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

Finally found a new center console!!!!! Now I have beerholders...
The only downside is now I don't have a place to hold my Chinese takeout boxes.



Also, snagged some 2nd Gen badges, think I'm gonna swap em out soon.

Gotta love the junkyard!

 

Ordered some roundeyes headlight conversions and 4xinnovations dom sliders with kickout. Now I just need to figure out how in the hell im going to get the sliders and cbi frame plates welded on.

 

psst... the tire chalk should be on the downhill side next time

 

Something that was recommended to me. Open the door that your jacking the truck up by. That way if it lets loose the handle doesn't hit your truck or window.

 

Psst, it's on both sides

 

maybe it was but the truck rolled up hill causing the chalk to be behind the front tire instead of infront of the rear tire

 

omg

 

LOL I think photoshop

 

Here's the numbers:
F/L Camber: Before 0.2*, After -0.1*, Spec range: -1.1* 0.5*
F/L Caster: Before -0.4*, After -0.1*, Spec Range: 1.9* 3.4*
F/L Toe: Before 0.41*, After 0.01*, Spec Range: -0.08* 0.13*
F/L SAI: Before 9.4*, After 9.6*, Spec Range: 10.3* 11.8*
F/L Included Angle: Before 9.6*, After 9.5*, Spec Range: 9.2* 12.2*

F/R Camber: Before -0.3*, After -0.2*, Spec Range -1.1* 0.5*
F/R Caster: Before 0.2*, After 0.3*, Spec Range 1.9* 3.4*
F/R Toe: Before 1.29*, After 0.05*, Spec Range -0.08* 0.13*
F/R SAI: Before 10.9*, After 10.6*, Spec Range 10.3* 11.8*
F/R Included Angle: Before 10.6*, After 10.4*, Spec Range: 9.2* 12.2*

Front
Cross Camber: Before 0.5*, After 0.1*, Spec Range: -0.5* 0.5*
Cross Caster: Before 0.6*, After -0.4*, Spec Range: -0.5* 0.5*
Cross SAI: Before -1.4*, After -1.0*, Spec Range: -0.5* 0.5*
Total Toe: Before 1.69*, After 0.07*, Spec Range: -0.15* 0.25*

Yep the Safari rack that was installed in Feb. Yes it was offroad.

When the lift first went on the Camber was set to 1.4*. I noticed the biggest change in caster after the Safari rack was installed. It still drives straight, doesn't wander and tires are wearing evenly. RTC isn't great but not bad.

So, I know I can get more adjustment with aftermarket UCAs, but what else should I be looking at here? LCA bushings? Bottom line is I'm not gonna drop cash on UCAs right away, unless a bunch you start buying tents.

 

well Adam based on those measurements^ the truck should pull left pretty good. too much negative camber and positive caster on the right side compared to the left side. but thats just me being anal. installing the new rack wouldnt change caster. rack has no effect on caster.

worn lca bushings can give u varying numbers. menaing u align it, numbers look good. go drive it, realign it, numbers are off.
easy to look up there and see how badly they are cracked. I did mine because the eccentrics were siezed. you could also have bent the lcas resulting in less caster? could have tweaked the spindles, (in reference to the photo you posted) changing the camber, which when adjusted to get within spec, could sacrifice caster.

my opinion.... check ur lca bushings, replace as needed. bite the bullet and order ucas, align the truck. see how much better it is. im betting it would be fine. then weld on some spindle gussets so you know they wont bend.

 

Yeah I'll be checking it all out. I can say that it doesn't pull at all in either direction. That was one of the first things I tried when I left the shop this morning and hopped on the highway. Went almost .5 mile with no hands on the wheel before it drifted enough to touch the wheel again.

 

yeah cross camber caster doesnt effect lifted truck much because u have knoby heavier tires that can pull themselves. im just worriedabout that photo u posted with the tires all cambered out. i wouldnt think a toe problem would cause that much camber issues....

 

being that we are on the topic of alignments, will lifting my drivers side to get rid of the taco lean effect my toe?

 

itll move the angles but ever so slightly. just did this last week for a customer. he had .5 inch of lean. twisted up the leftcoilover to get it within an 1/8th inch. realingned it, wasnt too bad

 

yeah i was sitting level brought it in for an alignment after i put in my rack and they did a full alignment and changed my drivers side caster and apparently that dropped my drivers side. Im an 1" off based off measurements on the rear frame.

i hate the lean but i also hate not driving straight

 

i think im running +2 caster. good or bad?

 

While I don't drive quite like you I'm not opposed to some negative camber.

 

Here is my specs from my latest alignment.