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

I came to the wrong neighborhood with my love of front end chrome

 

nah. think it needs a 95-97 conversion

 

how good does that sticker stay on? wanted to put one on mine but my truck is bedlined...

 

^this

That's weird. I put Moog inner and outers on like 6months ago. Same pn's that you posted and they were both the greaseable type. No problems with them so far. The 'shaft' on the outers did rust pretty quickly so I painted them. Alls well.

 

Whelp, looks like 01-04 now. Mission accomplished.

 

I'm glad it looks like an 01-04 or I did a lot of work for nothing. I'm happy, I never liked the front and always been envious of your guy's fronts

Now time for an offroad bumper...

 

3rz 2.7 L anyone think it would be a bad idea to cap off the resonator hole on the bottom of my intake tube? basically take the resonator out. (The weird black box right below MAF)

 

the 3.4 has a resonator too, I removed it and capped off the hole. Couldn't tell any difference at all. So I put it back on because somebody smarter than me thought it was needed.
I think it just reduces intake noise but I'm really not sure.

 

Agreed!

What all did you have to change?

Thanks bud!

 

Hmm I don't care about extra noise lol. I think I'm going to try and see how it is capped off, do you remember what you used?

 

I made a conversion thread with everything you need! http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1s...1-04-front-end-conversion-build-write-up.html

Still working on the write up though

 

On mine the lid from a gallon bottle of windshield washer fluid fit inside just perfect, and the lip on the lid kept it from slipping through, as well as clamping it down of course. Be creative, look around the garage.

 

I did the ISR delete mod on my 3.4 also, just used a PVC cap of the right size. No issues at all. Just noisier, and a bit more room in the engine bay

 

I hate(d) the 98-00 front end also.

Are you still waiting on bumper fillers?

 

I have to say. I hated the bumper before, now it doesn't look as bad. Maybe since I painted the 'lower valence' black for the illusion of an 01 bumper

Nah I have them. Was just scared to get them in and not being able to unclip them out I have some white spray paint primer, will probably coat them tomorrow and pop them in

 

That's weird my moogs were a solid boot like the one that sais moog they both should look identical id probably be sending them back. Who'd you get them from?

 

I was thinking a Gatorade cap, but that might be too big.

Nice.. Well I'll check and see if there are any pvc caps that fit perfectly, I have just about every size at work.

Thanks for the ideas guys!

 

So far, so good. I took my time pushing the decal into all the valleys of the 'orange peel' texture. Seems solid but I haven't had it in the mud or through a car wash yet.

 

anyone have any experience/opinions on one of these fan kits from LCE?



It says it will improve mpg and horsepower.

 

I'm starting to think it is..I know solid axle swaps are not cheap...and the welds on this thing are impeccable. It's been running rich ever since I was halfway home with it in october...I've tried damn near everything to get it to say its not running rich other than a retune, even had my friend at toyota plug in the computer and mess with the ratios. I'm starting to think it has to do with either the supra injectors or the trd fmu. whatever that is...and congrats! that will be fun