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

Yea I know demello off road sells them but maybe you can get it cheaper from some local dude

 

Rear diff drain and fill tonight... took only 2 btls of Mobil 1

$28 75w-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75w-90 ... everything i see says it should take around 2.5 but... whatever. It was draining back out the fill hole so...

 

holy knobby tires batman

 

will adding an AAL to OME dakars add any lift or would i need something with more "arc" to see a difference?

 

also, has anyone put on and taken off plasti-dip on their paint job? did it mess with the colour/finish when you took it off?
thinking of blacking out chrome and down the side as rocker panels

all when I get back from work in a week

 

I never adjust mine but it's easy to do so. Just roll backwards and yank on the e brake handle. There is a self adjuster in the drum brake that puts em at the perfect distance from the drum when the e-brake is released.

 

I have done that before and plasti dipped my skid plate,,, peeled it off not a problem

 

there are AAL's made specifically for the dakars that increase height and load capacity

 

Cleaned my battery terminals today, the positive one really has alot of little places for it to build up really well :-| Put some undercoating on the bracket too it was rusty as all hell, and sprayed it down with CRC protector

 

Took off the bug deflector and cleaned off the adhesive from the rubber bumpers. Turned out alright! Who knew WD-40 worked so well for removing adhesive??

 

^Nice, looks very clean. I wish my truck had one from the first day, I have chips in my paint all over the front edge Guess its time for some touch up paint.

 

That's why I love silver. It hides so much shit like tree branch scratches (at least a little bit).

 

^Yeah, funny thing is I think I'm going to put it back on. I took it off because I wasn't sure I liked the look of it and since it was missing a couple of the rubber bumpers the sides fluttered like crazy even at just 40 mph. I thought maybe I'd try and sell it, but the more I think about it the more I want to put it back on. I drove the truck yesterday with it off and I'd swear my windshield turned into a bug magnet. Plus, I noticed there wasn't a single chip in the paint on the front of the hood.

Why must I be so indecisive!?!?

 

That's funny, I put the shield on the front of my hood because it was covered with rock chips. The prior owner had done a bad job touching them up, so I didn't want to look at them all the time

 

Yeah, some slight diferences based on available options but basically the same as mine.

 

The D6XL AAL for the Dakars will add between .75 - 1" of additional lift. It's not designed to add more lift but to increase the spring rate. Part of the increase in height is just from adding the thickness of another leaf into the packs, but on mine I did see about a 1" increase in height.

 

well world....its a shitty day. may have to say bye-bye to the taco. torque converter is bad. don't know if its worth the $3,000+ ...so yea

 

Awe dude, what a hit. Sorry to hear that. Didn't you just get that bumper put on too?

 

yep about 2 weeks ago. i may shed a few tears if i get rid of it haha....but seriously 0_o

 

This is exactly why I went with a manual. Maybe you can find one out of a wreck?