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

i use lots of skinny though.. luck must be it

factory for sure. and yep, 37's. and i'm hard as hell on my truck. doing double diamond trails and all that good stuff. i've stripped my gears up front but never broke a CV.

 

What the others said about improved capability and ride quality...

With stock worn out progessive coils, removing the swaybar would probabaly kill you on the highway if you had to make an evasive maneuver.

Aftermarket coils have far higher spring rates than stock, so this additional resistance to roll helps quite a bit. Caution is still warranted, especially intially or on off-camber turns, but now that I am used to it, I find that I don't drive the truck much differently than when I had it one, Certain curves I may take a little slower, and that's about it.

Just become one with your CG.

 

i bet being a 4 banger too helps..lack of torque means you don't get carried away with the skinny pedal.

And i think ADD hubs/CVs are a bit stronger then Manual CVs...

 

^ i'm sure it does. poor thing sees redline alot.. 220k+ miles and she's begging for more

 

Hey boyos-
How many square feet are our cabs?
Anyone got the answer, or a rough idea

 

I don't know. But I did put a nut on my stubby antenna and it sort of corrected the reception, but it's not great. Iowa probably just sucks. Most people say reception is great.

 

Most people? What reviews were you reading-- I've read on TW, Amazon and Craven Speed that the reception more or less blew but everyone seems to love the look of the antenna regardless

 

Craven speed seems like people were happy so I bought it.

 

What are the width of the 37's your running? they look a bit wider than 12.5!

 

Well I'm right there with ya now. $24 less in my pocket, I'll remember to use a nut if the reception isn't bueno

 

nope, they are 12.5's

 

found a set used on CL for $200 that i was going to pick up for my trailer but they are 13.5. too wide!

 

Does anyone know offhand of someone on here with a high clearance rear and hasn't bobbed their bed? I'm starting to think it might look goofy unless it's bobbed

 

^first, i need to get off TW lol. second, look through my build. i had high clearance without a bob for a while.












but still wasn't enough to climb hills

 

lots of examples of "HC" rears on TTORA..really aren't worth in on 1st gen truck at all. Bobing the bed is..but you don't really gain anything with HC rear on ours. Just exposes the frame and shackles more..about it. Our asses don't hang as low as the 2nd gens fat butts

 

Nice it's been a looong time since I've read that far back in your build haha. I forgot you had a mere mortal truck like the rest of us at one point

Yeah I just love the look of them (and the homemade factor). Eventually I wanna do the high clearance and bob the bed so I'll have the best of both worlds

 

Not much point in doin both. Depending on how much of a bob you do

 

I know it's redundant but IMO they look really good together. Plan on bobbing 12" or so and maybe a small dovetail. Waiting till I get my own place so I can have a damn garage

 

Ida had to put it back on anyway, I didn't even get the top plate off my old stuff, my buddy was MIA, no phone service and my truck on jacks so I didn't get much accomplished in the positive category. I did have a set of coil clamps but after fooling with em for little while, I decided those things are sketchy as hell and wasn't gonna work. Try again this weekend but I'll have another vehicle in case no ones around.

 

Haha yeah coil spring compressors are super sketchy. I put an impact gun on mine and wrapped the whole assembly in a big blanket so if they popped off or broke they wouldn't go flying. Just a friendly tip