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

Still a bit high for my liking personally. But not bad.

 

Nice aftermarket coating. I will assume the factory does it the same way.

Thanks. It was the only system that allowed me to rotate the bar easily so that the LED bar was safe from rocks on the highway. Back when I had my other truck, and the KCs, I would replace one lens a year minimum. I don't want to replace a 32 inch bar. Too expensive. lol.

 

they not make covers for them? i keep my Hella Rock covers on as much as possible. But they still look new even when i have used em on the hwy..

my LF240s have some scratches on the lens covers too but not bad.

 

I picked up my coil overs used off ttora for $400 or you could buy new coil overs from $800-$1200. King, icon, sway a way, fox. All really good coil overs

 

Shouldn't be much of an issue with the light bars, most come with the lexan or whatever it is nowadays so it should be fine against rock and there are companies that have colored covers for them like yellow.. the rest are dumb colors that are completely illegal for use but whatever.. but they do have clear ones too.. I ran both my lightbars with glass lenses on my front bumper for a year or so and never had an issue with them or my hellas that are currently on my bumper

 

Installed new bedside decals from RuggedT......

 

It's added protection under the paint that Toyota added. It's for rock chips.

 

Oh hai! Looks like I should have heeded the advice of a wise man. Have to pull the door panels back off and cut the fastener holes bigger. They are starting to let go, here and there.

 

Ordered this



Went from this



To this

 

Relocated my front and rear differential breathers.

 

where from and how much?

 

Took this video of my carrier bearing. I think it has too much play, or is this right? I'm having a really loud clunking noise from under the truck when the rear end gains traction after sliding a little. I pushed and pulled everything under the truck and this was really the only play I could find. I pushed the transfer case up and the rubber on the mounts did have about 1/4" of okay as well.

http://youtu.be/BODHF-8RjWI

 

http://tps.toyotaofdallas.com/partlocator/index.cfm?siteid=214074

I wanna say it was around 100$. I know, a little pricey, but I really like it. It adds 2 more cup holders and looks better IMO. The leather looks much better. Plus I had holes in my old one from drilling into it.

 

Stock suspension workout...

 

My 194,000 mile stock carrier bearing has a similar amount of play. Pretty sure mine's worn out but I have no vibs so I'm leaving it till summer.

 

How would one go about breathing a rear diff?

 

They have a vent to allow for gasses to escape as the diff heats up.

A common mod is taking out the vent which is right at the top of the diff housing and adding a hose so the vent can be put up higher. The intent is to keep water out if the axles get submerged.

 

Oh it's that simple?

 

yup.

 

Yeah I don't really have any vibes so I doubt that's my problem. The clunking I get when turning the wheel fast at 20-25mph I think is from bad sway bar bushings. That's the only thing I can think at this point.