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

Yes I did... and no it's not leaking.

 

Lucky you! My first one lasted less then a year and the replacement didn't even make it out of the driveway. Still waiting for a replacement on the second one.

 

Ya... I've seen your posts and others. Believe me, that was the first thing I was thinking.

But after the boil over and everything cooled down enough to check everything. I added water and I had only lost about 1/3 gallon to the boil over, steam, etc. Actually, I didn't even lose that much because my overflow tank was "over full"

Since then, I've driven it under normal daily load and haven't had any temp spikes... and I haven't lost any coolant.

 

Wired the dash cam into 12v behind the knee panel, so cig area cleaned up with just cell phone USB charger.


Before

 

Finally installed the custom carbon fiber fairing I made onto my custom roof platforms

 

Wonder where the cooling bottleneck became on your rig.

 

I break open the 12v plugs and wire them direct to power behind the socket. Takes more work but cords are hidden and socket still open. Good job man.

 

That is dope! How much for one serious if your interested in making another?

 

I finally got most the bugs out of my vaccum system. Since installing the turbo some things were definitely wrong. I was amazed to see the amount of gremlins a wrongly routed vaccum system can cause. I'm talking the steering, braking, front diff engagement and operation, CV axle trouble, oil blow by, poor ebc operation, acceleration, holding boost pressure, probably more I'm forgetting. Since re-routing it drives like OEM again. But with a turbo. Even the turbo is working smoother. Absolutely mind blowing what that vaccum system does. Putting in a new charcoal canister for emissions mine had oil in it. Over the last week I added a GPS system, ladder rack, running boards, bumper stinger, redid the electrical with distribution blocks, reconfigured the vaccum system, and put in a new center console. Hate to say this but I almost enjoy it more now than my CTS-V. Getting compliments and stares everywhere I go. Always cool when someone appreciates your hard work.

 

What year is the V? I had an 04. Miss that thing

 

Sorry but I barely had enough time to make this for myself

 

I gotta know...did Chuck Norris actually sign your fender or is that a decal?

 

The fender would have buckled under the pen if he did.

 

I suppose I left that wide open for a Chuck Norris joke haha

 

There are no Chuck Norris jokes, there are only statements of fact.

 

Brother in law made me the decal lol. I WISH it was real!!!

 

Truck hit a milestone on the way to work today.