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

All about that 33/1X.5/15 life

 

Looks awesome, but I'm allergic to wood. I'm most likely going to go with plastic and a threaded insert.

How many of those were the joint vs bolts?

I've had good luck with green and their blank rotors. Been in for 3 years give it take.

I felt the same way when I first installed mine with hawk pads, it was better but not by much. But with the green stuff pads it stops great.

 

It's all subjective to what "heavy" is but I'd consider 1 ton of added weight on these trucks to be heavy. I'd like to cut some weight and get down to 5000lbs but I keep needing to reinforce things so I'm likely to only go up.

 

Damn dude that's bad ass, we just got a wood lathe at work so i might try my hand at this when i get some down time. Is that curly Maple?
Edit: Also, how did you mark the gear patterns on them? burning?

 

I think that's more due to the fact your rear brakes might not be work right haha

2 for 2.

 

Exactly my thoughts on this so called upgrade.

 

Added a little lift, 2” wheels spacers, longer studs, and made some rock sliders. Doesn’t look so small sitting beside my 72 cj sitting on 38s now. The last picture is the transformation from day 1

 

Oh and drilled and slotted rotors and finally fixed my parking brake. New muffler. Detailed the underside a little bit while I had it on the lift

 

That grill looks sharp in the first pic
And nice firewood pile looks like couple cords of wood there

 

Random question... Looking to do the CS144 Alternator. I'm looking on Amazon, and I'm having trouble finding the right one. I'm looking under 1995 Deville with heated front windshield (from what I've read, that is supposedly what I want).

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Looking at Amazon (or possibly eBay) so I don't have to pay a core charge.

 

where did you get the sunshade film thing in your windshield
that might spice my old tacoma up a bit perhaps?



and the wheels, those look like what @1997tacomav6 has on his truck, i have not seen them on a black one that i recall
please pardon my messy truck, it was a rough dirty ride through the storm once I crossed the border into Colorado



i need some better highway tires to regain my 'lost' MPGs
keep the duratracs for only the snowy season

 

You mean window tint?

 

Anyone have good suggestions for some Amber light pods? Need some to fit in the new front end candy

 

is it tint or a shade?
tint would be permanent
i had a shade type strip once that peeled on and off easily with water until it started drooping then i took it off a long time ago
more like a window adhesive something its late i'm tired

 

Bolted up my home-made sliders.

 

If you drove in Phoenix with all the crap drivers down here youd understand. But I've put them through there paces.

 

Baja squadrons in Amber

 

Do you want them SAE compliant for on-road use?

 

I don't really care, I've yet to see a police officer squint to read the embossing on a lens.

 

true story