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

Shaved tailgate handle, frenched in license plate box and welded in roll pan. Just hoping now that I can match the Orange

 

There's not too much difference in size, not worth the price difference anyways, IMO.

Looks like a lot of work! More pics?

 

amost finished installing the rear fiberglass fenders. i just need to put screws in on the driver side to hold it on and cut the kick ups i have on my rock rails and put the bed back on. Glassworks unlimited rear fenders fit like a glove. ille post some picks tomorrow and make a write up about it cuz i couldnt find any write ups on putting rear fiberglass fenders on a 1st gen. IT WAS ALOT EASIER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE!

 

If I found 15"s I actually liked I'd get them in a heart beat. 33x12.5s are way cheaper.

 

got my polk audio db571s installed and finally got around to the grey wire mod

 

Im going to go cut out some more of my fenders tomorrow. Rubs on flex now..

 

First time posting in this thread.

Coming home from work I noticed an exaggerated amount of clunking coming from the bed. I take a peak and I noticed that my passenger shock is unusually clocked. I snapped this picture (below) once I got home.

As it turned out the connection from the shock to the mount just "popped" out. Whoever installed the shocks (shop years ago) didn't torque the adjustment nut. And I was curious to why my shock was able to pivot this whole time... pivoted soo much it came off.

Wrestled it off, put it back together, wrestled it back on, at night, without lifting the truck. And the shock doesn't pivot like it's not suppose to. I love it when I make things better than they were before.

 

Hey, gents, quick question.... Should I be worried about vibes in my transfer case shifter? The amount of vibration seems to go up equal to RPM... Thanks. I'm a n00b at 4x4 stuff. lol

 

both my trans shift lever and transfer case lever vibrate quite a bit, especially on the freeway. It's normal.

 

Just wait until you get some nice mudders, that stick will shake like a mofo!

 

You wanna get rid of that bumper?

 

Just like everyone already said, with the j shift it vibes. Not really noticeable unless you hold it tho.

 

Sweet, thanks!!! And yes, onlt noticable when I actually hold it.

And yeah, my tranny and t-case moves a lot on it's mount from torque. I'm not worried about that. haha I was just a bit worried about the vibes from the shifter. And yes, that makes sense about the frequency produced by the drivetrain. You have a push-button t-case, ben?

 

Hey Guys:
Just ordered an ultragaugeEm, we'll see if this thing is really worth it? Also, about to pull the trigger on some new gear oil for tranny and transfer case. I'm thinking fully synthetic,

$29 75W 90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75W 90, either Redline or Mobil 1. Amazon seems to have pretty good pricing. Anyone with experience here prefer one over the other?

 

They're both good.... Royal Purple is amazing but $$$$$$$. I've got Lucas

$29 75w-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75w-90 in my t case right now. I don't think it matters too much as long as they are fully synthetic.

 

Same here

 

derped my rims

 

will be interested to see how plastiderp holds up on rims

 

I'm just gonna paint them this spring/summer.

Question is how do I pull it off with only one vehicle and being a single dad?

 

one at a time...put spare on do one wheel. once thats dry put it on and put the spare on another corner, etc etc.