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

We were actually talking about that and mentioning how we should do a Seattle meet-and-greet sometime.

 

Right on. That is what the site is all about (well, and copious amounts of derp). I still haven't installed mine. It looks pretty basic, but more a PITA just because where it is.

 

Good job!

Great feeling when its done hey

 

Thanks for the business Micah, everything went pretty smooth, and looks nice too!!

Those are some beefy coilovers, have fun brotha!!

Hopefully I will have the coilovers for my Jeep soon so I can custom make all the bracketry, and then I will have 12" coilovers all the way around on it for some real offroading, the stock suspension leaves a lot to be desired...

 

are these 5100's? if so how many miles so they have and are they for sale?

 

15k miles on the 5100's and if my friend at work falls though I was asking $150 with my TRD coils and stock Uppers with it.

 

Is that the height you have with those billys in your sig?

I'm interested as well!

 

Yes they are set at 2.5 inches it leveled out a tad taller than the rear.

 

Right on. Let me know if they are for sale if your buddy doesn't take them.

 

hmm im interested and your in cali about 4.5 hours from

 

Got a new toy

 

well, it wasn't today.....but still haha We put on some 5100s in the back and tested them out

 

thats a badass lil truck and its perfect, came with bald tires so you can get some new ones

 

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I had the same exact issue that you did: in prepping for a long trip, I went to get my truck aligned, they pointed out my steering rack bushings needed replacing and therefore it was pointless to align it, etc... I *just* finished up with this, like, two days ago.

And it worked, although I didn't have a clue what I was doing. If you're still struggling with the old bushing removal, cut the rubber flange off of one side and tap it out the other direction. (I removed my skid plate, but didn't need to remove my sway bar or tie rod end).

Three things that made a difference for me: yep, the upper bolt on the passenger side was a bit of a trick. I finally just gently bent the brake line a little out of the way and got to it that way.

Second, once I got the bolts out, I used a short pry-bar to help maneuver the whole rack around, and lastly, when I did get the new bushings in and was ready to put it back in place, I had to use my bottle jack to help raise it up high enough to put the thing back in. (It would have been simpler to take the tie rod end and sway bar off). But it worked out.

Don't forget: there are *two* large flat washers to reinstall on the driver's side, one in front and one aft.

People are here to help, so give a shout if you get stuck!

 

^ what he said about the sway bar. If you disconect it in the front you can spin it up out the the way without taking the whole thing off (if you do you will break the bolts that hold it on 100%) That is if you want to use an impact gun if you dont have one shouldnt be a problem.

 

what are the specs on that thing?? and how much you pay? Thats a good looking truck.

 

Just ordered the 5100's, Eibach coilovers and diff drop from Toytec for the front.

 

Most of my suspension bits came in today except for my Wheelers 3 leaf progressive AALs, I'll be installing everything I got tommorrow and painting my wheels and also my new tailgate! Hopefully I can get all of that done in one day.

 

Made my own cup holder tabs ) they came out pretty good I think.... I didnt have any since they all broke off