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

Technically I've never needed it...But that day in the pond lord knows I would have locked it in haha

 

Haha right, like mine isn't?

I think I hear excuses

 

remember kids only you can prevent sheered bolts

 

Been there done that. Sucks dude

 

X2 had to fix it in the rain.

 

Good times hahaha coulda been a hell of a lot worse.

 

lol mine was in a parking lot next to my office. I had an autozone a mile away and my house full of tools 3 miles away so I got lucky. Called another member to pick me up and get the tools and parts. So I got lucky

 

Looks Better

Nice.

that looks like it was a lot of fun in the sand

 

Is that the ol' LBJ failure?

 

yep

well..LBJ Bolt failure.

 

Makes me want to go out and do the jb weld trick right now....

 

would be cool if someone made aftermarket stock length LCAs for 1st gens. Could get rid of the weak lower ball joints

 

Total chaos makes one. Let me see if i can find it for you

Edit: or is that only for 2nd gens...

 

What kind of trick is this? Just so they can't get loose?

 

yea. they make two different ones for the second gens

 

Ahh got it. But I mean... The 2nd gen ones run what, $1600? Then UCA's are 6-700, you're already at close to what you'd be paying for a LT kit...

For me personally there's no point in dropping that much money and NOT going LT.

 

except LT opens up a whole can of $$$ worms.

 

Hm. I've never checked torque on mine. just visually inspected them.

 

its not the LCAs that are weak guys. Its just the bolts holding on the ball joint. All you need to do is Locktight them and you will be fine.

 

If you let yourself get mod fever. If you don't LT the back, you really are focusing more on gusseting and protection, depending on the level of offroading you do. I feel like it's more physical labor (welding, gusseting) than it is money... Aside from the glass, bumps, and limit straps what else do you need? (Clarification: What else do you NEED to do; not what else CAN you do.)