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

Gross

 

yup

 

I just ordered some powerstop brake calipers to stop my heavy tires my stock caliper just wasn’t doing it for me then found out my air box broke so I ordered a k&n cold air intake that’s about it also put a sick sticker on the side of my truck.

 

My first welding project last summer

 

Anyone know of a way to figure out the gear ratio on a front diff without opening it and counting the teeth?

He doesn’t know what truck it came out of.

 

Little Offroad session today

 

Got me some....so nice

Oh yea...but u need to hit a trail....fuck the parks

 

Sounds like a good time to upgrade to tundra brakes

 

I have those Hobart gloves and love'em.

 

Found a bit of oil under my truck. Have also started smelling some burning oil the last few days. My valve covers have been weeping for a while now even after periodically tightening them. Probably about time to replace the gaskets unfortunately.

 

Wasn't bad on the street cause it was only at full lock

 

Shot of yesterday's location



Also sucked a stowaway through my snorkel at some point...he was alive and well, took some encouragement though to get him to come off

 

can shove an axle into it and then spin it and count. If it takes about 4.1 turns to spin the cv once its a 4.1. Be tricky to know if its a 4.3 or 4.1 though.

 

Oh man, I’ll see if he has one laying around haha

Damn diffs are as abundant as a thought

 

Bought roof rack ✔️
Installed roof rack ✔️
Found acceptable mounting option for pelican case ✔️


Bought gas cans ✔️
Fabricated gas can carrier ✔️

Truck lined area of exposed body color that will show with new bumper ✔️
Painted where the bedsides were cut ✔️
Installed weatherstrip along cut edge of bedside ✔️


Installed bumper ✔️ (Ran in to a snag with swing out arm)

 

I'm not sure how else to say this so I'll just say it....nice rack

Did it require drilling?

 

No drilling for me... I had a dealer installed roof rack to mount it to (that rack is riv-nutted) to the roof. The basket clamps to the roof rack.

Disclaimer... This rack is not intended to carry much weight. Rifles in the Pelican and probably lightweight items like clothes etc.

It's not a Prinsu... But for 60 bucks off Facebook Market place (brand new in box) I'm happy.

 

It looks good! Even better that it didn't require drilling...my Smittybilt rack required drilling holes in the roof and 2 years later I wish I had gone another route, but oh well. I wouldn't want to put much weight on a roof rack anyway, they're best for lightweight cargo and accessories.

 

Best thing is... I've already driven it at highway speed with the rack.....

And... Not ANY noise or whistling what-so-ever

 

Awesome, I got some wind noise with mine but it doesn't have the wind deflector like yours does. Mine had a pretty dramatic effect on my highway MPGs though, but I think that has more to do with the 4 round forward facing LED lights I have on the front of it.