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

Nice! Beautiful photos.

Did you have the place to yourself? And how were the springs (did you go in)? Those have always been a bit on the cool end for us...

 

Mine fit nothing like this. Now I don't have the tab/hook in my carpet anymore, but I have large gaps all the way around mine. Annoys the hell out of me. I'll have to take a pic and post it for comparison.

 

Drove it to a couple places over the last few days... Not much snow on the Sierras until Monday. Nice and cold though at night!

 

Updated my interior while I had it apart I did the doors with killmat added power locks and new corbeau sport seats

 

Love the seats.

 

Interior looks good with the upgrades, now you need some brown Weathertechs to match...

 

Seat info please.......

 

Look up corbeau seats. They have their own website.

 

Yes floor mats are coming I have a rubber carpet replacement to install and while out ill kilmat the floor the seats are corbeau sport seats with there brackets I also got a 03 center console I just painted and and putting a new cover on the armrest then it will be going in

 

Did the Ultimate Headlight Upgrade to solve my "RFI from the LED Headlights" issue. Color temp is much better as well; I love the result.

Full write-up here: Out with the LEDs, Back to Halogen Headlights

LED lo-beams (left), OSRAM Super Bright Halogen lo-beams (right).​

 

Ya they fit great. Better than my autozone ones lol.

 

How difficult of a job is this?

Always been curious how much the bed weighed!

 

I'd like to be there right now

 

Is this the good timing belt kit for our trucks?

 

A JIS screwdriver is a good idea too, the screws on the back of the alternator like to strip with a 2 ohillips

 

Me too! Goes to show how efficient sheet metal design is.

 

Even when it was raining it was pretty neat. How'd you like to be there for snow, that's gotta be a rare occurrence.

 

thanks, i wasn't sure if it involved taking the alt apart or if it's an easily serviceable part. Does look pretty straight forward. How do you know when to replace it? when your alt dies? Would it be smart to replace preventatively at 196k miles? I remember reading about your radiator mishap, that sucked!

good tip, thanks!

 

No hex heads on the two screws that secured the brush holder - this on a 2001 3.4l. Work very carefully with a phillips screwdriver. A JIS screwdriver is a better idea. Other than that caution the job was pretty easy. Timmah has a video about it - he unmounts the alternator before he takes the electrical plug out to get a little better grip on the plug. Timmah had trouble getting the pivot bolt back in - my pivot bolt had a tapered end lined up and went in easily. Judging from the wear on mine 250k miles is an appropriate time to replace the brushes.

 

OK, I wondered why @Speedytech7 would have a Jag alt and discovered it's an upgrade for us 4cyl guys, sweet! I assume same alternator for 2rz/3rz??

I don't have a need for it since I'm not running anything which demands more amps but now I have to talk myself out of it because it's something to upgrade. Double the amps, hell yea. 'Merica!