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

Well, in an attempt to get my speedometer and odometer to stop lying to me, I replaced my speedo gear. They still lie of course, but not quite as much. Was a fun, easy project, Plus, now I have a PINK gear for the ladies @mrs.turbodb.

Read the whole thing here: Replacing the Speedo Gear​

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In a heartbeat

 

I would to especially when you compare it to a new full size truck with the same equipment. In USA money it's $55k

 

Props to @Wheeler's Off-Road Inc for throwing in some goodies which there parts

 

Pick from Leavenworth this weekend:

 

I would love one of these in addition to my taco love ronny dahl’s rig

 

Doubt I'd trade the taco for it since j already have a land cruiser but I'd certainly want one anyway.

 

It would probably take a while for them to melt the ice especially while driving. I just scraped off all the ice so I could see where I'm going.

 

That's who I saw on YouTube and was like "I want it" lol

 

yes that much sums it up..we actually cut holes thru the cap and welded pipe to the existing roll cage to stick out. a bracket was made to slide over these "posts" in for removal purposes for other items in case i wanted to switch out or just easy removal. Only problem i ran into was that posts didn't stick out high enough for easy clearance to bolt the bracket and posts together. But pleased when all said and done. I just used black silicone as the post and cutout was relatively tight fit plus the overhang of the rtt itself helps from water pooling around these areas. When i get a chance i will get some pics of the posts and bracket

 

That gives me an ache down in the empty LandCruiser-hole in my soul.
But I think those are running in the neighborhood of $85,000AUS.....so.... I'll be keeping the 1st gen!

 

Nuthin crazy exciting here, but I finally got around to replacing my cup-holder tab thingys.
Big thanks to whomever it was posted the template file for these . Made it about a 30 min job to cut some tabs out of leftover rubber, and slot them right in .

 

How off center is your tent with the hi-lift mounted like that?

 

Yea but $1AUS is like $0.80 in American

 

Ever so slightly haha, it's actually measured out exactly 5" off center

 

I'm running same bars and originally mounted my hi-lift like that but when the rtt is centered it was hard to unzip it. Now I am running a rhino hi-lift mount which makes unzipping it easy, however I cant get the tent poles in on that side. hahaha

 

So I’ve been lookin to correct my speedometer on my truck also and just glanced through most of what you have written up about. I just have one question that may be a dumb one but here it goes. I’m 2wd do I still have this same speedo gear somewhere since I don’t have a transfer case which is where it is located on the 4wd trucks

 

We have a WINNER, A STRAIGHT!!!
555,555. At 55mph!!!!!!!

 

Not 100% but I think prerunner speedo is on the tail housing on the transmission

 

I just went and crawled under my truck I think your correct. It looks same as the pics from turbodb but I want to be really be sure. The incorrect mileage from my new tires drives me insane