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

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by SlimDigg, Feb 7, 2011.

  1. Apr 19, 2019 at 8:55 AM
    gumbo-taco

    gumbo-taco Well-Known Member

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    Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking that
     
  2. Apr 19, 2019 at 10:40 AM
    SwampYota

    SwampYota Strange things are afoot at the Circle K

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    Lift installed! Alignment needed badly, driver’s side tire is way off:

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  3. Apr 19, 2019 at 10:52 AM
    SwampYota

    SwampYota Strange things are afoot at the Circle K

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    600, bumper and winch going on soon which should drop it some...
     
  4. Apr 19, 2019 at 10:56 AM
    eon_blue

    eon_blue Okayest Member

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    1st gens usually need quite a bit of preload on Kings/Icons etc. out of the box to get 2.5" of lift. I have 14 threads showing on my passenger side Kings and 18 showing on the driver's side (to account for lean). 600# coils here too, and it rides pretty damn stiff on the street. Going to get them revalved when I get them rebuilt sometime this year. I don't have much front end weight yet either which doesn't help.

    Curious to see what your opinion on the ride is after you install the bumper/winch
     
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  5. Apr 19, 2019 at 11:14 AM
    CS_AR

    CS_AR Well-Known Member

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    Everything but the driveshaft. B03A - 410
    Finished putting everything back together after fixing the water leak and replacing the antenna. We've had heavy rains over the past 36 hours. So far so good -- knock on wood.
     
  6. Apr 19, 2019 at 11:36 AM
    SwampYota

    SwampYota Strange things are afoot at the Circle K

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    I’ll let you know. Might be a few days. Tires are so cocked in I don’t even want to test drive it. I’m working out of town next week so week after I’ll drop it off for alignment.
     
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  7. Apr 19, 2019 at 12:39 PM
    RedManRocket

    RedManRocket Well-Known Member

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    Just installed hood struts from @SpikerEng
    Great product and super easy to install. My favorite mod right now, and for the price you can't beat getting that damn hood prop out of the way.
    IMG_20190419_111656.jpg
     
  8. Apr 19, 2019 at 1:16 PM
    Area51Runner

    Area51Runner Well-Known Member

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    donated a few bones to the state coffers... :censored:

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  9. Apr 19, 2019 at 1:21 PM
    eon_blue

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    Lucky, mine was $350...don't ever use your truck as a tax write-off or the state will get you on registration every year. I wrote off some mileage on mine because I use it on my freelance jobs
     
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  10. Apr 19, 2019 at 1:31 PM
    FLBAdrian

    FLBAdrian A Pretty Sizeable Onion

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    Too many…
    Mineis $200 because the custom plates.
     
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  11. Apr 19, 2019 at 1:39 PM
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    Man and I just fussing because mine went up $5 last year to $27.54 :anonymous:
     
  12. Apr 19, 2019 at 1:51 PM
    FLBAdrian

    FLBAdrian A Pretty Sizeable Onion

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    Too many…
    :bananadead::bananadead::bananadead:
     
  13. Apr 19, 2019 at 1:54 PM
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    If I lived a half mile down the road in the next county it would be $65 lol
     
  14. Apr 19, 2019 at 1:54 PM
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    Another reason I left California. My Taco was $36 for 2 years here in Tucson.
     
  15. Apr 19, 2019 at 2:30 PM
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    My Dirt only Dual Sport was $125 this year. Its 18 years old.
     
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  16. Apr 19, 2019 at 2:46 PM
    FLBAdrian

    FLBAdrian A Pretty Sizeable Onion

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    Too many…
    That’s still cheap
     
  17. Apr 19, 2019 at 3:18 PM
    Thurman Merman

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    Mine's only 75 :dunno:
     
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  18. Apr 19, 2019 at 4:26 PM
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  19. Apr 19, 2019 at 4:37 PM
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    4X5....
     
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  20. Apr 19, 2019 at 4:54 PM
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    replaced a/c idler bearing. got this little fella on Amazon. took about 15 minutes. 3 times longer than it took me to do this on my landcruiser which doesn't require the dropping of skid plate.
     

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