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We got them from Run Cool Hood Louvres SKU# SW12BL Thanks! I swapped to a 33 tooth speedo gear to correct the speedo (mostly). Seeing a +1 mpg gain with mixed driving over the old gear set, but the performance improvement is night & day - drives like it did when it was completely stock. Yes...

Super random thread resurrection! But since this came up on google when searching for Wan's adventure, just wanted to add a good link for people to read it since total ruckus has LONG been defunct: Wan's Ruckus Adventure (via the Wayback Machine) I stumbled across Wan's adventure at work one...

Yes, thankfully - trick was removing the two front diff mounting brackets and the vacuum hose bracket on top first. Then it was easy to rotate it down and out

Regeared to 4.88 While the Tune M1 doesn't weigh much more than our old GFC, it does add a good deal more wind resistance. I had been putting off regearing from the stock 4.10 differentials, but it was time. So we ordered a set of built 4.88 thirds from East Coast Gear Supply, complete with an...

I was also finally able to figure out a good spot to mount our Maxtrax by drilling some 1/2" holes in the removable king bed extension of the camper and using some M10x21mm furniture fasteners and the 17mm maxtrax mounting pins to tuck them up under the extension - easily accessible but out of...

Been a minute since we updated on here, and...a lot has changed 😅 Installed Rock Sliders After several close calls with the rocker panels on trails here in the ozarks I decided it was time to break out the welder and add some Trail Gear rock sliders. I'm a novice welder, but the install went...

Rear Bumpstop Upgrade We've been super happy with the improvement the front Durobumps bump stops provided, and I finally got around to getting the rear set of 4.25" Durobumps installed this last weekend. Should keep our ADS rear shocks from bottoming out (though I've been told they can hack it...

Sorry for the delayed responses, our new kiddo (Atticus) was born August 15th! Needless to say, we've had our hands full ?. Thanks! The front diff, tranny, and transfer breathers are all routed up high enough (at least for my comfort level...for now) in the engine bay / trans tunnel on these...

Raised Rear Axle Breather The stock rear axle breather on the first gen Tacoma, as with all our previous Toyotas, is right on top of the axle housing leaving it vulnerable to water ingress, namely when entering a deep water crossing with a warm axle/diff. So we raised the diff breather using...

Exhausted Finally got around to replacing the cat-back exhaust, the original factory muffler was on the last of its legs and one of the seem welds had finally let go. After some research, we decided on Magnaflow's bolt-on kit. After procuring two replacement rubber hangers, a new downstream O2...

Let There Be Light We were super impressed by the Baja Designs LP6 Pros we'd installed on the old '84 Toyota Pickup, they provided more than enough coverage for our purposes, the hi/low option was nice for tighter trails or a faster pace, and the amber running lights are pretty cool. This go...

Hidden Winch Mount & Warn M8000 Install Despite the fact there's a perfectly good Trail Gear Rock Defense bumper sitting in the garage and the slightly improved approach angle it would provide, we kinda love the stock front bumper on these first gen tacos. So after a bit of digging we found an...

Hood Louvers! After adding the Bud Built 3-piece skid plates we noticed a slightly higher build-up of heat in the engine bay, especially in slow-moving/4low instances in the sweltering 100 degree summer heat. Despite the fact that engine coolant temps remain perfectly healthy and static at...

Mo Powah Bebeh! Before our trip out to Montana & Utah we bought and installed the new Dakota Lithium DL+ 135ah Deep Cycle Starting Battery, which just so happened to be a group 24 size and a literal drop-in replacement for the stock battery in the truck. We ran power to the bed of the truck...

Go Fast Camper Install Took a trip up to Montana to see our friends at GFC and get our new camper installed And then boogied down to SW Utah for a couple weeks to break in the camper and give the new truck her official red dirt baptism? Had a ton of fun despite the limitations of our very...