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drizzoh's build thread

No major updates lately to the truck, just have been doing some standard servicing on it lately but figured the thread could use a bump.

Was just about at 16k miles so I figured it was a good time to do some fluid changes. First up was to change the oil, and it was my first oil change since adding the Fumoto quick valve. Maaaan if it wasn't the smoothest oil change I've done to date on this thing. So much less mess when draining the pan. Still have absolutely no idea why Toyota decided to put the drain plug directly on the bottom, but whatever. This was also my first oil change with the metal filter cap and it was shocked at how easily it unthreaded from the engine. Another small upgrade I am very happy about. Cleanest oil change to date, but once my stash of discontinued TRD filters runs out I'm thinking it will get the spin-on conversion.

Next up was changing out the fluid in the diffs and transfer case. I've had good luck with Redline fluids so their 75w85 went into both diffs and MT-LV went into the transfer case. I did not expect the truck to feel any different after this, but I swear it's rolling down the road with less resistance and it definitely shifts into 4WD easier and drives smoother in 4WD than before. There was more break in material on the diff magnets than I was expecting, but nothing to worry about. The transfer case does not have a magnet in the fill plug for whatever reason, so I added this one from Trail Toys when I sealed it back up. I believe there is a magnet inside the transfer case itself but it's much easier to tell the health of a sealed system based on what you find on an easily accessible plug. The good news is the TC fluid that came out so looked fresh that I would almost feel like I wasted money if it 4WD wasn't so much smoother afterwards.

That's all for now. I have a couple parts to install still, but I've been spending all my time lately doing maintenance upgrades on the Supra and getting rid of ALL of it's 38-year-old rubber. I'm very excited to get that thing back on the ground and have it stay on its own 4 wheels for a while instead of living on jack stands.
 
Had a few extra GrimmSpeed urethane exhaust hangers leftover from upgrading the setup on my Supra so threw em on the truck last night. I didn't expect them to do anything, but they actually stopped the exhaust from contacting the spare tire so I'll take that as a win. Might have to order a few more and do the rest of them.

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RevN3 said:
They look good too!
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TY! Nobody will ever see it but I am digging the red on there too. For feng shui purposes I would love to flip the right one 180... but that one was almost impossible to install so it's staying that way, haha. These were ~$27 shipped for 1 or $40 shipped for 4. My Supra only uses 1 hanger of this style so I figured for an extra $13 it was a worthwhile upgrade on the Taco, but the main one it needs is the triangle rearmost one, so I will probably source a urethane replacement for that and swap it as well once I measure it.
 
drizzoh said:
Had a few extra GrimmSpeed urethane exhaust hangers leftover from upgrading the setup on my Supra so threw em on the truck last night. I didn't expect them to do anything, but they actually stopped the exhaust from contacting the spare tire so I'll take that as a win. Might have to order a few more and do the rest of them.

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Aaaand removed the hangers. They added an excessive amount of cabin exhaust noise that I really did not want or expect. I've never noticed added noise from hangers before, but apparently this truck does not like them. I'm much happier after reinstalling the stock hangers. I also finally added the Helmholtz chamber that MF includes with this catback and it has gotten rid of any remaining highway drone I still had but while keeping the exhaust noticeable while accelerating. It's a perfect setup now. <3
 
TCOTUE said:
Hoping to get the truck paid off and get a project del Sol again. I miss them a lot.
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Haeeeel yeah. Del's are dope. I really like being able to sit in traffic with the AT in the truck, but I'd go nuts if I didn't have an MT to throw around on weekends.

Good shit on paying yours off soon. I could pay mine off rn, but I paid a bunch extra already, so as of Jan, I don't have a payment due until June. The plan is to keep making big monthly principle-only payments and then just pay of whatever is leftover by then before it incurs more interest.
 
drizzoh said:
I'm always working on the Supra, I forget that the daily is super badass sometimes lol.
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Hoping to get the truck paid off and get a project del Sol again.
drizzoh said:
Haeeeel yeah. Del's are dope. I really like being able to sit in traffic with the AT in the truck, but I'd go nuts if I didn't have an MT to throw around on weekends.

Good shit on paying yours off soon. I could pay mine off rn, but I paid a bunch extra already, so as of Jan, I don't have a payment due until June. The plan is to keep making big monthly principle-only payments and then just pay of whatever is leftover by then before it incurs more interest.
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Thats really the move, paying down principle. My wife and I have been discussing the project car thing, but she said trucks gotta get paid off first. Which I get, plus then I won’t have a huge payment. I have a friend in SC who’s been holding onto a shell for me, 97, silver 5 lug swapped and b series ready. Plan is to buy it from him, buy a b20, ls or GSR trans there…then drive out install the swap, then drive it home with friends.

I mean that’s the plan, but who knows what will happen. I also fall back to this picture, because it always seems like it keeps getting pushed back.
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I finally got around to installing the satin Performance Pedals (company name, lol) on the truck that have been sitting on the shelf for ~3.5 years. The Tacoma was getting jealous because I just threw a set of SRP Pedals on the Supra (better pedal options from SRP tbh, but awesome customer service from both). I really should have done them sooner. It's SO much better to drive without your foot slipping off the brake pedal all the time. I'm not 100% sold on the look tbh, but functionally they are fantastic. I might end up changing them for a different design or having them power coated black, but I'll give them a while like this and see how they grow on me.

The hardest part was figuring out what to do for the dead pedal since most of the floor mat options completely cover it and it looked lopsided only having 2 visible pedals on the right side of the footwell. I ended up reusing the piece of my truck bed that was removed when I added the rear storage compartment as a backing plate on the underside of the mat and screwed the pedal thru the mat into that. It worked out great and even torqued down. Then I put a couple dabs of my 3d printing super glue on the back side of the threads to soak in and added some felt on the bottom of the backing to keep it quiet.

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drizzoh said:
I finally got around to installing the satin Performance Pedals (company name, lol) on the truck that have been sitting on the shelf for ~3.5 years. The Tacoma was getting jealous because I just threw a set of SRP Pedals on the Supra (better pedal options from SRP tbh, but awesome customer service from both). I really should have done them sooner. It's SO much better to drive without your foot slipping off the brake pedal all the time. I'm not 100% sold on the look tbh, but functionally they are fantastic. I might end up changing them for a different design or having them power coated black, but I'll give them a while like this and see how they grow on me.

The hardest part was figuring out what to do for the dead pedal since most of the floor mat options completely cover it and it looked lopsided only having 2 visible pedals on the right side of the footwell. I ended up reusing the piece of my truck bed that was removed when I added the rear storage compartment as a backing plate on the underside of the mat and screwed the pedal thru the mat into that. It worked out great and even torqued down. Then I put a couple dabs of my 3d printing super glue on the back side of the threads to soak in and added some felt on the bottom of the backing to keep it quiet.

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Those look like Arbys! Beefy!

on another note: jealous of the headunit, I wish I would of went this route.
 
TCOTUE said:
Those look like Arbys! Beefy!

on another note: jealous of the headunit, I wish I would of went this route.
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Thanks homie. They're a really nice functionality mod, but they are a little bright. Time will tell if they stay like this.

The headunit is awesome. The stock headunit was trash, so in this it wasn't a big issue giving up the volume knob since the steering wheel buttons work great (better still with the MESO button to fix the orientation). But in the Supra I had to go for a headunit with physical buttons since the wheel has none. I hate full touch units and REALLY wanted a volume knob in that, but they only exist on the cheapest of Chinese hardware now, so happy I was at least able to find a Kenwood with buttons. Better than nothing and they aren't too bad to use.
 
drizzoh said:
Thanks homie. They're a really nice functionality mod, but they are a little bright. Time will tell if they stay like this.

The headunit is awesome. The stock headunit was trash, so in this it wasn't a big issue giving up the volume knob since the steering wheel buttons work great (better still with the MESO button to fix the orientation). But in the Supra I had to go for a headunit with physical buttons since the wheel has none. I hate full touch units and REALLY wanted a volume knob in that, but they only exist on the cheapest of Chinese hardware now, so happy I was at least able to find a Kenwood with buttons. Better than nothing and they aren't too bad to use.
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yeah unfortunately I have one of those cheap chinese ones in the Tacoma. I really should of spent the cheese and bought a name brand.

I have the Joying with the volume knob and it's alright. Nothing beats Pioneer/Alpine/Kenwood quality though
 
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