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

That looks much more like a Super Charger

 

Pulled the ARB to swap out the falling apart grill and also put in a trans cooler. Damn bumper fought me the entire time trying to remove it. Don't remember it being this much trouble when installing.

Grill clips are shot to hell. Can anyone recommend good quality clips? The last batch I ordered from Amazon sucked.






Red mud dust/remnants left over from one of @2BeersPlease trips... Didn't have time to give it a proper cleaning before we installed it.
Going to give it a good clean and rattle can it before it goes back on.

 

Got my bumper all cleaned and repainted.

 

got my fathers rear axle off. Now time allowing, remove the rear axle from the 01 roll over and get this one back on the road (thanks rust).

we'll be welding a new cover on this one, soda blasting it, and giving it a proper coat of paint and put it back under this truck once he's got his lift he wants all sorted out.

 

So your running the cut super bumps and durobumps? Have you hit them yet?

 

Did Niagara Rim trail last weekend. Was like butter.

There's more to it that just cutting the Superbumps. They have 3/16th plates under them, to reinforce the base.

 

Should have grabbed some 1/4"x1/4" bar and slapped it on the sides the welded. But better than nothing.

 

utter nonsense.

 

Changed out my alternator brushes yesterday, the job was pretty easy thanks for Timmy's video. Getting the unit back in was a bit of a bear but I managed to get everything done within an hour. The original brushes had a bit over 200k miles on them and were pretty worn. I checked the idle output before and after and oddly enough it was nearly identical.

As a side benefit the low idling vibration my engine had developed has all but disappeared.

 

Front breaks

 

Was bored and attempted to put 33s without lift. Rubs everywhere

 

Major thumbs up to the 333 Fab alignment cam eliminators!

Finally got all the other work, I've been doing this weekend, done. Got wheels back on the ground. This is probably aligned better than it ever has been.

Steering wheel dead centered. Drives perfectly straight. Steering returns exactly the way I want it. And the back side of my tire is over 3 inches away from the back fender.

I could tell the kit moved the wheels forward a bunch, because both the wheels were toed way out before I adjusted them. I'm certain the tie rods are not adjusted too far out. I checked the witness marks the old set of tie rods I keep as spares, and they ran with over twice as many threads showing as what I currently have on the truck.



https://333fabrications.com/products/cam-eliminator-kit

Did the alignment here. The toe is within 1/16th of an inch from front of tires to back of tires. The camber is as good as you can get it without a rack. And with the placement of the wheel away from the fender, the caster is perfect.

Thanks for the heads up on the kit @theesotericone. I ended up staying at D setting. I may need to change it when I go 35s, but for now it's 2 thumbs up

 

Changed my oil today, and damn I need a new oil filter wrench. The one I have is crap. Any suggestions?

 

K&N oil filters.

Absolutely zero chance I use anything else. 1 inch nut right on the top. Easy peasy every time.

 

Alright so double cab v6 4wd, stock bumpers. Currently I have OME 882s and dakars + aal in the back. The back rides pretty well but I get beat to death by the front.

My idea is to swap my 882s for 881s as much as I'd like to make the jump to coilovers its just not something I can afford right now.

My other thought was snagging some beefier skid plates, but I'm not sure if that would be enough weight to settle down the 882s. Any thoughts?

 

I use a strap wrench for mine, super easy. Easiest to do from under the truck, through the wheel well is doable, but I just crack it when I'm under there getting the plug.