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

I saw your comment on that, Elites, the bumper were talking about and a bumper I posted about a couple times a couple months ago are all sexy asf.

But this one would be localish if he’d make another one. And it doesn’t look super bulky/heavy.

 

Yeah I really dig it. If he'd be willing to make a few more I'd pay for one (not anywhere near $1600 though...could get 2 ARBs for that almost). It's a sweet looking bumper!

 

Nice... can you feel the difference? Does she have a smoother idle? And how much does it run to get the injectors clean?

 

I’ve been contemplating the same thing... hmm, factory rubber or poly?!? I heard the poly bushings are prone to squeaking and needs to be regreased every 4-5 years under normal driving conditions... so people that wheel will probably need to grease them much more often... does anyone know if this is true? I need the least amount of maintenance... NO girlfriend or wife = least amount of maintenance... lol

 

My very first job out of high school was car audio installer at Good Guys in Torrance (old school) so when I see creativity to make it just a little better than I get all giddy... those days were the best days of my life

 

Hmm I'll add this to my list of things-I-should-do-but-will-likely-put-off list.

 

We're gonna find out really soon. The current injectors are an older style and have never been cleaned. These newer very clean ones I'm putting in as a preemptive measure for fueling since I'm installing a supercharger.

 

Go with the 4 ch 50x4 w/a decent 10 behind your seat, just keep in mind the deeper the box (woofer to back wall) the better your sub will sound and save yourself from buying more stuff just for the rears. Put that budget toward the front stage... Your fronts are small 5x7 and most speakers out there are 6x8 cheap coaxial garbage that you don’t want anyways... so for the 5x7 you can cut a baffle out of 1/4 Masonite to get a pair of 51/4 separates there. Now you will have cleaner sounding options... just my 2 cents... good luck!?!

 

About $400 said and done...

 

Just curious... What size and thickness on the square stock?

 

thats crazy! My friend has one, and was in Oregon traveling when he met the guy who made em, and claims he got the last one. At the time I had no idea about elite, and am pretty sure he bought a bumper that someone on here already paid for.

 

I’m ready to install my heated 4Runner mirrors, just waiting on the JDM power folding mirror switch I ordered from Japan.

I wish the power folding button would fold the mirrors, but they don’t. Instead they activate a timer relay to turn on the heating elements on the mirror glass.

The switch is identical to the power mirror switch on about 90% of Toyota vehicles manufactured after 2001, in exception of the momentary button on the upper right that would usually power fold the mirrors on foreign Toyotas like the Hilux and Prado, and the Limited 2008+ Tundra domestically. Hard to find one here in the US so I had to go brand new JDM for this.

Then I see the tracking and no one was around to accept it...

I could’ve installed a simple toggle switch but I’m extra and like going the extra mile to make everything clean.

 

Truck is pushing about 265,000mi on the old 4cyl, she's no spring chicken. But it got a brand new head a couple years ago and is in great mechanical shape. Pretty excited to see how it all turns out. The supercharger is my only real power mod I would say, and I'm trying to do it all correctly the first time around so injectors and supercharger refresh are being done at the same time. I have an LCE long tube header already and a much less restrictive exhaust as well, fuel filter is a nice new WIX unit. But my truck is also pretty modified suspension and armor wise, it's got plenty of weight against it when loaded for camping.

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You need to find some mirrors from a Hilux Surf SSR-G, they are power folding.

 

2" x 1/8" thick. I used 1/4" for the mounts

 

Ended up calling fabtech and got a quote for $250 for parts and oil. Unfortunately someone bought them before I could.

 

Just sold the 2uz, a mechanic saw my Craigslist ad and asked if I still had it. Made it look like a brand new crate engine and wrapped it in suran wrap, with the trusty old tire and 4 rachet straps. Sometimes I love lafayette lol when mechanics tell you $200 for oil change and spark plugs on our trucks.

 

Doing a future planned mod this weekend. Thanks to my alternator giving up after 262K and 14 years. Can't really complain to much. That's along time for an alternator to last. Thanks to @Blackdawg and his build thread. 140amp alternator is ordered.

$97 ACDelco Gold 335-1048 Alternator

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007QBQJHY/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER GO BIG OR GO HOME!!

 

That looks awesome! Definitely doing that when it comes time. BTW where did you get that battery tie down?

Nice looking bumper! Looks similar to mine, I'd throw a light hoop as it helps to see how close you are to things from the driver seat