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

You should come out my way and grab the lights and grill I took off my truck. I've also got a set of Bilstein remote reservoirs still in the box we could slap on for a couple dollars or you can have the old 5100's I removed

 

Tell me about the new ones

 

5165's from Wheeler's

 

How long are dem

 

It says 13.6"x22.4" or for use with up to a 2.5" lift

 

Hit 140k

 

Tried extracting my battery hold down bolt, which had a stripped head. But my extractor snapped off inside it. Now I need to buy a carbide drill bit or something to get through that “hardened” steel extractor. Ended up making the bolt twice as hard and twice as useless…

 

Bummer. I had my core support crack there recently, so I really just have a hole in that location (the captured nut underneath is no longer attached). Anyway, if you don't want to buy a drill bit, you might just be able to grind off the nut (and associated extractor) and then do something like I did:

You can see the details of my fix and a few more photos of the whole situation in this write-up: Rig Review – What worked and what didn’t Winter 2022? It's been holding up great.

 

Installed the Panavise phone mount. Easy to install and sturdy as heck.

 

nice write up, and I like your solution. Unfortunately that would be more labor intensive and expensive than driving to lowes for a new drill bit. I don’t have a grinder or welder. I’ll drill it out, tap it (I have taps) and go from there.

 

love mine, use it for my ham radio

 

So this happened this weekend:

 

Do I dare….? CV axles besides OEM….?

 

RCV

 

Autozone specials and then fix your OEM axles

 

Dude, I probably wouldn’t. I did two new NAPA axles on my WRX and it has never been the same. They just weren’t balanced the way OE parts are. Next time I have to do CVs I’ll pony up for manufacturers axle.

 

OEM junkyard if you have one local. Reboot if necessary.

 

I went with the nappa lifetimes.
There gonna be my spares when I reboot my stockers.
The bind at droop and the boots are wearing out now after 6 years. Not a daily either.

 

Finally installed some 5th gen prelude seats! The comfort level is light years better than the stock bucket seats. The adjustment knobs on the bottom seat is awesome