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

It still lowers the CVs a small amount. Might just be enough to keep the boots from rubbing. No harm in installing one other than your wallet being a bit lighter.

 

Please not Shit poop brown again

God damn it...We wore ya down! Fuck yeah. Almost forgivable for the poop brown wheel color.

Next, Long travel.

Yeah not looking forward to doing that again. Or bed sides, if I actually do that. Not sure I want to.

 

Haven’t posted in a long time… Here’s a current pic. Sitting at 2.5” lift all around and fit 285/75/16 with the FJ trd wheels

 

Looks great! @UrbanGarage1

 

Also a little upgrade underneath the hood

https://youtube.com/shorts/Q0fjUay_cM0?si=-riGRFamT0J7H5vN

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/boot-slide-mod-no-more-blowing-cv-boots.146070/

https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/tacoma-boot-slide-mod-tips.82427/#post-1166049

 

Shoot me a PM to remind me. Headed out now on a trip.

I also have 3 extra (that I didn't paint), should anyone need one.

 

Lower ball joints, lower control arms, whiteline LCA bushings, and cam bolts. Next is the 5 mile maiden voyage to get an alignment with the wheels toed out like this \ /. Pray for my tires

 

You could get it close with just a tape measure.

 

FYI if you plan to wheel your truck, those SPC alignment cams are known to strip the eccentric plates from the bolt.

 

You're going to have to elaborate on that. Not really sure who makes them I just got them because they're greaseable. Unlike the oem, the plates and bolts come apart, idk if that matters.

 

the interlock between the bolt and cam plate is entirely reliant on that one flat spot pictured here. The bolt has a flat spot machined along the length of it that keys into that position so the plate and bolt rotate as one when you go to adjust the alignment.
Fine for a street truck, but I wouldn't run it on a truck I plan to wheel imo.
Not 100% sure if the ones you got are SPC and constructed like this, just thought I would point it out because they look like them.

I run these and there is a greasable option, but you might give your alignment guy an aneurism if you try to have a shop do it. OEM is perfectly fine otherwise

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-to-do-an-alignment-at-home.252256/

 

That makes sense and yes mine are exactly that design. Thought about running the hexagon ones but afraid I’d blow out one of those tabs around it.

 

I would trust those hexagon ones much more than the SPC ones personally.

 

Got my LCAs back from the welder, had some @eimkeith LCA plates installed because why the heck not. LCAs were needed, new, and more importantly already off the vehicle, lol, might as well give them every chance for success.

Going to install the LCAs first, then the kings and Icon UCAs a week later. want a chance to see how the truck feels w no swaybar first before changing all the things.

Thanks to @eimkeith for shipping me a spare plate after I straight mangled one out of stupidity, it was appreciated!

 

You can reinforce them with some bar or remove them and use allpros gusset kit and weld on new ones.

 

Good morning.

 

Don't want to beat a dead horse here (and probably a stupid question) but will having the tires toed out slightly try to pull in two different directions? My question is will it put unhealthy stress on my steering components in this short drive or will it just make my tires drive kinda diagonal?

 

It'll stress some stuff but it won't be too awful for 5mi. Wears on the tires and the suspension. Toed in is better than out