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

I am very much anti LED in a reflector housing. I wanted something that didn't look so 1990s so the ones that Zane has and I now have ordered are a good compromise.

 

The additives would be for the clutch packs in the limited slip your elocked doesn’t have any clutches

 

Almost every truck had the same 5x7 chrome/glass headlight, it's just a very 80-90s look. I don't hate the 5x7 look just wanted to get away from the chrome look I guess. These just look a lot more modern

$87 BICYACO 1 Pair 105W Rectangular 5x7/ 6x7" Led Headlight High Low Beam Headlamp Compatible with Jeep Wrangler YJ Cherokee XJ Kenworth T300 1997-2010 Replacement H6054 H5054 H6054LL 69822 6052 6053

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074LT5B1M

 

Manual states

$30 75w-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75w-90 for front diff, 80w-90 for rear diff. LSD was not available on 1st gens so no additive needed.

But In the past I've alwaysed used Mobil1 75w-90 synthetic, my stock gears still looked good at 215K mi.

I actually just replaced rear diff oil (& trans) today. Just finished running break in on my new gears. I'm using Lucas 85w-140 dino from now on.

 

That is what I just went with after my gear change.

 

The Truck-lite version is $184 each. I've heard good things but it's not worth $370 for headlights to me. For that much I could retro HID projectors that will easily outperform any LED setup for 200mm headlights.

 

K, another steel bumper question,

Do all your bumpers have a little mounting bracket like trail gear uses?

Or do just use the bolt holes on the frame?

 

Well I guess this is a different thread then I started in, oh well.

 

No. Most plate bumpers you have to modify your frame horns. Trail gear is the only one with the adapter for both gens.

Pelfrey built will have a specific one for 98-00 similar to how cbi does.

 

My ‘98 has the weird frame horns, so Relentless Fab provided special frame caps to cut and weld onto the stock frame horns. This appears to be only an issue on the 1998-2000 model revision.

 

Ordered up the Idler pulley. Tired of hearing it squeal when it gets dirty.

 

I’m thinking about building one, my friend welds for a living and has some access to steel at work, so make make a half way decent looking one, no winch mount or anything.

I guess really anything would be better than the stock one.

Ya so does my 99

 

if you build a custom one, do whatever you want. Hell you can buy the adapter from trailgear for your starting point if you wanted.

 

Guess I could do that huh, when I swapped my deer bumper for a new to me bumper yesterday it made me miss the old TG I had haha.

 

Or weld it straight to frame but I think that's illegal in some areas.

 

I’d like something easily removable

 

Bumpers swapped and turn signals working again.

No more nasty faded hercliner



Now I just need to find a bro bar
And a headlight/ sidemarker thing

 

Bro bar

 

You do realize we live in a society where it's OK to give zero fucks about another human being. I mean who cares if you blind the shit out of them.

Thank you for caring about other people's safety to you sir.

 

I've been having an very intermittent misfire when hot and under a hard acceleration or pulling a hill. Changed out my spark plugs and found carbon tracing on one of them. New plugs and coil boot and it's all better. For those of you who don't know what carbon tracing is. https://easyautodiagnostics.com/chrysler/2.0L-2.4L/carbon-tracks-misfire-3