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

Yeah it turns out the guy who gave me that advice was under the impression I was in a second gen. But I got it all straightened out and ordered some longer studs and 3/8" spacers from Dan at Wheelers. Hopefully that will get me all straightened out!

 

How much did those eibach's sag after the bumper and winch? I was thinking about putting a 1/4" spacer on both driver and passenger sides because mine dropped about .5" after adding a 110# plate bumper and 50# 1 piece skid. Let us know how the ride feels after adding the 3/8" tps.

 

I wish I would've measured before/after. It used to have minor rubbing at the frame when I was at full lock/full stuff, but now it rubs at the frame during full lock/normal street driving. If the spacers don't work I am going to look into some adjustable coilovers.

 

Had to replace the cv half shaft today the boot was busted and the joint was messed up. Pretty easy to do.

 

Most took the right bypass but it was pretty gnarly too

 

Hey! whatch that mouth




I changed out my spark plugs this weekend. . . Pretty damn easy

 

Changed the oil yesterday. How many quarts does your 3.4 take? Mine takes about 5.5 or 6 quarts. I don't like to go over the "full dot" on the dip stick. Should I put the full 6 quarts?

 

Good stuff. I've been meaning to ask you how the basket for your fuel/water cans is holding up? It's a decent amount of weight back there. Does it bounce much?

 

I took my truck to the stearlership for an oil change years ago ($15 coupon ),
I checked my oil before leaving and it wasn't full, it was halfway on the mark. I told them about it and they said Toyota said to not go to the full mark, they recommended going half way. They explained too much oil would just foam as the crankshaft spun.

 

I'd go by the manual and put in 5.5 quarts...

 

I run a taller filter and put in 6 quarts.

 

X2

 

between 5.5 and 6

 

Not too much to notice. loved having the pressurized water can and the extra gas! Also the way u built it the can holder has never scrapped! high clearance for the win. Second gen I was with scrapped his multiple times.

Going to try and fit a 35 spare back there. Afraid I might have to modify it a bit

 

nice, if the manual states 5.5 then I'll keep it there. Thanks for the confirmations

 

look like fun left or right.

 

Man that trail looks rough

Looked like ya'll had a good time though. I was busy figuring out why my car was over heating and finding/fixing an oil leak all weekend

 

I add 5.5 and then crank and let it circulate and usually add just a tad more.. But not much more. Definitely not a full 6

 

What filter do you use?

 

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