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

Welded up my 18" bodied magnaflow today and ran the pipe out and dropped it in between the leafs and spare into a 3 inch tip. Sounds a lot better than the 40 series flowmaster that was on it. Nice and quiet when idling and still a little throaty about 2.5 rpms but not to loud

 

Seems nice!

 

Haha yeah thanks for the advice I love it!

 

I'll get a picture tomorrow I think it looks good

 

My truck is making a weird whining noise.....I posted a video on the last page of my build. Take a listen if you have a minute. I'm thinking it may be water pump, alternator, or just a pulley

 

WOOO! I just got my wheels and tires balanced and rotated. All of my vibes are gone! This is the first balance since the lift (done in August), thought I had driveline vibes.

Let it be known that I am one of the few who lifted past 3in (4.25in rear, 3.25in front) and got away vibe free. I have a bad carrier bearing, but that is just noise and a shudder (from the shaft moving because the rubber around the bearing has failed) going 3mph or slower.

 

Sounds like a toasted bearing, pop the belts off one by one and see if it stops.

 

your CV's must be screaming being that tall up front.

 

Compensating? What Compensating?

A long skid can be fine as long as its braces or supported on the back side. If you do a single piece from the front side all the way back, I'd try to bolt it to the crossmember or something to give it support in the middle.

 

Manual hubs.... so only when I'm tearing around off road. Thought about getting a diff drop, but it doesn't seem like it alleviated anything for other members. I am using Eibach 620# coils on 5100s (5100s set as low as they go). They are actually LSC15s from his truck before he got coilovers (and subsequently got a new truck). I plan to cut off the IFS and SAS the thing eventually so I'm not too worried. I occasionally put Vaseline on the fins to slow the wearing of the boots.

Picture of my CV angle...

 

Got wheels and tires mounted. I'll get better pics tomorrow, it was dark when I picked it up. Man it really looks good...love how it came out

 

That looks really nice! Digging the lift on there

 

Thanks buddy

 

yyaassssss

 

Love it! Lunar mist buddies

 

Thanks guys. I freaking love it man. I'll have to take some good pics for y'all tomorrow

 

You da man! If closer... I'd oblige and arrive 10 minutes early bearing six packs and greasy food

 

Got another picture that a buddy took

 

What wheels are those? They look like the Crushers I was eyeballing at Les Schwab today.