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

... we were keen to see what was at the end of Sheep Canyon, and so we pushed on. As it turns out, what's at the end of Sheep Canyon is a campground - and, at least on this day, a full one at that! Disappointed, we made our way through the small loop and noticed a white first gen Tacoma camped in the very last spot - as far from anyone else as possible. "Nice first gen," the owner said as we drove by. "Back at you." replied @mrs.turbodb as we started back down the way we'd come. It was 2:30pm and we were now unsure what we were going to do for our last night in Anza-Borrego. We stopped along the side of the road and started looking at our maps...

Little did we know what was about to happen. It's a small TacomaWorld, I tell you!

Find out who it was in
Anza-Borrego Part 7 - So. Many. People.​

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Anza-Borrego Part 7 - So. Many. People.​

 

I went and looked at the lower control arms, I like!

 

So it adds castor? I wash TC would just make a set of tubular lower control arms to match the uppers. The boxed design seems like overkill for stock length travel.

EDIT: Ignore that previous comment.

 

So. Goddamn. True.

 

They are nice. Expensive though..

Yeah I got about 2° castor from them I'd say. Not bad.

Just not a market for it. 2nd gens only got them because the oem design was shit.

 

Damn. That’s good. Getting 4 degrees with ucas should be no problem now.

 

That's the hope! Will see later this summer.

 

Original center caps need some work (i wanted the toyota emblem filled in black) so grabbed these off eBay.
Clips kind of suck but they snap into place with a little persuading.

If anyone is interested, they're here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/4wheel-cen...er-6-Lugs-15-and-16-Rim-4PC-ONLY/292502317865

EDIT: UPDATE: These ebay centerpieces match the duplicolor HyperSilver wheel paint perfectly. I used it to refinish the wheels. Slightly oxidized, I did a very light sanding then just started with light coats. Think I did 4 or 5 coats then a couple of clear. Happy with results.







 

Finished my relay and fuse box mount




Also replaced some OEM clamps on my CV after they slid and lost some grease with some SouthEast Overland clips

 

Is your mount above the evap canister?

 

What's in the box

 

Bout time

 

dont you have a taco to sell and deliver to me for pennies on the dollar?



In other news. more parts coming for my taco.. hopefully have a rolling chasis within the month (if i get a damn break on other peoples junks)

 

Finished up welding this cargo basket. Finally can do something with those steps on the side...

 

I hate it when that happens.

Replacing the clutch?

 

Gonna do your rear main seal while you are in there?

 

Just ordered 5 of these after finding mostly good to better-than-average reviews. They're getting mounted on my freshly powder coated 1st Gen steelies. Both Walmart and Amazon have this price right now, but I'm concerned about what the date code may be on the sidewall. Hopefully they won't be too old.

Now to complete my front end work before chucking up this fresh set of rubber.

 

Installed an external cb speaker using a 4r tweeter. I think it works judging on I can hear a lot of noise when I turn the squelch down but it's about half as loud as the cb speaker is. Any ideas how to make it louder? I used a TS plug and wire from a microphone that came with a head unit. Just clipped off the mic and soldered the ends to the tweeter. Will a heavier guage wire help?


20190410_172200 by Ryan Heintzelman - Flickr2BBcode

 

What’s the point of this?