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

Do you have a photo of how you mounted the 3rd gen grill to the back of the 1st gen grill?

 

I did all 4, tore up the boot on the underside trying to get the "lower" 2. I'll play around with the linkage this weekend to try and snug it up a little. Maybe make a makeshift boot for the underside while I'm in there

 

I don't, I can take one for you if you want it, just message me, but all I did was make a cardboard templet of the inside of the 1st gen grill and kept trimming and test fitting the 3rd gen grill until it fit inside of the 1st gen grill, then I just hot glued it in. Well see how the hot glue holds up, if it doesn't I'll epoxy it in.

 

I’m noticing a lot more slop in my shifter lately and feel like I need to get this done. @Captain Magma wanna help?
Who did you order the parts from?

 

@Brice, I'd be down depending on when you wanna do it

 

Thanks, so how do these struts work for adjustments.
I want to keep my truck at stock height.
I believe they come with a preset 2” setting adjustment from the factory.

So what do I need to do for adjustments or preload if anything on these struts to keep my stock height?

 

Just buy a coilover spanner wrench. The only other thing they need is an allen key for the set screw on the adjuster. If you order Kings make sure to get some weaker springs. Like 550 or maybe 600. The stock 650s are way too much for your light little truck.

 

Ok, so do I have to adjusted them to zero setting? Instead of 2”?

On the truck or before the install?
Pre load stays the same?

 

You can do either, the spanner wrench adjusts the coil collar, which will make the preload on the springs less.
If I remember right.

 

Ok, I did email down south and he said they can adjust them before they ship them.

What setting should I have them set at? For stock?

I probably will install them myself,

But am I missing something because
Toytek said it was a 4 hour job to install these and would cost 520.00 to install?

 

500 bucks to swap out the two front coil overs??? You're not missing anything other than money in your pocket if you have them do it for that much. I'd be surprised they charge a regular customer of theirs that much for something like that. I've been surprised before though by business practice

 

how does it take 4 hours?


and how bad are the roads in the Denver area?

 

That’s what I thought, it should be 45 minutes per side unless I was missing something.
Ok thanks

 

these are the local road conditions for me everyday,
its near city wide too , not just the fast paced freeway

5 mile stretch of stuff like this waiting to happen across 5 lanes

 

That's a mini whoop for me to jump if I see something like that driving lol

 

There aren’t really any settings like Bilsteins, just a big threaded tube. Just have them set them to whatever they think stock is, then you can adjust for settling and such

 

I've been debating upgrading from the 650's to 700 lb springs myself but my truck is a bit of a pig soo..

 

one of these days one of those semi trailers going 70+ mph are going to break off a huge chunk of pavement and throw it up onto somebodys windshield

 

no tax and free shipping. $1169 total to your door.

From down south vender here on TW.
WILL end up giving a 1” lift

 

Coilovers should be an hour per side max. Someone whos done them a few times could maybe cut that to 30-45 mins. 1st gens are easy because nothing except the sway bar link has to get undone. (Which may not need to be touched since you want stock height).