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

finally after 13 years of wanting new wheels I got these! Brand new TRD! Does anyone else have these and if so have you had any problems with them? I LOVE them!

 

Those are the Ivan Stewert TRD wheels. Look good!

 

Hey thank you! Will that gun turret work with my LWRC M6A2? It would look nice on my truck

 

truck isnt 100% together after my wheel destroying my fender so the grille is off and i decided to make it a bit prettier

 

Drain and fill with the tranny fluid. 4 qt's from the pan. Question though, how long should I wait to do another. Truck 02 is almost at 100k and the fluid was not the most cherry red i've seen. I have a pic but dont know how to post it. I havent noticed anything out of the ordinary with the tranny, other than a little hesitation from stop to go but it's very minimal, shifts fine while moving. I could tell a difference though just after changing 4 qt's. Looking to do another 4 as soon as possible though. Drove about 50 miles on her today after the change so can I do another tomorrow? Thanks in advance

 

I had same intensions but ended up waiting quite a while but i see no reason to go ahead and do it again. I would just check it and see what it looks like on the dipstick. How clean it looks.

 

Installed some 1.5" wheel spacers all around. I'm a little worried about the front though. The studs are shorter up front so the nut is only halfway on the stud. I don't like that. I haven't driven it yet, but I think I might have effed up anyway. These are the Trail Gear spacers, but they aren't hub centric like spidertrax. I didn't notice that when I bought them and I think they need to be hub centric.


Before.


After.

 

yeah Im pretty sure those are the wrong ones. I would not drive on them.

 

I wouldn't drive on those spacers. Also, for my 1.5" spacers, I got the extended thread lug nuts. May not have NEEDED them, but I decently have more confidence in them.

 

steel or aluminum? you should do a group buy on this one!

 

I definitely need longer studs. I've read that people run these wheel spacers just fine on the hub centric tacos, so I'm thinking I will get longer studs and try to salvage my blunder. I will remove the front until I get studs, but I'm going to leave the rears on since the studs were longer and I lock-tited everything so I'm not worried about those. And tightened with the star pattern so they should be seated correctly.

3/16" steel would be standard, but I can do anything from 1/16"-3/8" steel, stainless steel, or aluminum. It's just money, right?

Stay tuned.

 

I would just try something like this. http://www.fastwheelaccessories.com/open-end-extended-thread-lug-nuts/

 

Interesting. Thanks for the link. I might stop by the auto store and see if they stock any.

 

This. Get extended thread lug nuts. Im running Allpro 1.5'' spacers with the ET lugs. Every time i check the torque its spot on. much easier then replacing the studs.

Allpro sells them too and hub centric spacers.

 

I have the spacers already so I'm going to try to keep them. If I can get away with ET lug nuts, I will do that. Lock tite should hold them on. I don't want to spend another $100+ on this deal.

 

Same wheels that I run and I love them.

 

So Ryan, these will bolt right up to the full length skids for the 1st gen that I bought from you?

 

Just drove it from Decatur, IL to Gatlinburg, TN.

 

Yes. I did shorten the transmission skid so the transfer skid mounts to the cross member and the transmission skid overlaps transfer skid so it doesn't catch the edge on obstacles, so you can either cut the rear of your transmission skid off to mount the transfer skid above or just mount the transfer skid below.

Not sure why I didn't do this the first time around but hind sight is 20-20. Previous customers will get a deal though.

 

Got the sliders welded up, this is as she sits