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

Bummer dude, I'd definitely cancel if I were you.

Yes, very good experience, they won't sell you just a rotor pack though, you gotta send it in for a full rebuild. However, they give a brand new rotor pack from magnuson, not a rebuilt one.

 

Who knows maybe @mtnkid85 will get lucky and receive perfect rotors from HSL.

 

I don’t think so because HSL doesn’t have the correct size rotor pack seals and they will end up leaking into the supercharger and you will never know this unless you check your oil every 5k miles.
Then your bearing will burn up because the oil loss.
This happened to me but I DID check my oil level at 15k and it was half gone

 

Don’t do it!!
My supercharger crashed at 13 months after a full rebuild from them and cost 2k to get it repaired from the poor quality work that was done.
Also the rotor spindles were all cut down and rotors peeling in less than a year

 

Still working on small changes, nothing as cool as some of the work here....but I will be doing the cab sound-deadening come spring!
This week I added the hydraulic hood lift and wind deflectors. Nice, quick and super useful.

 

What brand? Hood struts is one super cheap and easy thing that for some dumb reason I still haven't pulled the trigger on.

 

yea I’d love more info on the struts also. Love the wind deflectors, hopi to do mine soon.

 

https://optoffroad.com/collections/tacoma-1st-gen-1995-2004/products/01-04-tacoma-hood-strut-kit

 

Yeah I couldn't tell if it was Spiker or that other brand, thanks!

 

Got my set during their BlackFriday sale.

https://spikerengineering.com/product/01-04_tacoma

 

Seriously, do it.

It's not one of those things I use everyday, but it's one of my favorite things I've done to my truck. Probably 2 years since I installed them and I STILL think "I'm so glad I f'n did that" every single time I open my hood.

I did the @SpikerEng struts.

 

Another +1 on the hood struts, I have the Spiker Engineering kit as well. Easy install and they work great

 

Yup, 30 minutes of work and you'll have an effortlessly opening hood, with the option of higher hood height than stock. Fun!

 

And you know why I'm glad I went with @SpikerEng struts?




Right there... They are legit, and they are active members of OUR Community

 

Thank you kindly, love being a member of the TW community

 

For those that have Alcan rear leaf springs, how much if at all would you say they settled from their original lift height? 0.5"?
Trying to figure out what amount of lift I should spec them for. 2.5" or 3"

@Digiratus @Blackdawg @seen20 @turbodb

 

Sweet man! Preciate that. Maybe now won’t scrape my bald head on the latch every time I work on it!

 

I don't think they settle all that much. They definitely soften up but I dont think I lost any ride height. I'm pretty sure I spec'd mine at 3" and still have rake when loaded. Tons of rake when empty. I probably could have gone with 2". I think @Squeaky Penguin went with 4"?

You could spec them on the lower side and build a shackle to dial in the exact height you are after.

 

That's a good point with the shackle.
Alcan said to spec them out for 75% of a loaded out weight (including my topper), but in the summer I run without it and don't want a crap ton of rake.
I guess I could make an adjustable shackle to adjust the lift down in the summer and spec on the higher side.

You by chance have a side profile shot on yours? 3" lift and what weight?

 

I don't have Alcans, but from what I've read... I'd think they'd build to account for settling? Like, if you ask for 3", they'll build a pack that will settle to 3". That's the impression I got from their website.

I bet they'd be happy to talk to you about your concerns.