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

YIKES!! haha

double yikes!! lol

 

*shots fired*

 

How is my quote a shot at anything? I think you meant my later post about the lights.

 

That's what she said.


But no. Seriously. I'm mocking up the locations for projector components and I'm wondering... Can anyone identify the red sensor thing with the foam around it near the battery and also the yellow cable that terminates just under the battery?

 

I'm starting to customize my Tacoma I've had for about a year. I've dipped the badges and am unsure what to do next. I'd like to just stick to plasti dip or any other cheap modifications. Any tips?

 

Chrome bumpers.. Yuck. Take those steps off and get some mud on it!

 

Get rid of chrome, it'll make it look a lot better, maybe even the rims

 

New fuse block for random things.

 

So dip everything chrome? My rims are stock, would they still look good blacked out?

 

I don't recommend dipping the wheels. That seems to be real hit or miss with people's results.

 

I can hook you up with some chrome h3 wheels

 

I don't recommend dipping at all, it looks better and will last if you rattle can with some primer

 

Don't know about red sensor thing, but the yellow cable and sensor is part of the airbag system. I'm trying to figure airbag system out since I'm getting tired of the airbag light flashing.

 

The red thing in the foam is the beeper for your keyless entry. Best thing I ever did was unplug that little bastard (keyless entry and alarm will still work, and the lights still flash). The yellow sensor is the accelerometer for your airbag deployment, as mentioned above.

 

Cheap performance/useful mods:
-cap off small resonator
-deck plate mod
-AFE air filter (kind of not cheap..)
-led dome light
-grey wire mod (if you have diff lock/4wd)
-2lo mod
-steering coupling/column weld mod

Cheap appearance mods:
-Debadge/black out all chrome
-remove lower plastic part of bumper
-side marker/turn signal relocation

and yea i personally think rims look better black but thats me.

 

Nice I'm about to dip all my badges and chrome bumpers

 

I walked past my truck today, drove it 140 miles on wed and thurs.. still getting a stellar 16-17 mpg (Love all my hills) kinda over the mods.. who wants to buy it? LOL kidding.. or maybe im not.

 

I'd have been happy for 16-17 MPG about a month ago. Now for some reason my MPG improved and I'm pulling 18-20 MPG. I was getting 13-14 MPG for the longest time. Also what happened to that Acura you were using to avoid driving the bad MPG Taco?

 

Summer gas blend probably now instead of winter blend.

 

thats what I drive 5-6 days a week and gets 25-30 mpg all day long no matter the gas blend.