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

Spacers are off rides much better now, should I move the toyota emblem to the middle?

 

Most DIY wraps end up around 500

 

https://www.dipyourcar.com/Professional-Large-Car-Extra-Coverage-Kit-4-Gallons.html

 

I thought that didn't fit right on our trucks?? or I should say the 01-04 Tacoma

 

With enough zip ties... anything can be made to fit.

Lets not forget the LED light bar guy.

 

I'm having some issue with my 2001 tacoma. It's a 5 speed 3.4. When I shift to 2nd I get some lunging. Like I'm not giving it enough gas, but my rpms are 1500-2000 around normal when I drive. It has a new clutch. Done by dealership I believe and u joints are in good shape. But it usually does this when it's cold. After a few miles for it to warm up it doesn't do it again. Any ideas on what it could be. To my knowledge the truck had a frame replacement and new engine roughly 100k miles ago. Idk about the transmission though so it could have 200k+ miles.

Thanks for your input

 

Could be a number of things from old fluids to clogged cats to dirty sensors.

Do you have a service record on the truck of when stuff was changed?

These are all estimates as it depends on driving conditions really.

Water pump Timing belt should be done at 120k or so
Catalytic converters usually last 200k miles but not always
O2 sensors wear our over 100k+ miles
MAF sensor on your intake tube should be cleaned every 30k Maybe
Air filter 10k-30k usually.
Transmission fluids 60k
front diff and transfer case 100k
Rear diff fluids 30-60k
Spark plugs 30-60k
Plug wires 100k
Cleaning the gunk in the throttle body every 20-30k or so if its nasty.

 

Think some one plastidip their extra cab on this forum before. Can't remember who but it took them 2 gallons i believe and that was with 8 coats. came out really nice too.

 

Thank you

 

Also that low of rpm is bad.... Give that sucka some gas before you shift.

 

haha!!

Damn its expensive, I cant seem to hit the "buy now" button..lol

 

4 gallons might be a little excessive..

 

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no turning back....Wife is gonna kill me



Maybe if I let her pamper herself to a day at the spa I will be ok

 

I shift at 2500-3000 rpms taco lol. But I'll check all that stuff this weekend for sure. From what you said best run some stp injector cleaner might as well change the transmission fluid to play it safe. But it seems really easy and cheap stuff to fix witch thank goodness lol

 

nice, congrats.

do you guys think that 12 cans would be enough to cover the whole truck? I'm gonna get 12 cans varnish, 12 cans green, 1 can black, 11 cans metal primer, and 1 can plastic primer

 

Depends on how many coats you want. I was told that I should do about 5 cans for my hood alone. Seems like overkill to me though

 

Never have dipped a car was just basing it off this site....

 

My best advice to you as a former painter is.. PREP work goes a long way, take a full day prepping before you start anything.

 

Had a friend prep and sand his car and take it to macco and it came out pretty dam good... might go that route myself. just concerned if i have to go bare metal due to my taco having defective flaking paint.

 

nothing wrong with going to bare metal as long as its level.