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

I notice your tires are mounted symmetrically, I pointed out in one of boxrockets Instagram pictures of his sons pickup they were mounted with the tires all facing the same way, he said they were supposed to be mounted this way. Now I'm wondering what the proper way to mount these things is

 

Yeah thats why I am going km2...when this becomes offroad only i will regear to 35's...i have a friend who has the good years in 37" haha he spent a shit ton on them...bigger tires...lower gearing...lots of doe ray me

 

x2 seen this discussed before and don't remember what the consensus was @Fernando

 

Yea i have no complaint on mine, got them used and had them for 3 years haha doing fine. Will need replaced soon though.

Not impressed with the Ko2s and the fact tire shops won't sell them around here speaks a lot haha

cue ben for his fan boy comments..

They are asymmetrical. How i have them is fine. I guess you can do it like how the photo you have is too. But they aren't a symmetrical tire. I've always seen them run like how i have them.

 

yea..big tires are expensive..wish we could fit and run 37s confidently. But our tiny front diffs won't cope. 35s are big for them as it is.

 

Yeah I've already blown that limit multiple times lol

 

No problems with that, just a personal thing. I have a couple future exceptions to it too.

 

The whole front suspension kit for instance Been there..haha

 

Haha yeah. I just make sure I never drop below a certain limit. Just pinch pennies for a while to save up some.

 

IMO, it is unreasonable to expect any MT to last longer than 40K.

 

Lol they are absolutely not supposed to be mounted like that, they say ON THE TIRE which side has to be out. The large lugs are ejection lugs, they keep the tires center-seeking, otherwise they'll be throwing mud/snow/whatever towards the inside and trying to push the tires out.

 

Agreed, some are just more pricey than others and will wear faster, but ultimately youre right, mt's arent meant for highways

 

If only the world's greatest minds would stop trying to cure cancer and invent a mud tire that's quiet and lasts a long time.

 

So you're saying mine are wrong?

 

Picked up a 1st gen?

 

Yup - it's a project. So far I need to fix the clutch pedal with a new spring and maybe a new bushing, replace the radiator, replace a rear axle bearing & seals, and then I can move on to fun stuff...

 

Noice, that's not too bad of a list. Any clue as to the cause of death for the radiator? The rear axle stuff will likely be annoying tho.

 

Completely agree with this. That's why I keep running my tires cause I have 30k on them and they have over half tread left

 

Have you had experience with this? The radiator's leaking from the top - I haven't compressed the system to completely see, but it's 10 years old and I can get a new one for $120 so I'm thinking about replacing it.