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

Haha. I'm not the type to post a lot but I also was away for like 6 yrs. The black hole I got sucked into was another hobby that cost me much more money than the mods for my truck.

 

I thought the same. then I went back in my files and found a pic of mine. Look about the same.

 

With no flares it looks higher, well more gap in the wheel well anyway.

 

Post a pic of your taco

 

Maybe it's still got water weight & needs to dry out more?

 

To be serious, it could just be the angle of the pics. First pic rear looks higher. Second pic front looks higher. Also showing right side.of the truck, taco lean might possibly be a factor.

But I don't know, if it was stock height I think it should have a bit more rake. Maybe those Moog front springs are adding a tiny bit of height?

 

Front looks about the same to me. Or were you talking about your rear? Tool box heavy & full?

 

Negative arch? I don't really remember what my stock leafs looked like, I think they were pretty much flat, not negative but they came off the truck at like 45K mi.

 

Could be the tire and wheel combo that make it look not as high as mine. Are you running 17s or 16s? Just a thought, not sure if its a valid reason...

 

This how we end up dropping more money on the trucks. always looking for a little improvement. But nothing wrong with that!

 

Yeah I know what you were saying, sorry, I was trying to say that I don't remember mine ever being negative.

 

That must suck on any bump. Are you riding the bump stops?

 

How do you like those fog lights? Do they come on with the headlights?

I have spots for fog lights on my Predator bumper. Debating on if I should hook them up as running lights, or hook them up to their own independent switch.

The light output from my retrofits aren’t great. I get excellent long range light throw, but mediocre short range light throw.

 

Getting ready for this lift. I invested in greasable Daystar main eye bushings, as well as greasable OME shackles for my AllPro springs.

I’m not looking forward to pressing out the upper ball joints in the steering knuckles again. If you were following my 4WD swap back in a December/January, you’ll know why it was such a pain in the ass.

Please ignore the bed, it’s in the process being replaced on my 5-lug with a clean bed-lined one. Have to drill out the spotwelds on the passenger bedside and I’ll be done.

Once I get this lift on, I can finally get an alignment. The truck has been wandering since I finished the 4WD swap. Perhaps from the small manufacturing differences in steering knuckles.

 

They are driving lights. Fogs are usually yellow. To be honest, I only installed them because my home made bumper didn't look right with out something in that spot.

They do work good, though, but I don't use them too often. I have a switch that activates a relay so I can run them independent of the headlights.

 

That’s a home-made bumper? Wow! I thought it was an ARB from the hoop designs. Well done.

 

I like the looks of the ARB, so I cloned one.

 

Excellent work. I wouldn’t know it wasn’t an ARB bumper if you hadn’t told me. How thick is the steel plate?

I really need to put my Predator bumper together.

 

10 gauge. It weighs 60 lbs. I got a little bit of sag in the front from the weight, but not enough for me to run out and get taller coils.

 

That's it? Crazy. I believe the ARB equivalent is about 120 pounds.