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

youll lose MPG without a tailgate in place...because air passes over the bed when you have the tailgate up....when you have it down or off air comes off the cab and pushes down on the bed...

 

Maybe, maybe not though I do take the higway most of the time and this is my daily driver so hopefully the theory of being lighter yielding better mpgs apply as well as not having tailgate wind drag.

 

FWIW, I think its been proven that having the tailgate up gives better mpg than without it. The theory behind it is that the mileage will be higher with the tailgate up because air going over the cab creates a vacuum in the bed when the tail gate is up, causing the air to go over the bed which reduces drag.

Note that this is a theory. Do whatever floats your boat

 

I believe that was between tailgate up and tailgate down (not off). Having it up creates a pressure in the bed thus allowing air to glide above the bed (like having a cover). Don't know about off.

 

yes, its been proven that keeping the tailgate down, or removed, reduce's gas efficiency.

Myth busters proved it, and they even had a vehicle engineer explain it. With the tailgate UP, air moves into the bed and creates a vortex in the bed that allows air to pass over the cab, with the tailgate DOWN the air moves over the cab, and straight into the bed causing downforce and reducing efficiency. And I think it was a considerable loss, like 1-2 mpg.

 

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/m...atabase/driving-tailgate-fuel-consumption.htm

The truck w/ the tailgate UP lasted 30 miles longer

 

Get to look at the belly of the beast all day.

New leaf packs.

 

& the new lift.

 

looks great dude. did you really change out the leaf's in 1.5 hrs?! I would be wrenching/failing all day

 

new wheels on today, did some exploring too

 

^^^Looks sweet man!

 

Got my led turn signals wired in, legal now haha. The blinker still clicks really fast like the bulb is broken or something even though they work fine.



Got a couple coats of primer on, wired turn signals and fixed the wire I cut for my off road lights. Good afternoon. Time to snowboard!

 

The LED's draw less current so they flash quicker. You can solder in a resistor to make them flash correctly

 

Thanks man. & yea 1.5 hours per side.. I've done this probably 5 times so it's a walk in the park now. & I did it alone

 

Looks good.

 

found out someone side swiped my Taco luckily they only got the mirror...drove my bike to school and when i went to go to dinner i saw it


anyone got a 2001-04 mirror???

 

I think RMAN might have a spare one. Rockauto sent him a replacement and I'm pretty sure he didn't have to return the first one.

Hit him up with a PM

 

x2..ive done mine so many times i can rip em out and mess with them and re install in just over an hour.

 

AP shackles on.

Before


After

 

hope you got some longer shocks no looks great