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

Our trucks are practically twins haha. Are those 17's??

Wait till I park mine next to them What's the frame height now?

 

Feb 20-22! Ill be there

still the same.. likely will be bumping it up a little though to help a few issues

 

Sweet! I shall too with a couple of Ga guys you met last weekend. Looking forward to meeting ya!

 

Put my supercharger up for sale

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=361643

 

I got this done......


Forgot the jack so I improvised.

 

Awesome! good group of guys there! Hopefully she will be 4wd by then and I can beat on it again!

 

Teaser, still not on the ground

 

So, I was actually looking at getting a new or low mileage, late model, used Tacoma when I ran across this 2002 TRD with only 56K miles on her . . .



It had the factory 16s with [get this] the "original" BFG TAs still on them. Though they had about a year of tread left, they were quite splashy, somewhat sidewall cracked, and one had a bubbled belt on the inside so I had these hardly used 255/60/18 Nitto Terras in the garage and these 18" MB wheels were actually cheaper than decent tires. The truck drives/rides SO MUCH better.



Next the factory sound system had to go so:

Sony MEX-N6000BH Head
[2] Kenwood KA2-5206 2 channel amps under the front of each seat
[2] Kenwood KSC-SW11 compact powered subs under the rear of each seat
Alpine SPS-110TW Tweets - some minor door panel mod required
Alpine SPR-68 Fronts - some minor speaker mount mod required
Alpine SPR-68 Rears - some minor speaker mount mod required

For those that enjoy pristinely clear music at all volumes this is a great sounding system. These compact subs are amazing for what they are - just a 5x8 rectangular speaker in a self powered enclosure. They are NOT bumper buzzers but I don't understand the bumper buzzing appeal . . . not that there's anything wrong with that!

Now, to get a lockable cover on the bed . . . ca-ching! It's on the way . . .

 

^ plus 1

 

Do you need to re-tub?

 

Put my lift on the new truck last night

 

Looks like it will rub with the tire at full stuff and at full lock. I had to cut the rear side of my Glassworks 4.5" fenders to clear at full stuff and full lock.

 

The 315s rubbed my fenders already because they were uncut, doing that one night this week. They look fine though, I'm not going to re tub, not after all the work that went into my tub, we tubbed as much as we could without getting into the A pillar and body mount. MTRs come in a 315/70/17 they are scheduled for an April production date I will probably get those anyway before Moab because I don't have a full size spare now. Again I paid $400 used for these tires as a temporary solution.


On a side note I am now officially locked front and rear with cases on the way from lowrange.

 

You didn't even get into the body mount?

You going to rub so much haha

That said..I like the new rims!

 

Cleaned up the mess the people made that broke into my truck last night. An put new windshield wippers on for the next snow coming tonight.

 

at least it wasent stolen.

My theft protection is a 5-speed.

 

Bud built skids, thoughts? Anything you guys recommend that is better

 

LOL I also have a starter kill and alarm.. but my point is that most thief's cant drive a manual.

 

Nothing better than Bud Built.

I believe they also offer light-weight skids (1/8" option instead of 3/16"), which is the way I would go. Much less weight, and more than enough protection for non-extreme rock-crawling.