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

Oh I hadn't thought of that, yeah the off the shelf leafs generally aren't perfectly centered huh. I spent a shitload of time on that with mine. I was surprised just how close the 35s were to everything when I first tossed them on. I couldn't even turn enough to exit my garage when I tried, so you're way ahead there. One area you'll probably touch a lot more than me is underneath the fusebox/battery and underneath the airbox, I was all over that area even without being pushed forward an inch.

 

Yea I anticipate that needing a lot of work.
Might have to relocate the battery depending on how much I have to clearance there.

 

Battery relocate is a good idea. Removing my airbox helped me push that side entirely out of the way finally. Soon for the other side I'm thinking too.

 

slowly but surely my bed space is dwindling away between the spare 35, water meth container, and now possibly battery

 

I was just going to make the extra cab storage area in the back even bigger and remove the stock one and put two vented batteries back there instead. That way you get more covered storage if you need it and a safe place to put your batteries and do some wiring.

 

Like this guy did, except put your battery in it

https://www.tacomaworld.com/posts/7604934

 

well shit. I didn't need to see this. I was trying to figure how how to have tidy space for spares and tools

 

No way my battery would fit in the stock location after clearance for 35s with Solos.

 

Hmm yea not a bad spot. that's where I currently have my methanol pump. Although making a whole new storage area in that space wasn't something I had originally planned on, so I'll have to chew on that idea for a bit.

Yea I figured that would be the case. Is yours in the bed now?

 

Another idea, if you don't mind using up actual space back there:

MOAR Power, More Redundancy – Dual AGM Battery Install

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Put factory new take offs on, buddy of mine hooked me up

 

Damn! That's awesome too!! Super tidy

 

I bought a new set of ACC floor mats for my ‘98 and I noticed they did not have a hole in them for the factory installed anchor. I did some research and found a solution. I bought some decorative two piece rings and a leather hole punch. (AMAZON baby!)
Both have a 17mm ID. It worked well! Looks almost factory!

 

All day project- front Shocks, Tundra Brake Upgrade.



And, while under there discovered rack bushing split/torn. Rack has less than 30000, installed by a dealer.

 

Hit this on the way home.

 

I’m definitely interested in doing the tundra brake conversion eventually on my 99! How challenging of a project was this? Anyone have a reference on what year tundra brakes you can switch over to a first gen Taco?

 

Combining it with replacing my shocks added effort. The brake swap itself went pretty well. My challenge was getting the clips loose, getting the hard line to line up with the braided end and into the spindle bracket.

 

check out all the daylight between rack and bracket.

 

Not hard. Cutting the dust cover to clear was the hardest part. Ran braided to the calipers and didn't mess with hardlines.

13wl are the calipers you want. Can't recall the years.

Hope some of this helps.

 

It's a direct bolt in upgrade. I think the parts for my 01 were for an 03 tundra. Gotta be cognizant of your wheels as not all 16" wheels clear the larger caliper. Mine do by about 1/8" and the weights have to be placed accordingly. As mentioned the clips and lines can be a bit finicky but overall it's an easy Saturday day job if you take your time.