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

cool thanks, saved that link to my phone...I'm always fumbling around the internet in the middle of working on my truck trying to locate a good source for torque specs lol, this will come in handy

 

Here's a little baby cheat sheet I keep around just for working on stuff away from the FSM

also a good link to an even bigger one that is helpful

 

check my new post I linked the PDF that you can save too

 

Well it’s been almost four months, and he hasn’t had to add any oil. Most of his driving is in town, and it burns more oil on the highway, but before the treatment he would have added at least a couple of quarts by now. Looks like the stuff worked.

 

Alright, one side done and it took me all damn day. Still, glad I’m doing this myself (with plenty of help from dad) rather than taking it to a shop. Learning a lot here.

 

Have to love that blue!

 

Accented her with a little mud today

 

My current project. Needed to get rid of the 21 year old bench. 07 wrx seats. Have 3 outta 4 mounting points welded up on the driver’s side.

Gonna have to do something about the headrest, it’s way too thick. Other than that, this is a solid choice if you’re ~6 foot or under, especially with the space of an extra or double cab.





Wow the flash on my phone makes the seat look disgusting. Way less noticeable in person, I swear

 

I have the PLX for AFR and Boost. If I could do it again I’d go with something else. It has some issues and PLX customer support isn’t that good. But maybe I just have bad luck with it.

I’m also pretty sure you’ll need the AFR module to use any of the additional modules. But you might want to email PLX on that.

 

I put a brand new steering rack in with brand new oem bushings before I headed to Moab and that shit was shot in 5k miles. Serious movement.

https://youtu.be/lcjgJ1IiqQg

I very much regretted not swapping to the poly’s when I installed it.

 

I had the same amount of movement right after installing an oem rack. I’d gotten a 01+ rack so that it had the better guide design, but didn’t realize that meant my center bushing sleeve was way too large for the oe bolt on my 97. After swapping to the energy suspension bushings (which involved a good deal of massaging that center bolt through the new bushing sleeve) I have zero movement. But I haven’t been to Moab since

 

Does your app freeze a lot? Especially if toggling between apps

 

I figured it out. You need a module for each individual system you want. For example you need one to monitor fluid pressure, one for temperature, and one for AFR.

I would just use a standalone ATF gauge if it wasn’t so bulky. I like the PLX because you can use it for so many different things.

 

Ditched my beat to hell flares for....whatever you want to call this mod. I like the look, truck looks a little higher too without the flares on.

 

Now you just need to ditch that stock plastic in the front

 

I'm convinced the universe doesn't want me to get one. Either too many other things come up that I need to spend money on, then I finally think I can swing it after my raise but CA goes "hey let's raise gas prices by $2/gallon that'll be funny" so...yeah

 

Let us know how it works and the brand. Looks like a great solution.

 

What "clips" did you use to replace the stock ones? those black ones look good!

 

One of the many reasons I left California...

 

Thanks! @Area51Runner recommend these

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01B165132?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

They fit well but needed a bit of adhesive on the back to keep them in place since the holes are rectangular. I have some Locktite spray adhesive that I put a little bit of on the backs of them and they stay in place