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

This is the 1/8'' plate version. Its cheaper, only $9 plus shipping.

Need to try it out now.

dont feel bad...it took me 5 years.

 

Haha before I lifted my truck my brakes were crazy sensitive! So when I lifted it, it felt good to me. Now that I've got bigger tires I should probably do this.

 

yes....33's kill your brakes, they are just so heavy.... So if your rears aren't pulling their weight (or stopping it ) You will wear out your fronts quick...and you will warp rotors in a hurry too.

 

Hmm, never thought of it that way. That's probably why my rotors went bad quick on my 96....

 

yep, when I had 35's, then 33's on my truck I warped every set of rotors within a couple of weeks on my truck. I just though it was because they were cheap ass rotors.

But now that I have the bvp bracket I will be upgrading to some centric rotors and pads.

 

Wow! A couple of weeks!? Sounds like I might be ordering one very soon then!

 

I used to commute 40 miles one way, with lots of stop and go traffic on the interstate, so my brakes got toasty quick.

 

Oh okay, that makes sense then. I drive 1-2 miles a day to get to work and back.

 

What u mean a chunk?

 

A small chunk got ripped out of one of the lugs on my old tires on my 96 I used to have.

Like this except on a brand new tire.

 

That sux

 

Yup, they were only a couple of weeks old too. Oh well I've got a better Tacoma and better tires now!

 

Finished the clear coat on the center caps...here's the final product. Two coats of clear and they're super shiny. My screw ups on the logos are evident up close, but don't think they're going to be when they're on the truck.


Wheel center caps done by Kathy / Analog Soul Photography, on Flickr

 

Toyota should have made that itself as a wheel! That would have been awesome!

 

Drove my truck w/ the bvp bracket from BAMF....and wow...the truck stops much better now. The front end doesn't dive down now when I get on the brakes hard.

 

Thinkn bout gettn km2s

 

Haha awesome! I'm definitely getting one of these!

Do it! I've only had them for 7 hours and I love them! Quite on the road, very nice looking, and not like all the other mud terrains and the typical tread pattern they all have. I'll hopefully be testing them out next Saturday at on off road park.

 

I love my KM2s...they look mean as hell. And they are quiet and ride SMOOTH. They do have a hum to them like most MTs do...but they ride so damn good.

Totally worth the money.

 

I just have 1" rear lift and 2.5" front. Instead of buying the BPV bracket because I don't have much lift, I should just be able to make the adjustment myself and move the adjustment nuts up to place more braking load on rear drums... correct?