My First Vehicle (1996 Tacoma)

Hello! I Just thought I'd drop in and post a few pics of my truck. Not much done to it other then cosmetics and new front struts (both of the original ones snapped on the eyelet). I disliked how bulky the OEM bumper was so I fabbed up a new one that has a little more clearance and attitude. It rides a little rough, so I may try to replace all the bushings and rear shocks this summer and see if that helps. Compared to my fathers Truck (1993 Toyota pickup with only 55K original miles), It rides horrible and can't take bumps for anything. Oh, also forgot to mention It is straight piped. I am only running the front O2 sensor and it seems to be doing completely fine. It gets about 15-16 MPG with the 31's on it.

 

What other kind of miles are there?

Defining the rest of the suspension bits might help folks help you. I suspect there has been some cobbling of budget parts going on by the PO that you're now having to pay the price for.

Additionally some other bits may be broken from someone hooning around, like the broken front shocks. (Tacomas don't have struts)

Welcome to the forum.

 

Welcome to tw.

 

Pics are up =) Had some troubles with Flickr, so I just uploaded them. Surprisingly, I wasn't hooning around when I broke the shocks, the truck is from SLC so there is a decent amount of surface rust which may have affected them, but the frame looks fine.

 

Welcome to TW!!

 

Congrats on the truck, and welcome.

 

Frame looks good for the year.