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

Some have them and some don't.

I don't have an ignition ring light.

 

I guess I don't either because I've never noticed it. I remember it being a green ring on a 95 4runner.

 

For anyone that is interested in how the switch panels are mounted in Meatman's and mine rigs here ya go.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=260472

 

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Should just line up with those four 14mm bolts and two 10mm on the sides, no?

 

any color LED going through the same color filter/lens will have a brighter, more crisp color than going through a clear lens. you just have (as you said) "china" LEDs

 

This is 4WD's '02 bumper mounted on his 98 (or 99?)

 

Pics of my electric fans.

 

His mounts look identical to mine

 

so did u do this due to over heating? or drag on the engine or both?

 

Well this was on Saturday but slapped on some Maxxis Buckshot on FJ steelies on my Taco.
Been trimming the inner fender plastic to negate any rub.
Looking at buying new lugnuts since the ones that came on my stock alloys dont sit flush with the FJs.

 

I hope you dont actually off road in any way shape or form, I was doing mild trail runs and one of the fan blades.. FELL THE FUCK OFF!

I had that same kit and caused me nothing but problems.. took it off and didnt notice anything with it on or off power or MPG wise.. best of luck to you though.

The worst part was when it just out of the blue didnt want to turn on.. and later that same day it was fine again..

 

any more info on this?

 

Both. Last summer I had problems with the truck overheating on the trail so since I had the fan and radiator out of the truck for the timing belt change, I figured I'd put these in. Plus I'm getting ready to put the trd blower on so I figured it will be a plus to free up a few hp's for that.

Man, I hope I have better luck. I wheel the hell out of mine. That is the main reason I put them on, I'm not so much worried about the extra hp or mpg's.

They are the flex-a-lite dual electric fans.

 

Did you replace your thermostat? cause overheating can be cause of it going bad and it could be stuck open.

 

tons of reasons an engine can over heat. i think u have a problem. the fan probly wasnt it. ive never overheated and it was hot out in moab

 

No it was definitely the situation. I was creeping down a trail in 4-low first gear with the a/c on and the clutch fan just wasn't able to keep up. I could roll down the windows and turn the heater on till the temp dropped then leave the a/c off with the windows down and I wouldn't have anymore problems. If the thermostat was sticking it would overheat, no matter what the situation is unless its cold enough outside. I did, just change the thermostat with the water pump and timing belt though. So we'll see what happens.

 

I recently installed a wheelers 5-pack but didn't get the lift I was hoping for. I have front billies set at 2.5 and it gave me 2 inches. The rear only boosted it up a half inch after they settled. Why??? It does have a camper shell but I wouldn't think that it would make it sag that much

So I have 1.5 inches of bro lean right now

 

Alcans been having some bad reviews lately. I got a custom set made to accommodate 300lbs over factory load capacity, they sat with a negative arch with just a camper shell. And road on the bumps if i had anything in the bed.

 

I put on 882s upfront and dont sit level, with rear dakars. so I might go another direction to achieve a bit more lift upfront