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

Yeah, well, old Brett was there before you could drive...

I'll try to make it next year.

 

You sure you weren't there before I was born?

 

Haha didn't realize you both had the same name. Fail. But I know squeaky has been coming!

So, old Brett I'm probably going to bring my truck this time around.

 

Go my alignment done.

Any comments?

 

What's a good number to shoot for? But yeah, I am limited due to the stock UCA

 

Added a few sticker mods.

 

I have no idea. My buddy's shop did the alignment.

 

Agreed. It will help the truck track straight on the highway

 

X2, I went back to see some family and nearly died.

Man, they are worse than I previously thought. That is a HUGE amount of slop in both the ITR and the rack shaft. An OEM rack will not be that loose with the guide removed entirely.
Can't say I never expressed my feeling about Chinese knock off front end stuff. The other issue is the remans most likely use the same parts.

Play with guide removed.

ANY lifted 1st gen with stock upper arms can use all the caster it can get. It is safe to tell the alignment shop that's what you want.

 

How good a buddy and did he do the work or some flunky?

 

Well I'll find out this weekend. 750 miles of highway driving.

But it'll be hard to tell. Between the steering rack I have, worn out bushings and a non-tack welded steering shaft... keeping my truck straight on the highway has never happened since 1999.

 

Best friend of 20 years.

All their techs are top notch. They are constantly rated amongst the highest shops in the area.

 

Fine, I was sorta half kidding.
With, as you inferred, a rack problem and loose steering column, there should have been some kind of feedback. Maybe there was, I wasn't there.

 

Ordered up a new set of tires. Got Town Fair Tire to price match Tire Rack on a set of general grabber at2's @$130/ tire for 31x10.5R15. Wanted 33x10.5R15, but not a big fan of the BFG AT's, and KM2's are not an option for the winters around here. At that price for the grabbers i'll just find another beat up set of 15" alloys on CL and a set of 33x10.5 KM2's off a heep and use that for offroading, and have the grabbers for daily driving and light wheeling duty.

 

That would be to easy

 

Km2's are not good winter tires?

 

From what I've read most MT tires aren't great in winter unless sipped or somethin.

 

Depends on what your winter consists of. They are about useless in slick, icy conditions. They have large tread blocks, no siping, and a hard tread compound. In cold weather the hard compound turns them into hockey pucks, and with large tread blocks and no siping they are useless in slushy, slick and icy conditions that are the norm up here.

If you just have light fluffy powder they would be better, but still not spectacular. Offroad is a whole different story, I am referring to strictly on-road use.

 

I don't mind my tread wright guard dog's with kedge grip. I feel like the kedge grip definitely helps on icier roads.