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

That looks great!

 

X2 looks awesome

 

He sent these as worked progressed....

Picked it up this morning and installed, I ordered the emblem. Used 3M Double Sided tape......
Is there another view you would like to see, another angle??

 

Thank you, He did a real good job on it and quick.... We live in the same area... I picked up the grill from cheap replacement body shop we have local.

Gave him my old one for his next project.... Good guy!
Before & After pics

 

Thank you, means a lot coming from folks who have trucks i admire!

 

Pretty pricey. About 90$. I'm pretty sure it can't be lubed. A thread over on TTORA said you could disconnect the cable at the transfer case and pull the inner cable out to lube. I tired this and broke the inner cable trying to pull it out. So I had to buy a new one. Not too hard. Removing the old cable was the hardest part.

 

Which TOYOTA badge is that? The new FJ?

I still need to dick around with my homeroshi, and I have a smaller badge that I like the size of, and I thought the FJ ones look too big, but if that is what you have, maybe not...

 

This is the one i have, Best price i could find and OME...

http://www.toyotapart.com/75311-90K00.html

I think it fits well.... Of course the Larger Raptor Style looks good too... Just my taste..

 

OK, thanks. Yeah, I am no fan of the raptor style ones.

 

Put the finishing touches on my wiring and found a spot for my switches

 

Looks good!

 

Flipped the thermostat so the jiggle valve is at 6 o'clock runs at 188-190 now

 

I need to do that too. How long did that take you?

 

20-30 minutes it was really easy actually, i bought a new thermostat from napa but ended up re-using my old one and gasket, filled the radiator back up and done

 

Anyone know of an active coupon code for Low Range Off Road? I googled but didn't see anything and it doesn't look like they have a vendor section on here

 

Dumb question im sure tried searching for it too and couldnt find any answer i have the 3.4 v6 but why would you want to do this, doesnt the engine run at 180 stock and 170 with a napa thermostat why would you want it to run hotter or does it provide any performance gains? Sorry if this is a noob question

 

it should run closer to 190-195 stock, it needs to be this temp for your cats to work properly in turn means you pass smog and the engine will run as intended air/fuel ratio.

I had a bad thermostat that was running 180 or so and would not pass the cat test for smog because the cat was not warming up properly.

 

Aaahh ok thanks for clearing that up lol i have my check engine light on saying my cats need to be replaced and still pass inspection gotta love virginia

 

Started a new rear tube bumper..

 

Nice work! I'm diggin' the easy access.