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

Received and installed my Headwaters seat covers yesterday. Only did the front seats. I went with the multi-cam black and am really happy with how they turned out.

Before.





After.





Now to find and order vinyl to replace the crappy carpet. I was thinking about just doing LineX on the floor inside but think I'd rather do the vinyl to keep costs down some.

 

I see no after seats, you sure you take them out by accident

 

Not sure if joking because of the multi-cam or if you actually don't see the pics....

 

I also do not see them

 

Huh, don't know why, they are all off the same hosting service. I see them fine. Checked on my tablet too to make sure it wasn't something with that.

 

I forgot a winky face

 

We need a universal sarcastic font. I tend to use this " " to signify a sarcastic remark

 

Yeah, that's why I wasn't too sure but thought you were actually joking.

 

Those are sweet!

 

Your best bet is to weigh your truck and give Alcan or Deaver a call and tell them what you want. Just having a tuned shock will make a big difference too.

 

Fluid Film came in today. Hopefully coating it this weekend along with the pinch weld mod and drilling holes in the damn skid plates since the pre-drilled holes don’t line up and AP customer service is still ass. Only reason I’ve waited so long is because I don’t need them right away and I wanted to use the drill press and lift at the high school my dad works at.

 

Taco Tuesday mod night!!!
So tonight I finally swapped out my OME leaf springs to my AllPro expo’s. Did it by myself and only took about 2 hours. Probably spent a good half hour checking my tacoma world updates... lol, Anyhow it wasn’t to bad.
Here are a few comparison pictures of before and after and during the prosses. End result I’m sitting about 1” higher in the rear now which matches my front. Still need to break them in and see how much they will settle.
Ome Dakers with add a leaf I had sitting at 39 1/8”, now with the all pro expo the truck is at 40 1/8”. If I had to guess I probably have about 600-700 pounds in the back of the truck at the moment (for reference).
Also the dakar leafs with add a leaf are up for sale. Only about 5k miles on them. Yes they are dirty due to the last trip, still can’t wash all the mud from the last trip. I’m sure they will clean up ok. Let me know if any one isinterested.

Check out my build thread for more pictures.

 

How much was the kit?

 

Meh, replaced the torque converter.

 

Wish you would have done this swap 2 weeks ago, I would have bought those leafs. I just put new Dakars in last Thursday.

 

So what's the price difference between Dakars vs Allpro Expos ? So Shubin (Alex at Seattle ) did the swap after only 5K miles on them because they sagged to soon ?

 

From what I’ve seen Dakars are almost half the price of All-Pro or Deaver J59s. Not sure what that means quality or ride-wise for the Dakars.

I’m looking to replace stock leaf packs myself so I’ve been trying to narrow down what I need. I read Deaver and the All Pro don’t support a lot of weight, you have to jump up to the Expo version for more weight which @Shubin did so I assume the Dakars don’t support a heavy rig well either? Don’t take my word as gospel though, I’m still trying to wrap my head around rear suspension.

 

Anyone with the 3rz tell me where the pcv valve is....

 

Dakar's are good springs if you don't plan to have a lot of weight. With my current set up I have a bed slide, 2 side mount tool boxes, full size spare and a RTT rack. Basically a lot of weight that's why I jumped to the All pro expos. If you don't plan on having much weight I would recommend the Dakar leafs and depending on the front lift you may want to add the add a leaf to level it out.
That what I did on mine originally and keep in mind you will most likely need a rear bracket to relocate the axle due to OME design.

 

willing to ship the dakars? If so, how much total?