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

my CB drop is a BEEFED 1.5'' drop and 3º axle shims makes for a damn near straight drive shaft. Id check it for sure. I thought my squeal was the CB and it was really the U joint.

 

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I haven't heard of more than a 1" drop. I may go more and see if that helps more with the small vibes I still have

 

yea BEEFED makes a 1.5'' drop and i think a 3''..or something big..nice bracket.

 

I'll just throw some more washers in there for now. I still have some threads left haha. I would like a nice drop bracket later though

 

http://www.dickcepek.com/tires.php?item=FunCountry

thinking about these tires... any suggestions? I need an A/T tire since I drove well over 300 miles a week..

 

yep thats the one. Used to be BEEFED on here..he made some cool stuff. I have that exact bracket.

 

I drive 380 miles a week and my Yokohama Geolander ATS are fantastic for it. I have 15k miles on them and they still look new. This is my second set and got 78k out of the first set.

 

Not saying they're not an OK tire but i just can't bring myself to like the look of them. Plus, i'm saddled up with these KM2's for at least another year so i'll just need to adapt. I'll give that 2nd gear a try tomorrow, we have PRND2L as options and i suppose with the 4.88's that it will lower 2nd as well, which just might be the ticket (combined with using a feather to depress my gas pedal).

 

Washed it, and trimmed and reinstalled the front flaps.

 

Got a 50" bar in...hoping to get a custom bracket made for it on the roof.



Also got about a foot away from rolling off a road up in Prescott, AZ last weekend. Dang slippery roots!





Mark

 

Pretty sure that when I put the lever on "2" when I am in 2hi or 4hi it starts in 1st and shifts to 2nd and stays there. It does not start out in 2nd.

I am certain this is what happens in 4lo, and I am certain, it will downshift from 2nd to 1st in 4lo because there have been times I wished it would not downshift and it does based on load.

 

BFG A/T in mud.... bout as useful as tits on a boar

 

Yep, that's how the taco trans operates, but some of the ford trans (like my moms 08 explorer) will be "locked" into what gear you put it in (1,2,or 3) which is really helpful for low traction situations as the traction control is useless, and there's no LS,locker, or 4x4 switch in her car.

 

I've seen them work pretty well for an all terrain. Better than most all terrains.

 

Picked up a spare 100,000mi motor from a buddy of mine. Still has import papers /tags and everything. Got it for $200 + my xbox360. Deal!

 

fluid filmed my undercarriage recently...
i bought a 3 pack of the rattle-cans
got an OCD thoroughly soaked undercarriage with 2 on my Xtra Cab

so, if anyone's planning on doing this; 2 should do ya'

 

I brought my 99 in for tow package harness recall this summer..

 

X 2 I drive roughly 600 miles a week and my geolander ats have been nuthn but great I haven't had any problems with mine I'm pushing 70k miles

 

I had a set of 31x10.50's on my old Jeep XJ. It did decent for an A/T. But with all the mud around here, I quickly switched to an M/T!!!

 

Just ordered some sound deadening from B-Quiet.com. 50 sq. ft. of Extreme (damper), and 40.5 sq. ft. of Vcomp (absorber/barrier).

Can't wait!