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

are these fiberwerx?

 

Yes

 

Murica!!

Spent a few days in the sticks

 

How much "love" did that take to get to mount up. i have a pair sitting in my garage that are incheS, PLURAL, off of where they are supposed to be.

 

Apparently on my way to the mall i got lost and ended up in the rocky mountains. 1st time out full LT. All I have to say is full LT was absolutely impressive. Where jeeps and others crawled through, I drove through FAST. Didn't have a front ds on because my front isn't regeared yet but I knew with the 35s on I'd be somewhat ok (accept I almost got in trouble on a huge rutted incline) but got out of a trouble spot with lots of gas and mad driving skill. Had a great time. Needs some fine tuning but all in all this Solo Motorsports kit exceeds my expectations.

Once I get these videos uploaded to you tube I'll share with you guys soon.

GF didn't like it for the first half of the day but by the time she got to trusting in my driving abilities on the way home said she had a really good time and will go again.















Couldn't even come slightly close to flexing her all the way out because my 35s didn't clear in the rear. Cutting to fit soon.

 

I love that hood... Where did you get it from?

 

LoL. Yeah. I have that wired to the Baja driving/spot lights. Not my idea though. Bunches of Carling switch stores had this one so I used it.

 

Its the OE hood man. I got some vents off Amazon/ebay (2 of them are "marine boat" vents but work the same to me), cut out holes, silicon, and carbon fiber vinyl wrapped it. Came out cool for me, I like it too.

I can help you to an extent with your turbo and am fairly knowledgeable. @MadTaco461 has one on his 2.7L. He would be better for specifics with that application.

 

Couple videos off of my "Chinese" Go Pro. Has WiFi, 1080p, same thing as the $500 version. But like $70, lol. So, these roads look sort of smooth from the camera but they are NOT. Rough mountain trails. You can tell by the vibration and how the hood bucks up and down. LONG TRAVEL is where it's at for me. Once I get more armor and my front clam regeared I'll be hitting some steep stuff. I'll post more videos with my in cab cameras and other shots.


https://youtu.be/bx5DyLEai3k

https://youtu.be/kHZltZLXBy4

https://youtu.be/HRuEXONyPzo

 

@j0shu4

Wondering how much weight you have in the rear for these vids? With my expo springs I'm pretty sure my rear end would be all over the place without a few hundred pounds ballast.

 

Not much weight, tool box adds some, cage, I need to mount a spare but other then that pretty stock. I only pack my camping gear or kayaks so I don't run too much back there. I do want the spare though to get more weight a traction in the far back. Im running deaver f67s. Very, super soft LT leafs.

 

Couple more vids. Having a little fun in that last one. Blow off valve action. Still took it easy with her as it was my first time out with the 35s and full LT suspension. Once I get the feel for the ride I'll really do some fun stuff. Still have more vids I need to sort out. One of them I got some air on. I said right after I landed that I need to put my hydro bumps on are rear limit straps before I get too wild.

https://youtu.be/nJ2t2tsX1LI

https://youtu.be/_NTAM_F3Mgo

 

What camera is it? I think I read not a go pro somewhere

 

Cool. Thanks. I have a set of custom Deaver expos which include a pair of overload leafs at the bottom. I think they should be pretty soft in the mid range flex before the overloads kick in.

Edit: I'm sure those 35s help A LOT though compared to my 31s

 

So badass for $70. Not sure if it's this one but look on Amazon/ebay. There are tons of them and full blown mount kits for another $30 or so.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B010...&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=gopro

 

Dude air your tires down. Anyone could drive that fast with 35s aired down on mid travel.


I didn't get an I'll weekend so no adventures for me. Only was supposed to get the 4th off but unexpectedly got today off too. Changed the oil in Igor andfilter. Pulled Frank into the shop to begin mods for the fall wheeling

 

First time my truck hasn't had Toyota pads on it and they've been making noises. Took em off yesterday and modified them a little. Lol no noise so far *knocks on wood*

 

You make me laugh. In a good way. Only because what you posted is so true. Next time. Lol. My compressor was working. For some reason my arb wouldn't lock up. Not sure what's going on there. The toggle lights up but when I flip it the other light in the switch doesn't come on like the compressor one does. Not sure if the locker solenoid is bad or what? And my accelerator pedal literally melted off right when I left the trail. It's got a temporary fix right now. The bigger crossover on the CX headers finally penetrated the OEM fire retardant material on the firewall. As a result the heat started melting stuff. No bueno. Adding that to the beef up/fix list. Really glad it happened when it did and I Mcguyver'd it to make it home.

 

Get that pile together before I head up there!

 

I broke a thing.