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

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new tails! that sorta dont work.......

 

I love the look of them too. Jumped on mine about a week ago

 

Unfortunately you can’t use the stock radio here, or any regular size double din. When building this my plan was to just use the stock radio until I could buy a new head unit (Thanks to Trump bucks it’s now). But there is only 5.5” of clearance at this location because the heater core pipe that runs through the dash. I ended up getting an

$280 Alpine ilx w650 7" Double DIN Touchscreen Digital Multimedia Receiver with Bluetooth, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

Alpine ilx w650 because its a shallow unit and has an amp add on that would still be under 5”. Can’t play CDs but I don’t think I put a CD in my truck in the 3 years I’ve had it.

 

Normal

 

Do you know why exactly?
Every other shock I've dealt with hasn't done that.

 

hmm.. oh well.

 

You'll find most shocks that are fluid-filled but low pressure do this after being inverted or sitting for a time of inactivity. You're basically repriming the system by pushing all the air/gas to the other side of the valve so you don't have that dead zone anymore. I've got five or six cheapo rancho shocks just sitting on my shelf that I bet if I tried that with right now they go easy for the first one and then get tough. That's the reason they recommend having the canister down on low pressure shocks. Could actually make them softer almost permanently by putting the canister above when you install them

 

Ah that makes sense. Thanks for explaining.

So canister down is recommended for the sake of longevity in that sense?
The small amount of play is from built up air/gas on the lower portion of the canister under the piston where it compresses into, right?

 

I need to do the same. Front is to soft. (Thats what she said)

 

Best price I was able to find was @AccuTune Offroad fyi

 

Winch is all set up!

 

Meow and chit.

 

Almost done. Just need to dip the flares black.

 

Upgraded the bushings, shocks, coils, stainless steel brake lines, ball joints, sloted rotors, pads, all this week... now my 2000 tacoma extended cab 2wd...automatic drives better than new...I'm in love again.

 

Nice cage, I mean rack.

 

Thanks man!

 

my buddy let me use his shop to knock out some maintenance items off my list:
Tbelt
Valve covers
plugs
trans fluid
coolant flush
diff fluid
tcase fluid
grease zerks
cleaned up the engine bay a bit

he was happy to see all OEM stuff.

 

Got me some OEM (555 ) lbj's from a local dealer who was willing to price match McGeorge Toyota online once shipping was added.


Gonna have a shop replace em for me next week cause I really dont feel like screwing with it right now.

 

This seems non ideal.

 

Originals? I guess they lived a good life. This is one of the reasons that I don't like to get injectors that are "old enough to vote" serviced.

There is no such thing as a rebuilt injector. Cleaned, yes, new o-rings and screens, yes, but internal metal parts (e.g. coils, springs, valves) and plastic bodies are still vintage parts.

If company says they rebuild injectors, they are misleading customers.