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

I have 33s and about a 4" "lift" but my truck is long travel. 35s are on going to happen sooner or later (already have the tires). I will need to clearance the inside of wheel well/fire wall by cutting out about 2" of material and re plating/ welding it in. I will also need to cut out 1 tube in my bed cage for more articulation clearance (already rubs as is). This might not need to be done if I put in the trussed T100 axle I have (wider). Will also need to re-gear to atleast 4.56 or 4.88 differentials. Then probably revalve the shocks.

 

True, that's why I sold mine.

 

Lift doesn’t let you fit tires, change my mind. Unless it’s a drop bracket pile.

 

I got these but these are 2005-2020 seat covers...a little big
I would like to have a better fit and with the TRD logo, leather or that plastic imitation whatever the name is even better...
Anyone selling them for 1st Gen Tacoma?
... I guess impossible to find them as i wish...

Meanwhile , enjoy what I have and I leave them on the truck but
I rather sale them to find what I want, so ,
in case anyone with a Tacoma 2nd & 3rd. gen
interesting on buy these on pictures, let me know

 

can fit 35s without any lift. just have to tub the inner fenders and cut the outers. washer fluid reservoir gotta go. these things are easier said than done. regearing is pretty much required too

 

School him up @Spoonman


No lift needed.

 

I got into this a couple of weeks before the the 4th




My best friend walked me through it, first time Ive ever done a job like this.
It was well worth it, I love my Taco !

 

Good work, what springs did you go with? Next project rear shocks?

 

35s Step 1:

 

That’s my thought. I just want to buy it before they stop making them... who knows when that will be tho.

 

Mocked up

 

Are those boxing plates sticking out on the ends?

No rear crossmember?

 

The shock mounting tube is a cross member, and my rear bumper is made in to a heavier crossmember than I could ever hope to put in there.

It's a 3/16 wall 4x6 with half inch plate for the mounting brackets.

 

Also, I would recommend getting your exhaust routed out to the back. Dumped like that will make that shock look like shit in short order.

 

The exhaust tip is over 12 inches away from the shock. If ut leaves soot on the back of the shock, oh well. It wont overheat it and the mud will protect it from the soot. lol

 

It's not soot, it's moisture. That shock will corrode way faster than the other side. AMHIK

 

Lmao... Maybe I'll turn the pipe towards the inside then.

 

I was actually thinking about putting a 14 inch Magnaflow on the truck anyway. That would move the tip quite a bit back, because it's much smaller than the stock elephant sized muffler.

 

Tore apart the passenger front suspension searching for the squeak (slow speed big hit/pothole/bump -> squeak). Took off the SPC UCA, inspected the ball joint, cleaned and greased. Some weird pitting... The grease between the washers/bushings was pretty gone or dried out. Greased everything with one of the recommended greases per SPC. Slapped it all together, torqued to spec. So far so good, we’ll see.