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

mine have about 50K on them. Over 4 years old. still doing fine.

 

Alright thanks, I'll just keep an eye on them, seem fine now just wasn't sure what to expect. they do see road salt and I wheel it when I can, maybe every other week at most. I lube them when I remember.. a few times a month, I keep the stuff in my glovebox.

 

Checked the deckplate mod off the to-do list. Since putting the 285s on, I've noticed acceleration seems to lag. After this mod, it seems to be better. Is it real or imagined? Does it free up some hp?

 

Imo it's pretty noticeable actually, but I've got a 4 cylinder so even the slightest hp increase on 285s is noticeable lol

 

Depends on who you ask..haha

 

the only person that can give you a technical answer to that question is a guy, goes by the name of "DYNO" but like all of us we do things to our truck and notice a difference no one else would....soooo if you notice the difference then that's all that matters

 

I think @chris4x4 used to have dyno results..

 

and of course wheeled it!

 

I have to believe it's better to justify cutting a 4" hole in my air filter box.

 

Completely strange question: can anyone tell me the weight of OEM Lower Ball Joint? Not the "shipping weight" but the part's weight alone. While visiting USA I'm doing some shopping and wanted to make sure it is not to much for my check in bag.

 

uhh..hmm..not much. 4-5lbs? no idea though..

 

Looking good! That skid is sweet!

 

No worries man. You are now an official member of the tribe.

 

Nope.

When I threw my 315s on for the first time to tub, the usual three point turn to get out of my garage became about a 15 point turn.

You literally can't turn the truck until you hack that shit up.

Yep. That's exactly what it is.

And then you get to start thinking about your wheel offset and/or spacers to keep those things off the frame. And gears. And the fact that your wheel bearings are going to hate you. And the fact that all of those sweet liners that keep mud and shit out of the fenders and bedsides go bye bye. All of that and more.

It is definitely a gigantic, expensive pain in the ass.








But I freakin love mine.

 

Question re: flywheel. Should I look at replacing it w/the higher torque LCE sells? How many times can you resurface it? Since I've owned the truck, I had it resurfaced once but I am the 3rd owner. Though in the documentation that I have it doesn't show that the clutch had previously been done. I don't believe there is a way of knowing unless you get in there and see for yourself correct?

 

Between 4.8 and 5.2 lbs, scale didn't like the low weight.

winner

 

Thanks guys, This is the heaviest part from the whole front end balls set so I just placed the order with TRDParts for all left and right ball joints: lower, upper and tie rod ends.
I also ordered seat belt buckles as they are quite old and sometimes hard to lock or unlock.
The only thing I did not order was seat belts as it is to much risk, that they will be picked up from my bags at the airport by airline security (because of pre-tensioner). I will get them through dealer in Poland (two months to wait for it).

I think I'm good for this trip. Besides ball joints I got:
1. Redline Tuning Hood QuickLIFT (ELITE). I missed Group Buy Discount in March but it is still OK as it costs over 100 bucks to ship them to Poland. I looked at the kit and it is very impressive.

2. Two sets of 20W Led bumper backup lights - one set as the spare parts. I just figure out that if LED bight fails at some point I will need identical replacement or I will be left with big hole in my bumper. The kit I bought on Amazon (

HOUSE TUNING 40W Flush Mount LED Pods Light Kit with Wiring Harness for Off Road Bumper (Pack of 2)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F7LR5QI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s02) looks very good quality - much better than my OSRAM DRL lights I bough for my truck. Connectors are sealed waterproof, and wires are like three times longer than OSRAM gave me.

3. Also just for playing I got 3-wire dimmer to see if I can replace my old rheostat with it. I hope it works and confirm what I suspected that it is possible to use OEM 3-wire dimmer to dim interior LED lights.

 

You mentioned this is your 2nd set?
How did u kill the first one?
Offroading?

 

Higher torque flywheel? Do you mean the heavier one or lighter one??

That is up to you really. I resurfaced mine. A lighter one make the rpms drop faster adn heavier one keeps them up.