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

Looks great bro! I recommend getting these to replace the ones they send with the bumper, they will rust after the first time they get wet....

$10 LED Convenience Courtesy Or License Plate Light - 6 Internal Warm White LED - Waterproof, Compact 12VDC For Truck, Auto, RV Lighting

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007V8WBPQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00. And plus they are made of plastic and match since the only thing chrome now is the plate lights

 

Noticed my grill was chipping badly. I painted it black over the chrome about 3 years ago and it has held up pretty well until now. It looks terrible. I decided to get a "grey" grill that I found on eBay. I saw it on another members truck and it looked good. I also liked that I wouldn't have to paint it or worry about it chipping. Installed the grill today and it looks awesome. Goes really well with the black, and also my aluminum skid on my bumper.

It also came with some corners but I didn't have time to do the blinker re locate mod before work. Gonna get the corners swapped out next day I'm off.



Sorry if the photos are too big.

 

That looks really good.

 

Thanks!

 

No problem.....same ones I got after the ones they sent rusted out

 

That still seems awfully low. Was it a nearly full tank? Even if you used only 15 gallons of the tank, that's 10 MPG.
Then again, your truck is built quite a bit, so it definitely weighs more. And with a commute like that, I suppose it's not so unreasonable. My condolences.

 

I love it man

 

Thanks. I almost trashed the old grill but saved it incase I want to take on attempting a satoshi mod in the future. This one will do for now though.

 

I wanted to clean the truck up some today but been building headlights for a 2016 Colorado all day

 

I switched out my 2D optic bar for a 4D optic bar in the same location on my bumper. First picture is the 2D and second picture is the 4D.

 

Ok, so I'm putting blinkers on the wings of my bumpers and I tied into the factory blinker wire for power but I get hyper flash because of the extra resistance when the extra light is hooked up, should I just use that wire as a signal wire for a relay to power the extra lights?

 

Why not just put them in the corner lights?

 

I relocated the factory turn signals to the corner lights, but the tube on my bumper blocks them a little bit and I like the extra visibility.

 

Is pretty low, a little over 10 mpg. With my old commute mostly freeway about 13 miles I would get 14 ish. That isn't calibrated to larger tires so it's actually a bit better but still not good. Something is up with the truck but I've checked/ changed everything I can think of, PVC, IAC, plugs, valve clearances, maf and others in sure I'm forgetting.

 

Wow, and I thought mine was bad (12-14 unadjusted), 4 days a week I drive ~2 miles each way to school and if I'm lucky I'll get 175 miles to 3/4 tank.

 

I used to get about 200 to an emptyish tank

 

Damn. Is this the kind of future I have to look forward to if I ever decide to build my truck up more? Right now, I am getting around 17mpg. Of course, I've only had the thing a week and a half, so I can't say how it'll measure in the long term, but even that is considerably better than what you guys are getting.

 

It all depends on you, I drive mine like a racecar, sees within 750rpm of redline almost daily, very agressive starts etcetera.

With slight lift, load range E bfg tires (heavy) I got 22 MPG highway one tank, and 4 tanks consecutively over 20MPG highway.
But that was before the bumper, winch, etcetera.

 

I get 17.5 mpg or around 315 miles per tank. Its all about how you drive.

 

Here's my alignment specs. Just got lifetime warranty form Firestone