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

I've done this a few times now. If you remove the OE sound deadening the new deadener will make more of a difference in the floor and dash areas. The OE hard material and weak adhesive make more noise than they deaden at this point...

 

Hard to say, it's been so long since I've done it and I've gone through different exhaust setups and tires in that time. I'm on 35s yes. I can say the most noise actually doesn't come from the floor or ceiling as much as it does from behind the dash/firewall (wheel wells included ofc), and door & window seals. The window seals are especially difficult to fix since Toyota left a huge margin of error. Realistically the glass should be thickened.
Heck, the carpet came a little long so I flipped the excess up so it's sort of enclosed underneath the glove box and it made a noticeable difference too. (Too bad you can't do that where the pedals are on the drivers side). I have insulation all over inside my dash board, as well as a 1/2" layer of it under the fabric I put on, double seals on the rear window, and I'm in the process of making thicker door panels out of fabric and 3/4" MDF (one is done). Ceiling has acoustic foam glued in. Rear cab wall is butyl-treated and almost all plastic is upholstered. Everything helps a little bit, but I would throw most of my focus to the open areas in the front.

Oh, and carpeting my bed and adding a tonneau cover even helped noise from the rear

 

Good Sunday everyone! Hope y’all’s day is going great. Ended up finding sometime to pop in my Sparco r100 V2’s“my lady was so nice enough to surprise me with, yep she’s a keeper, I know” with her help and some proper prep the install went pretty smoothly for the most part, besides the slide rails being ultra lubed up with grease from Sparco but no complaint's. Should mention I have the 60/40 factory split. Here are some pictures of right before and after the install. When I get it in some better lighting I’ll take some cleaner pictures. Much peace fellow Taco lovers . ✌️

 

I installed what might be one of the last OE seat belts for a '98 regular cab in Oak.

I added the belt to my cart at McGeorge/Ourisman a few weeks ago. Checked back later and saw that the part had changed to "Discontinued" on every major Toyota parts site. It was still in my cart at Ourisman, so I immediately checked out. I was a bit surprised to actually get it.

 

Nice! What are you using to secure the bike upright?

Ya I've heard other people say that too so I definitely plan to remove the OE stuff while it's all torn apart.

I really only wanna do this once because I hate stripping interior stuff. I was contemplating taking out the entire dash and doing the firewall for the reasons you mentioned. How much of a nightmare is pulling the dash?

 

It’s not too bad - and you’ll be able to clean out your blower motor and ac evaporator which collects leaves and dirt.

 

The dry ice trick for removing the stock sound deadening works perfect. Also removing the dash is cake, removing the HVAC kinda sucks though

 

Does doing that mean I have to recharge the AC?

Sounds kinda sounds like fun if it works as well as in the videos I've seen of it haha

 

You can get everything out and leave the AC box in if you want, its harder to work around but it does move a bit

 

I have a strut that runs from the top of the swing arm to the bike's top tube. The strut is adjustable to accomodate different top tube angles and heights.

 

No. I got it even without removing the housing around the evaporator.



https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/my-big-can-of-worms-build.472706/page-14#post-17490178

 

Pretty straightforward. The hardest part is pulling it out the door frame lol. You undo all front panels, bolts, screws, and then there are 4 (?) plastic pins at the back clipping it in, you just yank it straight back towards you

 

has anyone used the aluminum crush washers on their rear diff as opposed to the steel ones? I had a heck of a time finding the proper crush washers from parts stores. I bought 5 aluminum crush washers to do the tcase, tranny and the drain plug on the rear diff. I guess I could order the proper parts from the dealer. I just wonder if I should bother having any anxiety about aluminum on the diff bolts.

 

That's all I've ever used, no leaks from the plugs ever

 

awesome, thanks man!

 

“hidden” winch mount

 

The OEM washer has a domed top to it. I'm not sure if it does anything special, but I've bought this set from this seller twice now, with no complaints:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/223988155833

 

Here’s the set I bought last time. Had everything I needed
Rexka 12pcs Transfer & Differential Service Gasket Kit Compatible with Toyota Lexus 4Runner Land Cruiser Tundra Tacoma FJ Cruiser Highlander RAV4 Sequoia Sienna 1215710010 9043024003 90430A0003

$6 Rexka 12pcs Transfer & Differential Service Gasket Kit Compatible with Toyota Lexus 4Runner Land Cruiser Tundra Tacoma FJ Cruiser Highlander RAV4 Sequoia Sienna 1215710010 9043024003 90430A0003

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CJHTDVV

 

Bought a tundra a couple weeks back and been spending sometime on the tundra forum has made me miss this thread lol tundra guys reminds me of some of the 3rd gen Tacoma guys lol

 

Took the old tires off





Put the new tires on