etc and buy grade 8 bolts and washers and be done with it?

 

McCaster Carr. Correct shank size and length and overall lengths, in a grade 7.5 or 8

 

SlOWER and a little hotter. Your not getting consistent bead width because your moving to fast. Gas isnt going to change your bead pattern, you need to. Think of drawing little frowns, really close together.

Dang! That does look nice. I cannot imagine wheeling in the dark with that. Its all ready is a issue with just my rear 3.

 

Thanks man! I don’t really go off road in the dark much, I just got this truck a week back. I will use it for my hunting/camping truck. I would like to take it to the trails after I get a few things replaced on it, and a lift and tires!

 

Oh boy, do you not look out your windows when you hunt? Or drive to where you get out? Looks nice but I think it’d hurt your game finding abilities.

Once again, looks nice, long as you like it

 

Cops won't like it that dark.

 

Normally I drive up in the dark before shooting light, and am in the woods until evening shooting light. So I don’t hunt much from the roads.

The side windows are legal percentage for CO, just have to be careful about the front window, it’s at 50% it just looks really dark sitting in my garage.

 

Thank you!

 

Rain coming here in socal this weekend and wanted to replace the cvs in my truck. Asked the boss if I can use the warehouse since it's raining he said "I'm sure that's fine just call me" so hopefully replacing the cvs tomorrow. Anything I should know ahead of time. It's my second time but the first time I had help by 2 people that had done it before. I know the basic pull wheel pull dust shield pull cv nut lower ball joint bolts remove cv repeat in reverse but anything I should know or get in advance. Also does anyone have a link to a tool list for socket size needed.

 

How much did that cost you? Might do something similar.

 

I recently wrote up doing this myself as part of fixing a front diff leak at the CV seals.

Photos and write up of the process: My Front Diff is Leaking (...and Fixing It)

As far as tools go, you don't need much:

• whatever you need for lugs
• needle nose pliers (for the CV cotter pin)
• flat screwdriver and hammer to remove hub
• 35mm (or 36mm works too) for cv axle nut
• 14mm for LBJ
• pry bar (to separate CV from diff)
• mallet (to whack CV out of hub assembly)

 

Anyone have any advice about a trans filter? The only OEM filters I can find listed (for A340F) look like this.

This is the filter I'm trying to replace.
Apparently there are multiple filters that have been used for the A340F. The only filter I can find that actually looks like mine is Wix https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wix-58884/
Should I just go with the Wix? Is it even worth doing an OEM?