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

I towed mine home after I bought it. Does that count?

 

I got the toytech AAL.

I'm gonna loosen all the U-bolts and remove the shock from each side and drive forward about 5' and back a couple of times then tighten everything back up to spec. I'm thinking that we installed everything on one side and torqued it down then went to the other side and the axle might have been out of whack. Hopefully this will let everything straighten out. I'm blasting over to Missoula on Friday and don't want to have any issues driving over there.

 

My BFG's failed me.

 

mine lasted forever

 

Today in the rain I changed the oil, cleaned the dirty power steering res screen, greased the driveshaft and my leaf shackles, lowered and lubed the spare tire cable, checked all the rest of the fluids and fixed a broken ground wire for my aux lights.

 

If you don't mind how much was it to Rhino Line it?

 

Also curious. Like the idea of doing it myself, BUT id imagine it like a paint job, you want that done by a pro with experience.

 

same, they kicked ass! put them through hell and they couldn't puncture, these... not so much.

 

yep i had my rugged fails for a good 45k on my heep without any rotations and they looked good.

 

Got my All-Pro Off Road Sliders in. Painted and welded with my dad.

 

Also hooked up my new KC lights to the bumper.

 

nice, and I meant the bfg A/T's but still, nice!

 

Not at all. They charged me 500 for it. And that was with a $25 coupon I printed off Rhino Linings website. I feel like that is pretty steep. I searched around for other prices and every shop was charging around the same price. I found out two days later my co-worker has all of the tools to do it and would have done it for 200 if I helped prep it. Oh well.

 

Last weekend...

 

ya i know i was way to broke lol. i got some knock off bfg A/Ts now lol same exact tread just different brand

 

why did you mount them like that and not angled like this-> / \ know what i mean?

also did you just weld the tabs right to the axle? ive been thinking about doing this soon and flipping my u-bolts but my main concerns were how to mount them for best possible ride/flex. and i was worried about somehow burning through the axle

 

jlee mounted his shocks at an angle...he said it gives the leaf springs more room to flex

 

Change my spark plugs. I went with OEM Denso. I gapped them to .040". Cant beat $23 for 6 plugs While I had the throttle body exposed I cleaned it.

Needless to say, after seeing the shape my old plugs where in I am surprised I was getting the fuel economy I was. On highway I would get 18-20 us-mpg, and the truck ran smoothly. I wont complain about an increase

Here are some pics.





Old plug vs new....WOW!

 

Yep i did and i love the ride mine are angled 20* in and 15* back from the axle.
and here is the writeup I did on the install http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/156849-1st-gen-u-bolt-flip-kit-install.html