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

Oh I have ES bushing on the rack that's in the truck right now, wasn't sure if these were one of those or not, thanks for clearing that up. Bout to go install it in half an hour or so.

 

Installed hi lift jack carrier

 

Who did your axle swap?

 

Anybody have a recommendation on a good set of brake line wrenches? I bought a set for my brake job and they were a complete disappointment. They were lose and started rounding off and only a 10mm Craftsman open end wrench saved me.

 

I purchased my brake line wrenches at Harbor Freight and it worked just fine.

 

^^^ this.

but I'd be more concerened about the half-assed insufficient packaging and how many times that thing got dropped in transit. I'd be worried about bent/cracked fittings and leaks. That's pathetic.

 

Ivan and Brandon

 

Do they actually show up packaged in just cardboard? Not attached to a board or something?

 

Been awhile since I posted here! But I put in Spectra HID conversion kit with 6k bulbs, I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW THE RAIN IS GONE!! So bright, best $85 I spent on her so far!

Got some cheap $19.99 per pair of switchback CK style bulbs from ebay, I'm actually happy with them, lasted 2 weeks so far in very bumpy roads and wet weather (tho had to electrical tape them in some, damn vibrations and how long and heavy they are!). I can actually use them as mini-fog lights kinda when I'm cruising the woods at nights!

 

If your name isn't Ivan or Brandon then your rear window sticker is about as cool as an elective colonoscopy.

 

Yea pretty disappointing packaging.. It comes wrapped in the cardboard you see there, with a thin plastic bag around that, inside of a cardboard box.. No real protection in there..

I did see that one of the lines was a bit bent at the fitting.. I'm hoping that it holds pressure.. If not hopefully I can just slap my old rack back on and send this one right back to rack doctor..

 

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

 

I'd be a little upset for sure but it's not the end of the world. At least I'd be able to install the next one super easy haha..

 

Yep it's a difficult one to do but it's possible. You have to be willing to cut a pretty big hole in your headliner, which is extremely hard to cut. You also have to know how to plastic weld.

Thanks! , would have never even saw this.

 

What do you plastic weld? I have tried that before and I wasn't too good at it

 

I made a jeep switch panel from daystar work but I had to cut some sections off and weld them back on in a different spot. I don't have any pictures right now but if you give me a week or two I can pull it out to get pictures for a write up.

 

How hard was it to remove the stock uca's and install the new uca's?

 

The UCA themselves weren't too bad. I had to unbolt a couple brackets in the engine bay in order to slide out the long bolt that holds them to the frame. The ball joint side popped off pretty easily with a BJ separator I rented from Autozone. Taking the BJ's themselves out of the spindle is what was a bitch. I used a BJ press from autozone. Took a while to figure out an adapter combo to make it work but I finally was able to get them removed. The Upper BJ removal probably took up about 1/3 of the total time a spent on the entire project.

 

Quoted for pure win.