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

Sounds like i visited SD just in time!

 

I'd really like to clay bar my truck. What are you supposed to put on it after you use the clay bar?

 

Just one from the local auto parts store. Forget the brand.

 

New Rims and Tires

 

Ok, need some opinions.


Now that I have the back suspension of my truck done, I need to finish the front.

What ucas would be the best in your opinion. I live in Utah, so there's salt, sand, dust, rust, all that good stuff. I think when I get my kings rebuilt, hopefully this fall, I'll have them take the bumpstop things out and make them extended travel (I think that's a thing????)

Soo really the question is, in your opinion, uniball or ball joint?

 

realistically ball joints would be ideal since there sealed. but if you keep uniball joints clean and put little bit extra grease so it acts like a barrier for all that salt. I think you'll be fine but I haven't owned a pair of uniball UCAs yet. I live in Indiana so I'm just as worried in terms of the environment conditions they'll be exposed to. Would suck to drop $800 on some TC UCAs and have to replace them every two years or so.

 

Got my new set of 295 kooks mounted up to the Ray 10s.

IMG_0631 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

 

The clay bar is used to remove impurities and contamination like tar, bug guts, tree sap and what not, the stuff washing usually misses. Once you knock that out you just finish up with a wax of your choice. So instead of a wash and wax, you just add the extra step of using the clay bar in-between.

 

I'm going to wait till I repaint my truck before I clay bar. How I see it why clay bar and wax when your paint is chipped scratched and clear coat is fading away. First gen paint problems

 

Looks awesome Brett! Those wheels really make your rig pop now.

 

id die. dont think its ever been that hot here before. no ac isnt much of a problem.

 

Here in Indiana we been facing 90* with a real feel of 110* I don't mind dry heat but I hate humidity lol makes our trucks thirstier and us humans as well

 

Lifted her

OME 881s, 5100s, HS 3 leaf AALs with overload retained.

 

ordered a big package

should come in 2-3 weeks

 

Plate bumper? Or bigger

 

what i'd do for a plate rear bumper w/ swing out...

next time

 

Bump cause more opinions.

 

ones id get.

 

Whenever I clay bar I just use extra soap in my bucket to act as lubricant for the clay. Wash an area, go over it with the clay, then wash again.

Washing, rinsing, then using a quick detailer as lubricant and having to wash again is pointless.

 

And I could run extended travel shocks with these? That's really all that'd stop me