What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

I was trying to reduce the purchase to a "per-foot cost", and didn't have much luck, too many variables. The Jayco hybrids had a smaller fresh water tank, aluminum sides vs fiberglass, I was getting kind of lost. Jayco has a 24 month warranty vs 12 month for the Kodiak. Starcraft has a nice hybrid, but some dealers don't carry that brand. Best of luck to you.

 

Rolled 100k pulling into my driveway tonight.
BTW: That's about 270 miles so far on the tank. I'll gas up on the way home tomorrow.

 

Old TRD OR shocks compared to new Billy 5100s with 887 coils


Fronts installed. Definite bro lean. Didn't have time to put on the 2" HD AAL pack from Wheelers because I threw out of my back. It seems like the front tires are awfully close to the UCA- there maybe an inch of room. Hopefully that will change once it's aligned. Thanks again to Yota Dan for helping me get this package together.

 

Then how will I ever get to 200k?

 

I replaced the carrier bearing and all 3 u joints in the driveshaft. Bye bye shaft vibration! It feels brand new

 

This happened:

A little bent....









Then this:



Now the upgrades!

 

nah... the shop is taking their sweet time on it. The rear was supposed to be 4 weeks... Im going on 1 1/2 months... And they have that and the front to complete by 15NOV...

 

this might have been asked before but... is there any way to remove front coil overs without loosening the LCA cam bolts? \I hear all the horror stories about them being seized and was wondering if there was another way to remove coil overs without messing with cam bolts...

 

yes. Just unbolt the 3 bolts at the top and the one holding the bottom. they pull out with little effort. The most I would do it the UCA from the spindle. MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT THE SPEED SENSOR CABLE....

 

any chance you have a picture of what that looks like? i'm running a 4x4 if that makes a difference

 

Ask around for somebody local to help you. The speed cable is the only electrical cable. The only other issue I have had with the 4x4's is the shaft likes to pull out of the xfer case. It goes back in easily though. Just wiggle it in.

 

Jack up the truck onto stands.
Unbolt the white bolts marked in pic one. Lower the weight off of the lower control arm you are working on, turn the wheel towards you. Work the lower shock mount out of its mount after taking that bolt out.
Jack the lower control arm up & down to work the coilover out.
I can't remember if I had to or not, but if this obviously isn't gonna work, unbolt the uca and use a puller tool or big ass hammer to smack that bolt out of the spindle. Mine came off pretty easy actually. Take care to pull the wire marked in the second pic outta the guides, then grab the white X & swing it up.
Also, zip tie your spindle to something to keep it aimed at the engine. Big mess if you pull that out of its joint. Hope it helped & worst case, cut it all out with a torch and buy it all from me! I'm selling my whole stock setup.

 

Throw your back out picking up a beer? I toss mine out a couple times a year, and it's always doing something stupid like turning on the shower. NEVER twist and lift. Feel better. Oh and looks good.

 

You finally broke it in!

 

887 coils,

 

Great use of paint

 

some spare d-rings installed on each side of my bed rail.. now i can tie down crap from any angle.. lol

 

I like this idea, where did you get the d-rings?

 

I really like the d rings, but you still can't tie down anything shorter than the bed rail. I need to install a few down low cause I usually have a lot of small things to tie down.

 

Sick