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

I have the smittybuilt and it crapped out once leaving me stranded. Luckily a bull dozer came by and tugged me out. I had a fuse blow inside the unit where you plug in the controller. Now i keep a bunch of fuses in case that happens again. Other than that, its been a great winch. For sure get a synthetic line. Way way safer. I get way back when guys use steel lines. Fuck that

 

Is the only reason you want is potential pinion flange/ujoint protection? If that's the case, beef the bottom of the diff, and make a track bar with a drive shaft skid. Why significantly decrease ground clearance?

 

But is 1/4 inch really that much of clearance? I drag my diff diaper all over with the peace of mind knowing that its the diaper, not the diff. I know the diff is stout. But still

 

Is it just 1/4" when you are increasing the width and length of the anchor that is the rear diff?

 

Smittybilt XRC gen 3 w/ synth line. I like having the load indicators to make sure I don't overload the winch. It's a pretty nice product imo.

 

You only loose about 5/16th of an inch of ground clearance with a diff skid like Jerry's

 

Thanks y'all, looks like synthetic is the way to go. Kinda figured but I wanted to hear what y'all thought. given the price difference I thought it was worth investigating. still not sure on the Smittybilt vs Comeup thing though. i'm often hesitant to buy the cheaper product because i never know what corners have been cut to make it cheaper, kind of a "buy once, cry once" mentality. good to hear that it's worked for y'all. I like the fact that the Comeups have a cone brake that isnt in the drum, which keeps the heat input into the rope down. worth twice the price?

 

Are you running one of Jerry's skids?

 

The lowest point is on 1/4 inch. Then it folds up. I'll snag a pic after a beers or 10. Lol

Buy once cry once? Warn. Lol

Na bro. RAT. He only made one

 

Well look at you rollin with the one off custom shit... lol

 

Idk to me I see extra loss on the axle tube for the mounts, and a significantly widened anchor point.



But just my opinion on the pointy rock garden style terrain I deal with daily. I guess when all you have is smooth rocks it's less of a concern.

 

THAT! IS! AWESOME!

 

I got an alignment today and the numbers were super bad... gotta download the photo...

 

That would suck out here too. The rear diff is the lowest point anyways, I would hate to make it lower.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ders-bs-thread.382470/page-1446#post-18796291

Here ya go, hopefully this helps

 

Went and got my new SCS wheels and Cooper tires mounted over at tires2go on the recommendation of a couple forum peeps from AZ.

While I was there, snagged a spare set of front end 4wd parts from @5amStevens. Great guy, thanks again man!


I cannot stop grinning!


Gonna be a busy weekend. Get the garage cleaned up, then dig in, fresh steering rack install (before the 4x4 stuff is in the way), swap brake pedals, finish cutting shifter tunnel, work on wiring (extent VSS, wire NSS to various switches... & swap ECU's after a de-pinning)

Quick shout out and thanks to @scs_vuth for the hookup on wheels and a speedy delivery. Very happy with my wheel and tire choice.

Thanks again to @Uphillshunter & @Fernando for the recommendation on the tires! They are very meaty and well built. Excited to get them on the trail.

 

Went out with my STT Pros for the first time last weekend and they hooked up great. No pictures to prove it since it was just me and the lady friend but really happy with them.

.428 by Matthew Jakobowski, on Flickr

 

Fuck ya bro! Your truck is lookin badass

 

As promised...

 

Do they even make those for a 1st Gen Tacoma?