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

Are you not getting the correct amount of lift or are you going off the looks of the pack when loaded? From experience, my dakars are pretty much flat yet maintain my 3 inches of lift with a constant load of 200-300 lbs in the bed. They even look flat with just the weight of an empty bed but still maintains the lift.

 

was the tire under inflated? all filled as normal and just let go?

 

Got home from vacation and admired it in the driveway







Bed bob, rear bumper w/ swingout, bedrack for action packers and 35's & gears soon!

 

So jealous of that sun/moon roof *robby droooools*

 

Haha I get that a lot, actually had a guy at the Toyota dealership when I took the title to the 04 Taco we traded in for a 12' FJ up there ask if I had put it in myself.. Pretty sad they don't even know they came with them

 

What soft top is that on ur bed? Thanks! And I would be staring at that Truck thinking about my next adventure

 

I believe Dakar packs are designed to have have a lot of arch in them to begin with.

 

Its a Softopper I got from a member on here, came off his 2nd gen DCSB so its a little short but I couldn't pass up the deal and selling my toolbox paid for half of it, the trasharoo and 5gal water jug I got with it.

The width is perfect between the two generations and I had already planned to bob my bed anyhow and always wanted one plus it was tan which I wanted as well so I went ahead and got it!

 

Still going with your spindle Chad, can't find a pass. side out here for shit...

 

Filled as normal. Just randomly blew

 

Yep. Iron Range ORV Park. It was wet in a few areas but overall was in good condition.

 

Hopefully the conditions are about the same when I go. I'm going to throw my winch in my bumper before I leave, just in case, since I will be alone.

 

They are supposed to be flat. They are made to go into negative arch under compression, that's how they help to ride better over washboard type roads

 

that is because say they painted a blue truck before yours or something yellowish etc then you have residual paint in the lines that the cars/trucks are paint on. you have many variations. usually if you buy paint at the store they just sell you prime but some colors like will have 40 variations if they are shitty colors like some golds etc. this is why a lot of shops will paint a car repair they just use prime and send it on its way. 99% of people wont pay it any attention

 

My rocker panels are chipped and peeling all to hell.. And I need to do something about it. I don't like the look of black bedliner on rocker panels of white trucks, and I'm thinking of using white monstaliner. Thoughts? Also don't know how hard it would be to keep clean

 

I've got a hot date today!

 

Vinyl wrap?

 

Knock on wood but haven't needed it yet. There's only a few areas that a winch is important and I don't have the clearance to get in there. That said, I almost rolled mine the first time I was there so a winch would have been useful in that situation too

 

Drove it from the campsite this morning

 

Yep, I'm sure you saw this on boxrockets build, but here is a pic of my springs with no additional weight on them, not even a spare...