How-to's and Maintenance Guides
How-to's and Maintenance Guides
Unlike newer vehicles, the older first generation Toyota Tacomas don’t have screens on them to give you information about things that are happening when you are driving one such as: fuel economy, precise RPM speed, transmission oil temperature, system voltages,…
Looking to add a little more quick-access storage space to your Gen 1 Toyota Tacoma (or other vehicles like Tundra or Sequoia?) Then consider installing a pair of rust-proof aluminum MOLLE panels on your door cards. It’s an easy install…
Want to add navigation and a backup camera to your Gen 1 Tacoma but don’t want to replace the radio, or want the navigation screen to be all the way at the bottom of your dashboard? Then this tutorial is…
This guide will show you how we installed a Sherpa Mustang 9,500 lb Winch on an Amp’d-Up Fabrication bracket onto our 2003 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner. Ampdupllc.com They make all kinds of custom bumpers, brackets, you name it. Small shop so…
I wanted to add Bluetooth audio and calling to my 2003 Tacoma Prerunner but didn’t want to replace the factory radio – ours works fine and I felt to reason to replace the entire thing since GTA Car Kits offers…
The white backup lights on the Gen 1 Tacomas leave a lot to be desired in terms of brightness compared to todays LED backup lights. There’s a few ways to improve the lights; you can replace the entire rear lights…
We wanted to upgrade the stock headlights on our Gen 1 2003 Toyota Tacoma. We tried upgrading the bulbs first, using Sylvania 9003 SilverStar Ultra High Performance Halogen Headlight Bulbs and they did a pretty good job, but after about…
I noticed a few months ago that the leaf-springs on my 2003 were nearly inverted from their original shape. Nearly 2 decades of hauling heavy stuff in the bed finally took its toll on the OEM springs and shocks. So…
If you want to upgrade or replace the shocks on your Gen 1 Toyota Tacoma there are 2 ways to do it. You can just buy the shock and replace that, but you will need to compress the spring in…
This is a popular modification people like to make, because the breather for the rear differential is directly on top of the differential itself, which means, if it’s submerged water could potentially be pulled into the differential. That’s bad by…