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

That's the husband's truck. I remember when we were looking for the TRD package that one salesman told us getting the "stickers" wouldn't be a big deal. Needless to say we didn't buy the truck there.

Not sure the FEM (freakin' English Mastiff) will be able to get into the truck with any kind of lift on it. He's pretty much vertically challenged and scared of his own shadow (but the sweetest dog ever) at 9 months old/130 pounds and growing.

 

Fuck. I just want to jump into that snow naked.

 

Lets do it.

 

My 45lb mutt can hop in pretty easily. Your guy should be able to walk right in pretty soon.

 

-Adjusted the rear shocks a bit so they wouldn't hit the mount

-touched up a quick rock mark on my paint

-put in a new exterior door handle

 

- Cleaned filter in power steering reservoir (fixed cold weather squeal on startup)

- Installed new carrier barring (no more shaking at highway speed! also what I thought was warped rotors cleared up after this... not sure why this would produce pulsing when breaking, but nevertheless that's gone too!)

- Rotated tires

- Cleaned battery terminals

 

Hmmmm. Not the part I was hoping it to be. Thanks for the reply though!

 

IIRC any V6 1st gens prior to 01-04 had a single cat. From what I've seen the dual cat set-up started in 01.

 

Got some new shoes! sorry for the bad picture. I'll have more later.

 

The 1st cat would be in place of the header downpipe. dont quote me but i believe there were pre 01s with 2 cats to meet California's emmissions

 

Where's the metal bumper inserts?

 

285/70R17s ?

 

Bought the truck without them. planning on building a bumper shortly so I haven't cared to put money into that bumper.

285/75/17 Toyo at2s.

 

There and 98-00 with dual cats.

All 01-04s have dual cats.

All 95-97 are singles.

 

as long as it isnt actually rusted through it would still sound the same as new. no packing to burn out.

 

i seeee. what you replacing with?

 

Lower ball joints: Check. Now I can stop worrying so much when I'm driving down the road. I couldn't feel a lot of play in them, but I was hearing that occasional groaning noise when I was turning, and when I got them off I could see where all the grease was gone. It was time.

 

Man I got the F5's in Bronze last year, wishing I would've waited and got these instead