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

For the balljoints, sure.

 

That's a remarkably clean casting, not just devoid of dirt and grime but it's actually got very few casting lines of significant height in the intake runner space. Nice!

 

No. I guess I’m gonna make something similar. I have a friend that does decals and she is gonna try and do something for me.

 

Another update:
I just got some LED h4's from https://www.lasfit.com/ and installed them today in my black chrome housings. Even in my garage with the daylight these were super bright. I am going to adjust them and take some pictures tonight and see how they look. I was contemplating putting my Hella housings back in with these LED's but I knocked one of them off and broke it so now I have to stick with these housings. If I don't like it I will have to get another Hella housing.
Will keep you guys posted.

 

Curious to see what the light cutoff is like. I always thought it was a bad idea to put led bulbs in generic housings cause the light scatter and glare blinds other drivers.

 

So you'll be one of those guys that just blinds everyone all the time now..cool

 

Key phase...the shielded ones.

I don't think any on the site he linked too are shielded.

 

Same here. They are aimed a little low right now since I was trying to get those projectors to work . I will see in about a half an hour.
I got these ones here:
https://www.lasfit.com/collections/...eadlights-kits-high-low-beam-72w-7600lm-6000k

 

I hope I don't blind anyone, they didn't before. The bulbs look like they are pretty good quality.

 

If the low beam LEDs don't have a shield to block light..you will. Nothing to stop the low beam light from hitting the high beam reflector.

 

Most of the H4 and equivalent lights on that site he linked have shields. Only the ones that go into low beam only housings didn't, as it should be

 

these have shields. You should be good. Not sure those kind of odd housings will help or not. Id bet they work better in the Hella ones but not sure.

 

Those ones I had in my truck were good, didn't blind anyone, never got flashed. Only about $90, only downside is the look...

$100 BICYACO 1 Pair 105W Rectangular 5x7/ 6x7" Led Headlight High Low Beam Headlamp Compatible with Jeep Wrangler YJ Cherokee XJ Kenworth T300 1997-2010 Replacement H6054 H5054 H6054LL 69822 6052 6053

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B074LT5B1M

 

yeah those are just bulbs though. Actually designed. I thought they looked good really.

 

So, I wasted half of a day swapping my replacement champion radiator just to find a leak on a weld. What a waste of time and money.

 

Womp womp

I got lucky with one on my car, but the welds looks like shit. Compared to another that my buddy got almost 4 years ago now it looks like garbage. I suppose there's a reason they're so cheap, they're made in the same factory that makes all the other generic alum radiators you find on eBay and Amazon. They used to be good shit, but lately they've just been the second part haha

 

Busy day
Changed out passenger door actuators.
Put in a working clock.
Got the e-brake temporally working after breaking it . ( they cut the cable on right side to get muffler in)
Hit stealer ship to exchange key grey fob they sold me that wouldn’t link . Got a black fob same fcc number worked!! VIP up and running now.
Black,grey wtf?

 

I haven't sent mine in for replacement..not sure I want to.

 

If you decide to try another replacement before you install it try to rig hoses and a way to connect a garden hose and use that to pressurize it but be careful depending on your water pressure you can put to much pressure

 

No I haven't. Wastn anything really wrong with it originally. I just replaced it because it was out.

Weird. Hmm.