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

Nice; I have somehow 2 extended rear brake lines new in package and haven't even installed 1

He posted a pic of both the front and the rear

 

Got 5 of these today.

 

Drove the 99 around more than I’d like to admit the last 3 days, I think I spent like 36ish hours in the drivers seat, just trying to find one of these stupid bitches.

Turned this when I pulled into my apartment.

 

isn't it a tad risky to be that CLOSE to one of those stupid bitches

 

Negative

 

Spill the beans bro! Whatcha doin with the bumper?

 

You should maybe ask @MattJakobs to have a look at his for comparison. Think he's been running the Solo MT lower arms for around a year. I don't think he's had a problem with his.

He's 3rd gen 4runner if that makes any difference.

 

Went and picked up a set of leafs to lift my son's 2nd gen today




He ordered the shocks/coils as well.



Then I took advantage of Cyber Monday and ordered some projectors for my truck.



Then we went to grab another load of toys to take on our Toy Run this Saturday.



Aaaand then... I replaced ANOTHER door handle.

 

Thoes shocks were cool back in the day. Try turning the knob at the bottom and see if that makes a difference in the ride. There use to be a remote for them that you could put in the cab that would soften or stiffen the ride.
Now days all the cool kids have clicky shocks. What's old is new again.

 

Patience young grass hopper. Should be done by this weekend

 

I’ll find some pictures in a few but mine definitely doesn’t look like @Blackdawg. Keep in mind that the 3rd gen 4Runner LBJ is different from the 1st gen Tacoma LBJ though

 

Anyone know of any bulb socket/housing plug/pigtails for the blinkers?

My drivers side came out and yeeted itself into my tire on the way home last night I guess.

 

Patience?

 

Lol. Cutting into the bedside and doing a swingout. Gonna be a pretty simple design

 

You should cut the bed sides with lasers n shit

 

Hey I just did that too. Only been sitting on the lines for 4 months. Also relocated the mounts.

Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr
Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr

 

This is what I was showing as far as threads after install and torquing everything down. I wasn't bottoming out and I was able to get proper torque on everything.

Solo 13 by Matthew Jakobowski, on Flickr

Since install, nothing has backed off and everything is still tight. Both cotter pins are still in place (see shitty picture below, taken 5 minutes ago).



My guess is that when they designed these, they based it off of a 3rd Gen 4Runner and not a 1st Gen Tacoma. I know the LBJ's for these vehicles are different but I'm not sure in what ways. Right now, my guess is that the thread count on that one bolt with the castle nut is very different since I experienced none of the problems you are.

If you need me to get any other pictures of how things are lining up, let me know.

 

Nailed it!

Or just blow the fuckers off with explosives

 

As far as I know the only difference is the tie rod holes and sway bar locations, everything else bolted up fine on my stock arms.

As far as I remember anyway.