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

Well here is today’s progress. Photos of it mounted soon.

 

Yeah, those studs look wrong. Way too long, they look like wheel studs!

JFWY. Don't you just love when parts look shiny & new!

 

Ended up here for the night.

 

Are you having an overheating problem?

 

I'm not used to having center caps so I decided to get some TuRD center caps cause they're flat. I call them turds cause they aren't made that well but at least they're not expensive.

Slapped them on, went go eat lunch, then came home. One of the damn caps fell off, not out of the wheel, the aluminum cap fell off the plastic base, it's only held on with double sided tape.

Back tracked hoping I would find the cap on the side of the road without much damage & not ran over. Got all the way back to where I ate & found the center cap sitting where I was parked & surprisingly without absolutely no damage at all. Got home & put it back on with some strong 3M double sided adhesive. That one for sure ain't falling off again, checked the others & they all seem fine. Could have just been unlucky with that one.

Anyways, I think they look good with my truck & wheel color combo. Thinking about blacking out the TRD logos.

 

Looks super clean.

Loose about 1/2-1'' of lift and never change a thing. Great truck.

 

Thanks. Yeah, you talking about the front right? It's been bugging the hell out of me. Sometimes it looks even, but most of the time it looks a bit higher. Just put on new coilovers last month, was hoping it would settle out but that hope is gone. And my Deavers are 12 yrs old, I'm assuming they're sagging already.

I just got an alignment a couple of weeks ago. Think it'll affect my camber a lot if I drop it down? If not, shit, I'll do it tomorrow.

 

should always get a new alignment if you tweak the ride height.

I think it looks a tad nose high but not by much. I like rake though so I like the front a bit lower, was setup from the factory like this too. I meant just in general if the truck was a touch lower it would look freaking killer. Least to me. Surely a bit less up front will make it look perfect even if its level or a touch of rake.

 

Leveled is life! Truck is clean as hell

 

Yeah, that's why I haven't bothered to fix it yet, I've had four alignments in the past month. 2 of which cause the idiots at Sears couldn't get my alignment right, telling me I was maxed out on caster at 1.3°. I know my LCA bushings need to be replaced but still. They always got it right before. Last alignment was at Firestone & they set it back to 2.8-3.0°.

I'm just a bit tired of all the alignments I had to go in for. Trucks pretty much always come stock raked but I like even. I still have to eliminate the last bit of steering wheel play, got to do the steering column shaft fix. I guess I'll do that, level it out, & go back in for alignment. I've got the lifetime alignment at Firestone now & the one I go to actually knows what they're doing when I tell them the specs I need.

 

Yup bushwacker

 

Added some vinyl stickers to my rims.

 

Bought this

$23 AstroAI Digital Tire Pressure Gauge with Inflator(3-250 PSI 0.1 for Display Resolution), Heavy Duty Air Chuck and Compressor Accessories with Rubber Hose and Quick Connect Coupler Car Accessories

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07528LFCT/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8

 

I guess the spacers explain the extra lift you're seeing there...plus if those photos were taken right after you installed the lift then it will settle down some in a day or two. Not a lot but a little bit.

With 3" of lift I would definitely be looking at getting aftermarket UCA's if I were you

 

Thanks eon ill wait to see how much it goes down them ill see if i take the spacers off i wasn't planning on putting uca's soon dammmm

 

Made some progress on my rear bumper, almost done, hopefully can finish it after work today.

 

I was lifted 3" with stock UCAs for like 10 yrs. Yeah definitely recommended to get after market UCAs but it's not absolutely critical. Just keep an eye on the upper ball joint especially if wheel a lot as you can easily over extend it with that much lift. If you run your truck hard & often then aftermarket UCAs is something to think about soon.

 

Notching for d-ring frame brackets?

 

Not related....

Do you ever go up to a place called Texas Canyon/Rower Flats near Santa Clarita?

 

Yes, well expanding the notches some.