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

Yes, and then covered it with spray bedliner as I did a fucking SHIT job with bondo... don't care though... can't really tell unless you're up on it... and then... GET THE FUCK BACK FROM MY TRUCK

 

Got the new treads put on

 

This^. Integrity..I'm afraid my cancerous bed lacks enough of this to cover up the shit show the oem plastic liner has caused

 

Pulled the drop in bedliner out, and for very good reason, too, just look at all that dirt it was harboring under there! Luckily the paint was still intact but the dirt was damp on the bottom so it was only a matter of time before it would start rusting. Truck will be getting a proper spray in bedliner soon.



Anyone want a bedliner? It's in great shape! It literally slides right into the bed, no drilling required.

 

Yep. It's made by fabtech. They sell the spindle by itself or in a package with new shocks all the way around and and AAL for the rear.

 

Take mine out every spring to clean for this exact reason.

 

It was in there when I bought the truck, but I was wanting to take it out from the moment I saw it.

 

only 2wds. He has a 5 lugger. One of the only front lifts for him.

 

I can't decide what to do about my terminally ill bed. Hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. This is how it looks right now before I take the liner off







just some of my concerns but damage wise its not that bad

 

Not for a first gen but finished the bohlm for a friend

 

I know up here you can order "southern state" beds from junk yards. I dont know where you are located but if you can find a new bed that looks like the best option. There is lots of rot on there, when you start to repair it you will soon see it's spread under the paint. Probably end up replacing too much, easier and cheaper to find a new (new to you) bed

 

Hell yea

 

After taking the liner out it really doesn't look that bad except for the drivers side bedside where it's rusting through. but everything else in the pics seems to be just surface rust...











Any idea why these holes would be here?

 

I'm thinking those holes are for a stupid bed roll/light bar that the previous owner must've had on here

 

Probably so but I'd just bedline the bed and not worry about them

 

This has been the direction I've been leaning towards.. it's just a matter of finding a good color matched bed with no rust whatsoever. My color isn't exactly popular so my options are fewer.

 

Anyone know off hand how many quarts of dex 3 I should grab, I'm replacing my steering rack? I'm guessing 2..?

 

You might want to grab a couple more to flush the system out. The steering rack is not fun to replace, and you will want to make sure you flush out all the old crap out.

 

Hmm I'm trying to minimize cost unfortunately. I've recently (within a year) flushed the PS system and cleaned the screen on the reservoir. What's the least amount I could go with? Lol.

 

I did it with 2 and have over half a bottle left sitting in my truck now.