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

Got some bed lights a while back and couldn’t use them with my bed liner, so tried to figure out another way to put them to good use. I decided to wire them up to the door lights so when the doors are opened, you can see what you are stepping into. Also, wired in a switch so they double as trail lights. All in all, happy with it.

 

Done!

 

Ahhhhhh finally.

 

Everything I read said for tundra front breaks and a tundra rear axle 16s or bigger is needed or spacers I accomplished both with 15s and no spacers.

Thank you I'm very happy with how it came out

 

Hm thought the rear drums were the same.

You have 15s on the front though with tundra brakes? Wow. That is lucky. I know very few wheels seem to fit them. Which ones are you running?

 

You might be right. I'm not sure they came on the truck when I bought it. Heres a picture

 

How much you asking for them?

 

You do know it is possible to have Google ONLY search a given site, right?

Iirc, "site: tacomaforum.com Alice twisted panties" would, for example, show my prior response.; )

 

$200. Id be willing to drive a little ways to meet someone depending on location.

 

A torque wrench should NEVER be used to remove bolts. It's only for torquing to final spec.

I have used a breaker bar and impacts to remove such things. That might not be the best method, admittedly.

 

Cool. I'm in Chucktown. PM sent!

 

Ah massive lip. Probably 3" or less backspacing haha

 

I'm not an idiot to the inter webs, but when searching on Tacoma World for a subject, it can be a pain in the ass, especially when there are 1000 worthless comments on the original subject.

 

A new carrier bearing will be signifigantly more stiff than one with 200k+ on it. Buy the one thats made for your truck. Ive never read of anyone using a superduty cb, just the ranger poly ones. But those give lots of vibes so ive heard.

 

You dont want a stiff carrier bearing. It will rattle your fillings out of your teeth. A half inch of movement is normal.

 

Lemme guess, you bought some cheapass parts store bearing? A spicer bearing is what ive got, works perfectly.

 

Anyone know where to get an extension for the carrier bearing ? Any DIYs for it?

 

Extension??? Do you mean a spacer? (To lower it)

 

Yes and yes Spacer my bad it’s early still .

 

No worries lol... @Wheeler's Off-Road Inc is where I got mine.

They're always the first place I look