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

Oh yeah don't get me wrong I love my KO2s, they've been great tires and I've had them for 2 sets in a row now. I'm a fanboy and I have no shame lol. Fantastic tires offroad at least where I usually go. Was just thinking of trying something different plus they get pretty pricey in 33"+. Then again the St Maxx aren't much cheaper if at all, but they are lighter.

 

Hmm that's good to know...although the heavy weight of E rated MTs throws me off of them for a daily. Someday though

 

Train horns mounted. I have a light bar were @BartMaster1234 mounts his. So I tucked them in behind the bumper.

 

Right by the oil cap? Seems every single one cracks right there. At least its fixed, I ran mine cracked for about 6 weeks.

 

Is that trim you bolted them to metal on 01-04?

 

ouch. that's a lot of $$$




and the LT is a lot of $$ too..lol

 

Yes there's a steel bumper under that top trim plastic.

 

It's cheaper than having a custom one built. And yea LT is alot of money but alot of our mods are expensive lol. I went cheap on my coil overs and uca's. Camburgs where $600 and my coilovers were $800. I knew I wanted LT for 2 years now, thankfully I can recoup some money by selling a decent MT setup.

 

Yep, that’s exactly the spot. Must of been the weak point.

 

I got what’s left of my skid back on.



Pretty big accomplishment for how miserable hot it is...

 

Kicking around the idea of selling when I get home from deployment.....

 

Picked up some tools for inside the truck at Sears, they are closing the other location near me so another opportunity to get cheaper tools!

 

I have the same screw bit set lol

 

You'll be sorry...

 

Well guys I'm pretty proud of myself I rebuild my 97 block for my 04 tacoma never went that far into a engine rebuild so it was all new I honed re ringed and installed new crank and rod bearings all new timing components gaskets checking and rechecking clearances to be sure she wouldn't blow up cleaned the ports out definitely needed it I had to use the complete 97 block and head but added the oil cooler that the 97 didnt have just had to remove two plugs and add the nipple and blurp valve all the sensors matched in about 4 days and today me and a couple buddies got the engine back in and aligned with it bolted it down and it started and it felt so great I did that myself feels pretty damn good to know I've built this truck with my hands I could have given up a few times but I didnt I kept going and it all worked out I'll post pics tommorow only trouble I'm having is valve cover gasket no other leaks

 

One day!

 

That's how I feel like with my truck at the moment. One day I'll be done fixing it. This year has been fun so far and I've done a lot. New tires, uca's, ARB bumper, winch, lights and the bed rack that @turbodb made me. stuff i did. timing belt, water pump, CV axles, valve cover gasket, radiator, tie rod ends, LBJ'S, cam and crank seals stuff my mechanic did. I wish I could have done it myself but a lack of tools and work prevented me from doing that.

But year is half over and I will get back to mods very soon. Even if I have to look like @BartMaster1234 Horder collection to do it lol. Just boxes of unopened mods ready to install.

 

I have way too many damn truck parts I have sitting on a shelf and scattered in my yard. One day they'll get installed. One day...

I was just waiting for my Icons to get rebuilt to install my suspension. Once I sandblast and re-paint my SPC UCA's - I'll put everything together. I'm looking for a set of nice greasable shackles too. I hear the AllPro leafs have squeaking issues.

 

I never in the 2 years of owning my all pro expos had a squeak for them. But I have heard of it. I probably did for the first week but that could been anything.