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

New wheels and tires. Wanted to stick with the 90s style rims. Super happy with them. With 225/70/15 tires on it. Stock suspension

 

Which brand for the TPS did you suggest was the question. Ntk was one of them . Glad to hear that one is working well.

 

Got a GMC Syclone vibe to it, I like it.

 

I'd trust an NTK tps, Denso is the OEM

 

You can make a new rag joint yourself if you really wanted to, but make sure the material still has some flex cause the body moves quite a bit and the steering rack doesn't so much haha

 

Here's a fun (for you because it happened to me) little Friday read. Enjoy!

Oh no! No, no, no. Please no...

PS - and now you know why a few weeks ago, I was asking about the various CVJ options.

 

Let's talk bump stops...

Looking at options for front bumpstops. I'm at 2.5 inch lift with 285/70R17 and 4.5 backspaced wheels and 1.25 inch spacers.

How are the @Plastics Guy bumps? Don't really want to shell out for the Wheelers... and not even sure Wheelers are actually for 1st gen. Pretty sure @Fernando has busted up a few sets of Wheelers bumps.

 

I had one of his first prototypes and it split apart after a few months, he sent me one of the newer ones right away which was really cool of him. That was about 3 months ago and I just looked at it the other day and it's splitting once again...haven't hit him up yet about it. The one on the other side is doing just fine though.

 

Yeah I have Wheelers Superbumps in the rear and they've held up great for almost 2 years. I was going to modify them for the front when these other ones came out...might end up doing it now though. Or maybe just get some Energy Suspension ones, I think they make some...or maybe it was Daystar. Not as cushy as the Superbumps or Durobumps I'm sure but they look better than the OEM ones that are like rocks.

 

I really disliked the super bumps on the front. They just don't work for 1st gens. Perfect for the rear assuming you get the height correct.

Been rocking the cheap Daystar bumps up front for several years and very happy with them. Does require drilling and tapping the frame as they have SAE threads on them.

$17 DAYSTAR PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, Universal polyurethane bump stop 1-3/8" tall x 2-1/2" diameter, KU09041BK, Made in America

https://www.amazon.com/Daystar-Univ...r+bump+stops&qid=1557514251&s=gateway&sr=8-33

 

Brought home some goats..

 

A) You end up sitting on them at ride height, which doesn't help ride quality.

B) If you hit something hard, get the front tires in the air, or anything else where you would really like a good bump stop, they deflect and don't really do anything. I just blew right though them straight down to the OEM bump. Kinda defeated the purpose of having them in the first place.

 

Can saggy suspension cause problems with getting/keeping a good alignment?

 

Are you gonna eat them, milk them, them or pet them?

 

If you want fancy bump stops I'm in the process of talking with the owner of locked offroad on setting up some type of group buy once everything is finalized I'll post up the info. Retail is 360 for a set of 2x2s with cans.

 

You just need to hit your oem bumps more to break them in. I hit mine all the time and don't think they're that rough anymore.

If your control arm bushings are fubar, yes

 

Alignment shop was able to get me to 3 degrees caster without using the SPCs so I'm happy.



Although are my rear toe numbers concerning? I still get a pull to the right at highway speed I'm wondering if my leafs aren't seated quite evenly on the rear axle.

Might just be the tires causing the pull, STMaxx are known to pull right for some.

 

Lawn mower

 

Interested but never hear of Locked. Do they actually make a kit for Tacomas or is this a custom DIY thing?

 

They make cans which you would have to DIY mount just like other manufacturers. the only bolt on kit they make is for 2nd gens. They are actually a vendor here on the site as well