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

Yeah those didnt make the road...couldnt see enough to drive.. ive got slyania silverstars? in there now but just dont cut it.

 

Was hoping you'd jump in. Thanks for all the work you do to inform people (and save my eyes).

Listen to this guy @Twolines...

 

Follow that headlight thread. Silverstars are a downgrade. They have been involved in class action lawsuits about misleading advertising. Blue coatings on bulbs to make them whiter remove output to also make them dimmer. Silverstars are a cosmetic bulb to look whiter, with reduced performance and definitely not recommended.

 

Secondary lighting should make it on the truck next summer...i just cant fit the truck in the shop with all the other stuff in there for the winter..

 

Im on it...good to learn what works. Good light set up is important out here. Its suprising how dark it is compared to anywhere else ive lived..

 

Good news is that following that thread is going to give you incredible lighting power, especially with high beams. The high power halogens will also incinerate snow, which is important where you are at. You can also push output to even more extreme levels than shown in that thread with an AGM and voltage booster, and in those extreme conditions I'd want an AGM anyway.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-northstar-agm-battery-voltage-booster-upgrade.604478/

I've actually got a custom length optimized harness for my 1st Gen that should be in next week to perform that very upgrade. Should my measurements all pan out as planned, I plan to post the adjusted lengths or work with Headlight Services to offer a very tailored 1st Gen harness. I've already got the AGM and voltage booster. Output is going to be incredible. I'll post it in my 1st Gen build thread and the headlight thread.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/crashnburn80s-1st-gen-trd-double-cab-build.762757/

 

Is it possible to like these posts twice? lol

 

Thanks for the lighting heads up guys. Im not as concerned with oem stuff as some but i appreciate that its usually always better quality. Likely i wont put as much money into high quality parts as u guys but ive got so many irons in the fire already. Also the likely hood of me smashing a headlight housing is fairly high...so im happy with the chiner stuff. All the info in the links posted is very much appreciated...again with too many irons in the fire i just simply dont have time to r and d this sort of thing....glad guys like u are around to put the effort in...not to mention the technical ability.

 

Did a thing… remans from https://www.shop.headsonly.com/main.sc
other side is boxed up in the background.

 

Parking lot walls work the best,
These are retrofit projectors.
NOT LEDS

 

Finally found an oil filter wrench that fits the OEM filter (90915-YZZD1) perfectly... took 20 years

75mm/14 flute

$17 Steelman 75mm x 14 Flute Oil Filter Cap Wrench, 3-8" Drive, Low-Profile Design for Confined Space

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00P4B8FRA

 

Good find, ordered!

 

Fun times

Still gotta drill some holes to plug weld, but I should be able to start burning in some stuff tomorrow.

 

Anyone have any ideas here?






This is what they are supposed to look like.



Anyone have a clue what I'm missing here?

The pic (with the Kings) is JD Fab web page.

The 2 pics above that are what I got from JD Fab.

 

@81Trekker

 

in the pic with the shocks installed, it looks like the top plate is horizontal, and the pic of the parts you show are vertical. Unless I'm blind and can't see. I'm sure someone with waaayyyy more experience than myself will chime in. But your parts don't look right when compared with the installed shocks photo.

 

Theres no perpendicular tube where the triangular plate meets the spring pocket...it should be attached to that and facing down.

 

Ya, I'm wondering if someone else has these hoops that can tell me if there was a design change and I'm missing something (in which case I can fabricate it) or, if this is just the completely wrong hoops.

 

Look at the pics again, id say somebody was smokin too many doobies the day they made those hoops and took those pics. Theres a whole piece missing in the top 2 pics. Not trying to be rude.
Edit- i see now the top 2 pics are ur pics of what they sent u. Either way there is a piece missing between horizontal tube and the plate.