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

I'm not sure how else to say this so I'll just say it....nice rack

Did it require drilling?

 

No drilling for me... I had a dealer installed roof rack to mount it to (that rack is riv-nutted) to the roof. The basket clamps to the roof rack.

Disclaimer... This rack is not intended to carry much weight. Rifles in the Pelican and probably lightweight items like clothes etc.

It's not a Prinsu... But for 60 bucks off Facebook Market place (brand new in box) I'm happy.

 

It looks good! Even better that it didn't require drilling...my Smittybilt rack required drilling holes in the roof and 2 years later I wish I had gone another route, but oh well. I wouldn't want to put much weight on a roof rack anyway, they're best for lightweight cargo and accessories.

 

Best thing is... I've already driven it at highway speed with the rack.....

And... Not ANY noise or whistling what-so-ever

 

Awesome, I got some wind noise with mine but it doesn't have the wind deflector like yours does. Mine had a pretty dramatic effect on my highway MPGs though, but I think that has more to do with the 4 round forward facing LED lights I have on the front of it.

 

Posted this in the other thread too.

Call your favorite Toyota parts department with the last five digits of the VIN of the donor vehicle and ask them what the gear ratio is. Done this several times when I was searching for a 4.30 diff for my truck at junkyards.

 

But major lack of power haha

My roof rack destroyed any power left that 33s and armor stole. The wind drag kills it bad, especially up hills.

 

Didn't notice any difference at all.

 

You will.

 

It's rated for like 75lbs if I remember correctly. My rack sticker is missing since I bedlined it and cut out new seals for it.

 

“Doesn’t know what truck it came out of”

And yes I double posted it here, there’s a lot more intelligence in this thread

 

IIRC, take the input and mark at 12 o'clock position. Hold one output in place, rotate the other, counting turns required to move the input 360 degrees. Divide by two

 

Did you use a kit or DIY the SAS ?

 

1/10 versus 1/3 of a revolution ought to be pretty easy to discern.

 

Yea, I don’t have the diff close to do it, just some guy that has it sitting in his garage.

 

Does the guy know if it came out of a 4cyl or a v6 truck?

 

He said a 98, I’ll ask him that in a couple hours.

 

@JKO1998
If you do three turns on the cv, the difference in the ratios will be more apparent, 12.3 vs 12.9 revolutions of the shaft

 

Something tells me youre gonna be lowering that rtt someday. Thats a lot of weight above your roofline.

 

Iirc its a DIY. D44 i believe. He knocked it out super fast