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

You lost a drum weight?

 

Thought so too, but first pic is drive, 2nd is passenger.

 

up in a damn spaceship cuh



Was a complete impulse buy but i love it so far haha

 

Watching paint dry... finally was able to get the wheels mounted back up to drive to work tomorrow.



Looks pretty clean compared to before.

@nagorb is right, one of those pics is driver and all the others are passenger.

 

Today I learned drum weights were a thing. Wait are they a thing? Cause none of that makes sense.

 

Both factory toyota and aftermarket installed weight to balance the drum. Majority of drum are not balanced.

You sometime wonder why you have a slight vibe and you have checked your wheels and driveshaft.... go wonder..

 

Dang it, you guys are either good or bad influences on me. I just ordered the switch panel.

 

+1 on the paranoid switch panel

 

Had to take the ol slice and dice to the fenders to keep the tires from hurting themselves.

 

How much uptravel you got at ride height with them fancy pants 63's?

 

5.5" right now. Gonna move the shocks through the bed so I can run 14s and pull closer to 6 on the uptravel. The 12's can be maxed out easily with 63s

 

oh is this what the shackle angle is supposed to look like, maybe thats why my truck rides like hell

 

Around 45* at ride height is what's ideal yeah. Not all the weight is on my rear axle in this pic but when it is I clocked those shackles at 43* when I first set it up, probably sagged a bit by now tho haha

 

Yeah mines a good 60-65*

 

Is anybody running these ditch light brackets from All-Pro?

 

I wonder how much you can see the pod from the driver seat. I'm also looking for ditch light brackets and it seems the CBI ones are further over the fender.

 

You know how I feel about all pro, although with as simple as those are and with trail gear now overseeing production and QA, they might be alright.

I have the rago fab mounts, they're garbage.

 

Curious what issues you had with the Rago mounts? I went with them simply because of no trimming at all when installing and so far, haven't had any issues with them.

 

I must have got an early model I had to trim the shit out of the cowling, they also push the hood hinges up so much that they don't line up with the fenders. Powdercoat on them was decent, which is more than I can say for most companies I guess.

 

Yikes. Maybe a mucked up product. yeah, no trimming here and no movement from the factory position. Fit fine for me. I wonder if it's the pods you mounted. I have these cheap ones.

$40 Auxbeam 3" LED Light Bar 20w LED Pods Fog Lights Square Cube Lights Spot Beam Driving Light Waterproof for Offroad Truck 4WD SUV ATV UTV (Pack of 2)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FHP2E8S