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

They have bigger

 

Yep.

 

Does anyone know the spring rate of the King extended coilovers (part no 25001-151)?
Thinking about going with a higher spring rate vs raising the front now that I have the Relentless plate bumper.

 

I like how you can quickly reconfigure with that upper mount. Nice idea.

 

600# springs

 

What upper mount is that?

 

Rack and tent all mounted

 

Damn. They don’t make those any more

 

So.... I dont recommend be fat and wrenching when it's a 106 out,( Feels like 120)...
But if you do I hope it's for something that you think is cool.
In such I'd like to offer exhibit A ; for awesome.

The shifter sits up a couple of inches higher. So I'm not sure if my #'s translate correctly ,the stock throw was 5 1/2 " and the new is about 3 1/4.

And I fixed my outside door handle .but broke the inside one... go figure. At least I can open it .

 

We had one of the 1ST Gens of those, Initially called a Barr's Top back in 78, Wife and I drove it to Alaska. Wasn't exactly weathertite at that time. Wish I had it back.

 

Anyone know if these rims are painted? Looks like it, but did 1 coat of aircraft stripper on one and it didn’t do anything, just left a orange coating. Picked up the whole set for $50, so I’m trying to to put too much money into them.

 

Nope look like the oem 16x7 rims I had. The black is probably oxidization. Try some aluminum cleaner it will come right off. Or sand them with 80,100, 150 grit.

 

The Datsun 620 is by far my favorite 70s pickup. Just a perfect look, more perfect without the king cab tho hah

 

https://www.walkerexhaust.com/
Get the correct part numbers here, then shop Amazon and RockAuto.

 

Yeah but at 6'2" i'd have been chewing on my knees.

 

Thanks! Should have hit them with aluminum cleaner first but it looked painted.

 

Something like this “2.5 x 8 x 600lb” ?

 

For a 2.5 King Coilover it would be 3.0x14x600lb

 

So my options are 650 or 700 lbs right? I’m going to add a winch so maybe the 700lb spring will hold the weight?

 

What's your front end setup like, usually 650 is the sweet spot for a well loaded first gen, 700 is pushing it, it may be needed but pretty unlikely