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

Yea I'm planning on putting it on thingiverse. I modeled the "socket" as a separate piece so you could add it to almost anything.
Shoot me a PM and I'll send you a link once I get it uploaded.

 

@01Montaco I recently installed mine as well and same thing the hoses were way too short. I'm curious to know what you hear back.

 

Does the control arm not hit the resi when it moves downward? Maybe just the photo but looks like it would

 

Everything clears alright that's just the angle of the picture

Full droop

 

The thing I was most concerned about is that short hose maxes out the top spherical bearing and makes the shock rub the top hat. I don’t know if it matters I just don’t want it to cause issues.

 

Almost seems like the resis are meant to go in the engine bay somehow.

 

Although it looks like @turbodb has much longer hoses:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155610054@N02/45882545085/in/album-72157675725360777/lightbox/

(https://adventuretaco.com/bye-bye-toytec-new-ucas-and-ads-shocks-in-the-front/)

 

A little embarrassed it took me this long to fix it but I finally replaced the broken wheel stud that PepBoys f@%#€d me on.

 

Loaded up and ready for tomorrow's appointment.
New rim's and tires along with an alignment.

 

it’s nice to live in an area where you can keep stuff like that in the bed without worry of having it stolen

 

I got an email back today and was told that I could either get a longer hose sent to me or I could send them back and they would take care of it.

I've never rebuilt a shock before so ill probably just have to send them back to get fixed. Only problem is I've had them just long enough to not want to give them back up already lol

 

Yeah, mine weren't ordered through MCM, so they have different fittings as well. Personally, when I rebuild the internals, I'll be putting on fittings and hoses that match what Matt sends out - way easy to mount/dismount in the wheel well, rather than on the top of the frame, which is where I have them now. And mount/dismount is a common occurrence - these spherical bearings seem to go quickly...

Definitely send them back, I'd say. Not many of us (myself included) have the nitrogen setups, etc. to do a proper rebuild and recharge.

 

Ya, not something I really think I would be able to do on my own and feel 100% confident in the quality. Many thanks for your detailed writeups btw. They helped a lot when I did everything!

 

I hope they're still there in the morning

 

Got my windows tinted on Saturday for the upcoming AZ heat.

 

Did you talk to ADS directly or did you order through somebody else? I know what you mean though the ride is incredible.

 

@Phessor any reason in particular your swapping from the F5s?

 

It was just time for a change. I needed new tires but I wanted to keep 33's, and also lose some weight in the process. Plus it will help keep some of the mud off my truck.

 

I got it!

Your Resi mounts are on the wrong side. well, not wrong side, but the are back wards. Unbolt it and flip it over. You should be good.

Edit: mmmm nevermind. Won't fit that way. Damn..

 

Can you tell me what fitting you used for your tbu?

To get the flare type fitting to a banjo or did you use a different caliper