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

I leave my deckplate open year round for the most part. I do cap it during spring break up but other than that it's open. Filter gets dirty faster but I tend to change filters every other oil change anyway so it isn't a big deal. I need to get an afe filter one of these days

 

Im not too worried about my filter getting dirty. Got the K&N and the the K&N recharge kit.

 

my mod for the day, bumpstops

 

SICK!!!

 

I seem to have mest up something what yet

 

x2

 

here is a sound clip of mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmB-va4zK00&list=UUJiaVTax0_AhqSvBBVvRccw&index=1

 

Also ordered new shocks and struts and dakar leaf springs, and now the waiting game begins

 

Well they are all terrains..... Mud is a terrain I suppose.

 

Finally got rid of the tetanus plaguing my rear bumper and, while its not the bumper I really want (spare wheel arm and attachments etc.), being on a budget this one looks much better! Prefer the black to the chrome too!

 

Truck is prepped and ready for the bedlinder tomorrow mornin!!

 

I lost mine mud riding and haven't replaced it yet. I figured I don't need to replace it until I go back riding which won't be until after i put my r&p in

 

I have my stock skid plate. Not sure if it would fit but I would let it go for cheap plus you pay shipping?

 

If Matt passes I'll take it.... Don't think I can pound mine back

 

Not what I did to my Tacoma because that was yesterday...but BECAUSE of what I did to my Tacoma yesterday...my legs don't work too well today. Guess painting my rims on the truck was too many deep knee bends for as out of shape I am. Now to take some Advil and lurk on TW...that clear coat will happen later on...maybe next weekend

 

But it was still worth all that work, right? Ahh, you just reminded me, when I get around to doing my wheel painting project I'll just take off one wheel at a time to work on and throw on the spare.

 

Yeah, if you have the facilities...it's probably best to remove one wheel at a time. Although, since I was painting all four at once (albiet ON the truck), the first one was pretty dry by the time I came back around on the first couple of coats.

 

And it was WELL worth it! I love how it looks I've got some rough patches (in the inside of each of the openings) where I didn't get the spray in directly, but I'm thinking I'll just sand a bit before I do the clear coat. I did put the center caps back on though...since it had cured since yesterday, I thought it was safe. I'll just have to be careful prying them off to do the clear coat on the rims.

Here's a couple more shots with the center caps on:


IMAG4686 by Kathy / Analog Soul Photography, on Flickr


hdr_00047_0-1-1 by Kathy / Analog Soul Photography, on Flickr

Sorry for the weirdness of that second one...it was my cell phone HDR app...it seems to make anything reflective look odd. But I do like how it rendered the wheels.

 

I still havent made up my mind if I'll paint mine and what color. I was thinking that bronze color would go good on black

 

I don't know, I'm loving this graphite color. I guess it would depend on the bronze shade...some are kinda light so they look more gold which I don't like myself. But check out these wheels similar to yours in graphite (call me biased )

http://www.tacomaworld.com/gallery/data/500/CIMG08841.JPG