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

Good Sunday everyone! Hope y’all’s day is going great. Ended up finding sometime to pop in my Sparco r100 V2’s“my lady was so nice enough to surprise me with, yep she’s a keeper, I know” with her help and some proper prep the install went pretty smoothly for the most part, besides the slide rails being ultra lubed up with grease from Sparco but no complaint's. Should mention I have the 60/40 factory split. Here are some pictures of right before and after the install. When I get it in some better lighting I’ll take some cleaner pictures. Much peace fellow Taco lovers . ✌️

 

I installed what might be one of the last OE seat belts for a '98 regular cab in Oak.

I added the belt to my cart at McGeorge/Ourisman a few weeks ago. Checked back later and saw that the part had changed to "Discontinued" on every major Toyota parts site. It was still in my cart at Ourisman, so I immediately checked out. I was a bit surprised to actually get it.

 

Nice! What are you using to secure the bike upright?

Ya I've heard other people say that too so I definitely plan to remove the OE stuff while it's all torn apart.

I really only wanna do this once because I hate stripping interior stuff. I was contemplating taking out the entire dash and doing the firewall for the reasons you mentioned. How much of a nightmare is pulling the dash?

 

It’s not too bad - and you’ll be able to clean out your blower motor and ac evaporator which collects leaves and dirt.

 

The dry ice trick for removing the stock sound deadening works perfect. Also removing the dash is cake, removing the HVAC kinda sucks though

 

Does doing that mean I have to recharge the AC?

Sounds kinda sounds like fun if it works as well as in the videos I've seen of it haha

 

You can get everything out and leave the AC box in if you want, its harder to work around but it does move a bit

 

I have a strut that runs from the top of the swing arm to the bike's top tube. The strut is adjustable to accomodate different top tube angles and heights.

 

No. I got it even without removing the housing around the evaporator.



https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/my-big-can-of-worms-build.472706/page-14#post-17490178

 

Pretty straightforward. The hardest part is pulling it out the door frame lol. You undo all front panels, bolts, screws, and then there are 4 (?) plastic pins at the back clipping it in, you just yank it straight back towards you

 

has anyone used the aluminum crush washers on their rear diff as opposed to the steel ones? I had a heck of a time finding the proper crush washers from parts stores. I bought 5 aluminum crush washers to do the tcase, tranny and the drain plug on the rear diff. I guess I could order the proper parts from the dealer. I just wonder if I should bother having any anxiety about aluminum on the diff bolts.

 

That's all I've ever used, no leaks from the plugs ever

 

awesome, thanks man!

 

“hidden” winch mount

 

The OEM washer has a domed top to it. I'm not sure if it does anything special, but I've bought this set from this seller twice now, with no complaints:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/223988155833

 

Here’s the set I bought last time. Had everything I needed
Rexka 12pcs Transfer & Differential Service Gasket Kit Compatible with Toyota Lexus 4Runner Land Cruiser Tundra Tacoma FJ Cruiser Highlander RAV4 Sequoia Sienna 1215710010 9043024003 90430A0003

$6 Rexka 12pcs Transfer & Differential Service Gasket Kit Compatible with Toyota Lexus 4Runner Land Cruiser Tundra Tacoma FJ Cruiser Highlander RAV4 Sequoia Sienna 1215710010 9043024003 90430A0003

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CJHTDVV

 

Bought a tundra a couple weeks back and been spending sometime on the tundra forum has made me miss this thread lol tundra guys reminds me of some of the 3rd gen Tacoma guys lol

 

Took the old tires off





Put the new tires on

 

I installed 1” wheel spacers all around to remedy the Addco #656 sway bar that was kissing the sidewall of the rear passenger side tire. Just a little too tight of a fit for my taste. Addco offered to squeeze the bar down a bit for me but removing it reinstalling it and sending it back would have been a pain.

Tires are 255/70/16 on late model OEM Tacoma alloy wheels.

Next project will be the PSI fender flares kit.

Mike

 

love the big ditch lights!