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

I was just looking at his posted "garage" vehicle... "06 access cab"
The hubs are different too?

 

Hubs are the same. Just has different rotors

 

Flexed It

 

thanks to my girlfriend's father and his welding skills and cutting tools, he and I fabricated some cheap brackets to mount my hellas behind the grill. I don't have pics yet because we finished after dark. ill post pics soon though.

 

Nice nothing like getting free help lol
Night pics of lights?

 

nah no pics yet. I'm gonna run her through a touch free wash tomorrow and then ill take some during the day as well as some night pics. I'll be in Va Beach tomorrow so I should be able to find some decent places to take some pictures.

 

4.56 gears in the rear now. Gotta get the front done soon.



http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-builds/259729-tomtoms-03-trd-xtra-cab-12.html#post6890566

 

I'll be doing the same thing on Friday. What size tires you runnin and what's your speedo look like?

 

I have 4.56s with 33's its reads about 5-7mph above. Varies with speed. When my speedo says 70 im doing 65. the faster I go the more off it is.

 

rhino lined front bumper...rear coming soon

 

That's not horrible, what gears did you have before. Cause I'm going 3.58s to 4.56s so I have a feeling I'm going to be way off

 

^ far easier (cleaner) then messing with the speedometer drive gear
and more accurate to boot !

 

The speedo gear in the transfer case is super easy. No cutting, splicing or anything. Pop old one out, put new one in, wipe up the little bit of spilled oil, go drive.

 

Deleted, double post

 

Are you talking about getting one of the Dakota speed things? I was just planing on the speedo gear as long a ill be in range. I think I'll have to use the 33t to get close

 

did seafoam last night...idle seemed to be a little lower

 

Not today, but yesterday, got this:


Deckplate Mod...Coming Soon. ;-) by Kathy / Analog Soul Photography, on Flickr

Had the sealer already and got the black deckplate from Amazon. Thinking of also doing a temp fix on the washer fluid reservoir while I'm in there. Got this yesterday at Big Lots...


IMAG5025-1-1 by Kathy / Analog Soul Photography, on Flickr

 

I had them done here in Denver for 265you for the pair. Great place called CVJ tell them Kevin sent you. I'm bringing some flyers and cards to the Moab deal at the end of the month

 

To be honest I never bothered looking into fixing my speedo. And now that you posted it I think im going to have to. I have ABS so ill look into wiring it after my ABS

 

880s will not get you 3" of lift. 882's will. A tube bumper (depending on what you get) will not be a lot more weight than the factory bumper. A winch and skidplates on the other hand will add a lot of weight up front. So if you're only planning on a tube bumper it won't change lift height that much from the stock one.

883's will be stiffer than the 882s but with a little less lift so you might not put as much strain on CV boots with the 883s.

I ran my truck with 882 and the stock bumper for months and I thought the ride was great. Firm but definitely not harsh, and it was killer in the dirt.

Where are you getting this information? I have never heard any such thing. 882's are not too tall for the Nitrochargers especially when you add the weight of a bumper/winch which gets you to about the same point as the 883s as far as height, but with a softer ride. My opinion is that if ARB/OME is trying to steer people away from the 882's its in an effort to eliminate redunancy in their product. If the 883 and 882s are so similar it would much easier to just keep one product vs having two. But I think the height thing is BS.