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

Let me know if you want to sell the drop in liner then. I'm local!

 

Hell, drive to Huntsville and I'll give you one.

 

should be fine for a temporary thing...just fix whatever is wrong with your normal tire as soon as you can...this is the reason that nxt time i buy tires im gonna buy a fullsize spare with it

 

Nope. Not a problem at all.

 

Did alot today!

Now I am college student with a tight budget, so I am a firm believer in DIY mods and work if possible. So with that in mind:

Bought a grease gun and Mobil 1 grease from autozone. After having to return the gun due to defective threading on the head, I was set to go.




Now I found 8 zerks: 2 at the very rear, 2 at the link between the two sections of the rear driveshaft, 1 at the transfer case, 1 at the other side of the transfer case for the front driveshaft, and 2 at the front of the front driveshaft. Did I miss any?



Next I better secured my tool box. Before I had just temporarily tied it down with wires. I bought two exhaust clamps from autozone and used plasti-coated cable. I ran the cables from the corner bed hooks toward the box, as tightly as possible. Then tightened down the exhaust clamps from above. Solid as a rock









Lastly, I have been wanted to switch back to the stock airbox but for $100+ I considered different options. I had the stock airbox in wonderful condition from the 3000GT and so with a couple reducers to have it fit the taco I fab'ed this up:









Thoughts? The only thing I can see that might be problematic is the vacuum line now coming in before the MAFS... could this cause any problems?

 

one question. where is the air coming in from?

 

The air comes from a vent/hole in the front bottom of the box. So facing the headlight *edit* also the lower section of the box is rotatable so I can have the opening facing any direction I want it to... I figured not towards the warm engine was better... thoughts?

Also, the MAFS being after the vacuum line cause the truck to die immediately after cranking. Sooo after a little finagling I reversed the pipe to the opposite direction and now it purrs like a kitten butt dino says its alittle more power but who knows...

 

ahh i see. thats pretty cool. id never have thought of something like that haha

 

I'm trying to exchange my chrome door handles for my 2004 tacoma double cab with black ones. Does anybody have a link for swapping these out. Thanks!

 

http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/2004/toyota/tacoma/body_mechanical_-ar-_trim/door_handle.html

 

Did some trimming to clear the 255/85s. I tried to trim as little as possible and make it where you can't tell from the side view. I may have to take out a bit more, but it looks like it will clear.

 

you had to trim for those?
Ive got 33/10.50/15's (i believe their slightly bigger than 255/85's), almost same suspension setup, and I have never had a problem rubbing, off road or flexing.

thats a lot of trimming..

 

congrats on getting the fender flare off without snapping the clips

 

Yeah, it almost ripped the flare off on a trail last weekend. Started bending the front of my bedside out too

 

No, I'm pretty sure the 255s are taller. I could be wrong though. They measured 33.5-33.75"

 

you might be right, I cant remember if the 255s are slightly smaller or larger than true 33's.
Edit:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/tirecalc.php

 

I got my 2001 regular cab bumpers and grille painted matte black

 

They are larger. They are like over 33'' tall. 33.5 i think or .4. Really skinny tho. Like 10.3 or something.

 

good job

 

x2, those 33/10.5/15's are almost an inch shorter than the 255's, especially the BFG 255s which run big