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

That stuff looks really good. I'm hoping to do my rocker panels this summer so maybe this is a good alternative to raptor liner.

 

btw..my truck was running at 163-164 today..not high way driving.

 

You said you have a 175 degree thermostat though, right? Or was that your dads?

Oh, and I used one of those coolant testers. The dial was all the way at the top. Above 268 degree boil over.

 

no thats my dads.

i was at 164 or there about in my stock 03 double cab

 

Interesting. I wonder why mine is so high. It is possible the thermostat was changed for a higher temp one, but I have no idea how to find out. Any other ideas on what could be causing it? Water pump maybe? 72,000 miles btw.

 

My truck runs at 199 and was told from the dealer who installed a new thermostat cause mine was stuck open and was at 180.. that 195-200 is what its supposed to run at.

My truck would never heat up the cat enough for it to register it to the computer for smog till I replaced the thermostat.

My gauge sits just under the 50% mark, No matter the conditions the temp is always 195-200

 

that trail gear bumper wont fit with fiberglass fenders will it?

 

Looks like plenty of side clearance to me

 

also, with long travel, can you run heavy bumpers and what not?

 

i doubt it.

sure..just need heavier coils.

 

damn

not bad. perhaps ill just stay away from the long travel and fiberglass fenders then. If I do fenders, ill want to have a wider stance and not something aftermarket rims and spacers can do. I'm on the east coast anyways... lol

 

You could mod the bumper to work im sure. Im going to on mine.

And idk man..my rims and spacers are still wider then my fiberglass fronts..not much. But still.

Mid travel tho is a good option.

 

Just don't know if I'm willing to put that much into the suspension of a truck that I'm not really gonna beat up all that much anyways. I'll eventually go with Toytec Coilovers and some new UCA's. but I think that's about all I need for the light trails and stuff I may be doing. At least until I have another daily driver.

 

You can run glass fenders with the TG bumper no problem.

 

oh..well then no point for LT then! haha

i think he was referring to the rear one..

 

Notice anything wrong with this picture?

 

Didn't have your old stock bolts im guess? hahahahahaha

 

yep! sorry for not specifying

 

I just now noticed the diff drop pucks are mounted on the wrong side of the crossmember. What's worse is I don't know who did it. Was it my buddy and I three years ago when we installed the lift (and as I mentioned before, at that time I had never even changed a tire)? Or was it the shop that resealed the oil pan about a year ago?

 

Ha!!!!

So your saying its been n wrong for a while??

Jesus haha