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Austin's 1996 Midtravel Tacoma Build

Discussion in '1st Gen. Builds (1995-2004)' started by austinramsay, Apr 10, 2012.

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  1. Nov 9, 2012 at 8:21 PM
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    ^any HID in a housing not designed for it is illegal and looks stupid IMO.
    do it the right way and do a retro.
     
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  2. Nov 9, 2012 at 8:37 PM
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    Not quite sure what you mean by that?
     
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  3. Nov 10, 2012 at 6:37 AM
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    Oops i meant 35w! haha hopefully a random stack of money gets thrown at me so i can get all this shit done :p

    Im pretty sure its not illegal here because tons of ppl run hid's in stock housings. Or maybe it is but your not gonna get bothered about it here. And i dont care if it looks stupid i just want more light
     
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  4. Nov 10, 2012 at 8:17 AM
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    HID's help, alot. Just put some in my truck and i love it!
     
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  5. Nov 11, 2012 at 9:15 AM
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    why is it illegal? just curious....never really looked into buying HID's so i never educated my self on them
     
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  6. Nov 11, 2012 at 8:31 PM
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    New 14" 600lb eibachs put on today! Cleaned up the shocks while the coils were off too. Took me a while to figure out how to get the old coils off but turns out it was pretty simple.. Haha! They ride so much better and they are way less preloaded than before. Just need to crank them down a little bit tomorrow get the lift i want :p right now its at about 2"

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    new:
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    Got some plasti dippin going on tomorrow! Ive been putting it off because im lazy :p
     
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  7. Nov 11, 2012 at 8:39 PM
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    Those look like toytech eibachs..in which case you could be in danger. It doesn't look like the bottom of the coil is machined flat. Is it?? If not..you need to get those off ASAP
     
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  8. Nov 11, 2012 at 8:50 PM
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    Nah they arent the toytec ones. The toytec ones arent 3.0 coils. Yeah the bottom is flat too, its all good man :) the guy was running them on his 2.5 coilovers he had on a buggy or something
     
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  9. Nov 11, 2012 at 8:53 PM
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    Ah good :thumbsup:
     
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    :D you made me a little nervous for a second and i was like naaah its all good! Lol!
     
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  11. Nov 11, 2012 at 8:55 PM
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    Next they need to be rebuilt but i couldnt pass up the coils since i needed em anyways. $80 on craigslist :p
     
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    because of the ridiculous glare they produce and how most of them blind oncoming drivers more than an OEM light would.
    they are illegal all over the US unless laws have been lifted, which i doubt. it's just not as nearly enforced.
    there a cheap way to get alot of light, though our headlight housings don't properly use the extra light that HID bulbs give out, so it just kinda throws the light where ever.
     
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  13. Nov 12, 2012 at 3:27 PM
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    i need these.. bad. haha
     
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    Lol new coils? Ill sell you my old ones :p hahah just kidding theyre too short!
     
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    haha! i need new susp. up front, and the 600s are what i was looking to go with for springs.
     
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    Nice
     
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    Lmao wtf my friend posted that! Thats his car haha
     
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    I plasti dipped the back bumper but as i was putting it back on i hit it on the hitch and it peeled some off -_- doesnt seem durable enough for me and i dont plan on keeping these bumpers very long. Ill probably take it off tomorrow and just deal with the chrome for a while haha. I get paid tomorrow so i plan on fixing all the small stuff that annoys me like missing the interior fuse cover, a couple broken grille clips, shit like that :p
     
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    Yeah the derp isnt very durable, I only did my rocker panels and hood to see how it would look. Just paint your bumper, its easy
     
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