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

I just finished putting on my new grill......WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

 

This guy knows whats up

yes Ben..you do need a bumper..or two..


I want SC next i think..that and skids and CO2. top three mods as of now.

 

The flowmasters have chambers designed to make noise which ends up actually robbing performance... Infact a stock muffler would probably out perform them. If you do a search here you'll find that most people actually report that gas mileage decreased along with power with the use of a Flowmaster.

The Magnaflow Universal mufflers (the style of Magnaflow most Tacoma owners seem to run) are completely straight through and not designed to produce a certain sound using chambers and baffles, but rather to exit the exhaust through as quickly as possible. What you're getting is the true sound of the exhaust and not an artificially made sound (a lot of the time which can sound "ricey" on smaller engines) being made because of restrictive chambers designed simply to make it.

Take a look at the cutaways at the design differences...



Flowmaster



Magnaflow Universal

 

Where is the re-gear or taco box on your list?

 

got to start at some point sheesh. Your making it sound like it all has to happen at once jesus lol

you don't HAVE to do most those things. New coils yes for a bumper but that wouldn't be that bad. You can also run extended CO without the UCAs you just wouldn't be getting the full use from them. You don't NEED a winch with a bumper or lights. Everything comes in time. But if you want to do anything in Moab more then what you did last year..bumper is gonna be nice..haha

 

Re gear isn't on the list till 35s. After seeing Jons rig and after talking to him about it re gear isn't totally nessicary if you get a taco box. He kinda wishes he had just done that instead.

as of now list goes

Skids
CO2
SC

then either Taco box or front LT

then rear shock relocation

then hopefully 35s and lockers as well as regear to 4.88s.

thats a list for the next 5 years easy haha

 

meat approach angles and departure angles more then "stronger"

not till regear and 35s. Haven't had an issue thus far and a taco box will solve most issues i ever encounter.

 

I want 33's

 

there were many times I stopped and thought "Fuck, if I do this I will fuck up my front bumper and rip off my rear"

and then I cried myself to sleep that night.
Then I thought about armor, and the $1200 I'd have to spend to get AP's front hybrid/rear tube
then I cry some more

 

Thats a nice story

 

Buy mine

lol will only bend so far..

lol..my rear cost that

 

Idk what your talking about haha

 

But I dont want supah gnar gnar tiregate
I just want high clearance armor. Is that so much to ask?
So I can hit shopping carts out of my way at the mall


I think I'm decided on 33" MT/RK's. I dont want to regear though, holy fuck, im already getting 15 on 265/75s

 

I actually amazingly got 18 hwy this last weekend ha no idea how tho.

but i get 10 intown. you shouldn't see a huge hit since your on 16s you'd be getting 285/75s which are just taller not super wide so wouldn't take a huge hit. You wont HAVE to regear. always a nice option tho..

 

"nice option" with my luck means "Will become necessity"

like my vibes since I didnt get UCA's yet
and my exhaust reroute
and my shitty driveline angle that somehow now vibes more with the CB drop ( )


but SO MUCH WANT. SO MUCH!!

I just gotta switch from these km2's. Love em on the rocks, but as my DD tire they leave much to be desired in the rain.
I was going backwards on a paved hill today

 

Cause you shitty spacers give 2.5'' of lift if that. Thus no vibes. Cody has Eibach coils and Expos..3+'' front lift and 4+" rear lift.

 

Odd you need UCAs? you have alignment issues??

maybe get some angle shims too? seemed to help my drive line angle a lot as did the CB drop..i never have had vibes tho and still don't.

and the KM2s that bad in the rain huh? course i guess your rain is like flooding compared to out here haha

 

I think to get the CB drop to work, I'd need to get my shackles on
to do that I need to get my exhaust rerouted
to do that I want to get a magnaflow
to do that I need money
to do that I need time, and I leave home (and the truck) in 10 days


man. life sucks

also, FU DB 3.5" up front and unloaded expos....what did I expect, I guess

 

he is at least an inch..haha

ahhh shitty deal man.

 

I had to put it in 4wd to get up the hill in the downpour.
The dodge neon behind me overtook me


MY PRIDE

edit:
and my alignment is slightly out of spec, I get vibes from 55-65