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

I thought you got a Colorado

 

These showed up today. I'll probably be starting the install next week

 

Parts trickling in!

 

Exciting stuff today!!! Lol ... Drilled and tapped the zerk hole in the rear slip yoke.. The previous one had got sheared off on a rock a few months back..

 

GTFO. That's MY job!

 

Really not digging the stock box setup.



ECM might need to be reset but it feels like it lost oomph on the bottom end of the RPM spectrum. Going to test it for a few more days but leaning towards throwing the aFe back in and adding a prefilter sock.

 

Tested one of my new projectors with the osram bulbs. Oh sweet cutoff

 

If I have the cone filter part number correct (21-35008), looks like aFe Part # 28-10063 is intended to fit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AFE-28-1006...Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d3990136e&vxp=mtr

http://afepower.com/shop/details_ne...s&searchtype=word&keyword=28-10063&brandID=50

 

I googled "21-35008" + "prefilter" and the ebay link came up. Took the part number from there and searched on aFe's website. It doesn't even come up in the "related products" field when you pull up the cone filter itself so, yeah, not the greatest website.

How the hell are we supposed to spend our money if they don't give us obvious hints!?!

 

I've been wanting to change my H1 retros for something better. Just not sure what I want yet. But those looks awesome.

 

Well I did 2 sets of last years d2s then I switched to h1s and was disappointed so I got the newer d2 3.0s and I love them. Great quality and the pictures above are with only one projector on

 

Washed and waxed it, and re-dipped the hood and waxed it, hopefully it'll hold up long enough for me to not have to re-do it before I get it painted.

Also started installing new AUX reverse lights, didn't get far but it should get done tomorrow.

 

How did you dip it? Gun or cans? Pic?

 

Tooks some shots of the inside of the plenum. Roughly 100k miles on the stock air box with stock filters. 35k miles on an aFe Stage II intake. Definitely some oil in there from the PCV. The oil has a gritty feel to it...



More can be found here: http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-builds/259729-tomtoms-03-trd-xtra-cab-40.html#post9379274

 

Hit 80,000 miles today

 

I used cans, I dipped it several months ago (or a year ago) on a whim and I like it a lot.
Eventually I'll get it painted matte black (following the same lines) but I've only used 2 cans so far.
I used 1.5 cans to do it the first time and I used about a half of a can to touch it up today.

 

Cue Jason with reasons to stay with OEM air filters..

 

Yeah, I bought the aFe before I knew what I was doing. Got a stock box through a friend and attempting to go back to the better filtration. Hopefully an ECM reset will get the low-end back. Or maybe I won't notice once I get the 2.2" pulley on.

 

The oil really isn't the issue. 'Tis the sand and dirt that I'm feeling in the oil. That stuff is hard on rings and cylinder walls.

 

That's why I was looking for the prefilters. I like the engine response of the aFe but after seeing inside the plenum, a little worried about longevity. I feel like an addict, wanting to go back to the aFe even though it may not be good for the engine.