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

Finished mounting and securing everything to the bed. Wasn't sure were i wanted the hi lift, felt like is was mostly out of the way in the back. Used the hi lift 4rack mounts to secure it.

Used quick fists for everything else. Never used them before hope they hold up!

 

Quick fists are awesome. I can't see them ever failing.

 

You kids and your silly tint

 

Sick pics @jberry813

 

I bought 200 bucks in steel for a new bed rack

 

Bussman to mean means the relays fuse box all in one thing that I have.

 

x2... Haha

 

Your corrodes on a level all its own.

 

It's easy. Don't buy a wet cell battery.

 

Nice!! Are you doing square tube again or round?

 

Square. Has to be for my idea to work with the sizes and all I have in mind.

 

Ah, now you have me curious. Still doing a rack over the roof?

 

Alas..no

I can't make my idea work with a roof section. Yet anyways. Perhaps once it's built I can make something work.

I hope so..I want my roof lights

 

Hmm i trying to think what your going to do different, I assume your still having the tent and awing so still has to hold those... when is this happening, i want to see it.

 

Welp swapped out my battery terminals because they were corroded, and either my battery (which has been weird recently) decided to die in the span of 30 minutes of me replacing them and fixing my sub woofer wire. Took the battery to VatoZone, dude said it had 78CCA when it requires 600, went back home jumped it, left it on for 20 minutes. Turned it off, tried it again. Nothing, I'm assuming it's the battery because it can't hold a charge. Plan on buying an optima yellow top tomorrow

Oh and it makes a clicking noise when I turn the key, typical of a dead battery, just don't know the root cause. I was going to jump it again and take the positive off too see if it dies. Also going to check the electrolytes but it started to rain

 

Well after avoiding them for years, I was in a hurry last Friday and decided to drive through one of those auto-washes with the brushes? Starting just above the front fender flare on the driver's side catching the top of the fender flare in the process I have noticeable scratching, some fairly major scratching on the driver's door, then from the filler flap on back to the tail light just above the TRD sticker it is just "kick in the nuts" bad. It is obvious a swirling brush did it.

Filed a complaint and took pics on the spot but got the "our brushes can't do that" freakin' nonsense response from the local manager, and now I am waiting to hear back from the parent company on my official claim. Judging by the attitude of the local manager and the fact I haven't heard a peep yet, I will be surprised if I do hear anything. My insurance rep said American Family will try to go after them if I submit and execute a claim on my side but then it's a matter of how to try to fix it plus of course being out my $500 deductible . . .

My insurance estimate was at nearly $2K of damage but they were actually replacing both fender flares for the scratches that frankly could be lightly sanded and plastic-dipped or something much cheaper than replacement which I would likely do to the other side while I am doing it. I just don't know how to handle the paint damage. Was wondering what an appropriate stripe might do to simply cover it up if I could get something that wasn't too "Starsky and Hutch" looking? Stripe would have to start narrow on the front fender and get gradually wider toward the rear kinda like the Starsky and Hutch thing. With 14 year old paint, I am a little leery to strip-fix and blend just those areas and I don't at all want one whole side of my truck all new paint with the rest 14 years old. Naturally, I don't want to cough up the cash for a whole new paint job on what WAS a pretty damn cherry 2002 before last Friday.



Suggestions? Preferably legal ones . . . I've already thought about the ones involving my sizable arsenal and other methods of morbid revenge.

Frack! Try to keep something nice . . .

 

Starts tomorrow and through the week/weekend.

Be a cool design! I hope. Works in my head anyways....

 

If it's just swirl marks I'd try to clay bar then buff them out

 

Sorry to hear about the damage it caused. Thats why I always wash my mine by hand. I understand not everyone can wash their rig at their house, definitely only use touchless car washes

 

Nice, cant wait to see version 2. Should be able to get my tent in a few weeks, Then Im building my bed rack. Cant wait