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

Installed a set of JBL Club 750T 3/4" tweeters in my doors. Wanted something that would fit nicely in the door panel bracket without having to modify the bracket or door panel. Also wanted something that was small enough to keep the grille on the door panel in place. The JBLs sound good and seem like they're going to work out well.

 

didn’t @SafetyDang do a pretty through write up back in the day?

 

@Timmah! made a video too...

https://youtu.be/N5fAXAuGozI

 

Yep, he sure did! He ported his TTORA write up here I believe - or at least modified it, lots of good info. His was also a conversion from AUTO to Manual transmission.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/safetydang-dc-build-4wd-swap-manual-trans-swap-thread.247243/

 

Changed the slave cylinder. The clutch feels so much better now. I was surprised that the entire boot section of the old cylinder was totally full of fluid. No wonder the clutch was iffy!

 

Where is that dude? I have questions

 

Chasing a p0300. Hoping this helps. Upstream sensor replacement. Denso.

 

polished the turd.

 

Very nice!

 

That looks great!

 

Picked up a BedSlide last week and then installed over the weekend. Was about 8 inches too wide to fit between fender wells so Sent the deck through table saw and then trimmed up and welded the metal “skirt”. Couldn’t have asked for a more perfect fit lengthwise though, from back to handle is 73.5”. So far I’m really liking it. I think that L-Track will be the next installment to make a functional setup. Anyone have brand recommendations?

 

Did some spreading of my radiator support bracket to fit in a new AC condenser coil.

 

Awesome.

How tall is it?

 

Got a pic of them installed please?

 

That's not a Turd-gen

 

Yep, not much to see though. Went with the smaller size tweeter so I wouldn't have to pop off or modify that grille.

 

did you use the OEM crossover for that new tweeter?

 

I didn't see one, but I didn't trace the wires all the way back to the head unit. The JBLs came with a high pass filter that I secured to the inside of the door panel. I think the OE tweeters filter out the lower frequencies using the capacitors soldered onto the old tweeters. Is there another OEM crossover somewhere that I need to delete? I have an aftermarket stereo as well, for what its worth.

[EDIT] Here's a closer look at the factory tweeters and the capacitor I mentioned.

 

@theesotericone @jubei

What size wheel spacers did you end up with to keep the tire off the frame?

Or I guess, better question is what overall backspace did you run?

My wheels are 4.75 backspace, I run 1.25 spacers. That puts me at 3.5 backspace. Looking at it, I think I'm going to need to get down to 3 inch of backspace, or less, to not rub at full lock and stuff. Just wondering where you guys ended up.

 

Nice bedslide! I got a well used one from a friend who bought a truck that already had it. He didn't want it so I offered to haul it off and cut a new deck to fit the taco and cut the side rails and painted everything. They're a totally worthwhile mod for anyone with a low rack or a camper shell.