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

Some form of AGM is gonna be good, Northstar, Odyssey, Deka... Those are good starting points. Batteries plus sells Northstar under the XS power brand too.

 

What about the interstate agm battery’s from Costco

 

Haven't tried one, I'd be interested to give one a shot though. Costco warranty is nice for sure, that'd be the place to buy from experiment wise.

 

I’m considering it. 160 ain’t too bad either

 

What axle did you decide to go with? Tundra? LC? Ford?

 

That sucks!

Are you going with a solid spacer?

 

T-100, it's gonna be my hold over. We will see how long it takes me to bend a shaft. I'd like to go all out on the first try, but it's gonna cost me a lot to get the diamond housing and set up an LC diff, can't do it right now.

 

Yep!

 

I had an interstate battery on my last truck, no issues whatsoever with it. not great if you're running any accessories though. Currently i'm running a 2x power that i got from Batteries+bulbs. it's basically a rebranded Northstar, even says it on the tin. i've been really happy with it so far and it's got a 5 year warranty with it. imo it's worth going with dual-purpose one if you can swing the cost. i'd stay away from the optima batteries though, they just aren't what they used to be. sure they still have a warranty on them but you don't want to get stranded somewhere in the middle of nowhere. I seriously looked at an Odyssey but nobody had the right one in stock near me, so i went with the 2x power one.

also, buy the more expensive one where ever possible. the battery that i just replaced was a 4 year battery, but it was date marked October 2011. no problems with it until it just died. often times the more expensive batteries will last a long time past the warranties before they go bad. the cheap ones, not so much. just my .02

 

I put an oreilly lead acid silver battery in my Tacoma in 2014 and it's still kicking even after being used for winching and a couple total drains.

In fact, I need to go buy another because I sold it with a parts car for $50 because the guy didn't bring a battery

 

Nice.

They're a bit more time consuming initially, but they make it so much easier for the whole set up.

 

You're braver than I am. I'm willing to attempt a lot of shit on my truck... setting up gears is one of those tasks I will probably never attempt to do myself.

 

same for me. that's the biggest barrier to regearing for me right now. the parts are kinda pricy, but the labor is the killer.

 

I'm in the same boat. Labor cost is almost the same as the parts... and that's pulling the thirds and taking them in for "bench work."

 

I've got AutoZone AGMs, the house battery is pushing 5 or 6 years and I haven't been kind to it.

 

The Elocker is pretty easy to setup yourself compared to the 8.4.

The front is the hard one. Really easy to fuck up too. My rear I did myself has been fine, but the front exploded haha

 

Picked up some new CV boots today at the hardware store. Screamin deal, look similar to 930 boots... will post pics!

 

I’m kind of dreading the front. I’m going to be installing an arb too, so we’ll see how that goes. Honestly my biggest problem is that I just don’t have the bench space to stay organized, so i have to clean up every 10 minutes

 

It was something that I figured I needed to do. I have a few friends that want to regear, but are either afraid or don’t want to spend the money. Maybe now that I’ve got the tools to do it, I can convince them to!