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

H1 or D2S?

 

H1's, thinking about going 55W on the HIDs though

 

I would have bought it had I had the cash. 600 aint bad

 

I can live with -.1 degrees on camber

 

I'd a given it to you for cheaper. Still have it to...

 

Hey guys - been a long two months of bringing the new truck back to life. Bought it back in September and been dealing with some serious roadblocks ever since. Here's a condensed timeline of the work i've done:

Sept - bought the 2003 xtracab 4x4 w/ 176K mi
Oct - brought it into the local undercoating shop for winter
- shop brought me in to check out the frame
- found rot back by the driver's side leaf spring that had been bondo'd to hide it
- further inspection found alot more rot on the passenger side
- took it to toyota to find out if it had the CRC spray applied and therefore had a frame recall
- found out the original owner never did the spray and therefore i was SOL
- cut and patched the frame with a nearby welder - did a really good job - you can see some of the patches in the pics
- finally got the frame coated
November - cleaned out the engine bay with alot of degreaser and elbow grease
- changed out the plugs with ec2 platinums
- fluid change on pretty much everything (oil, tranny, diff, coolant, etc)
- installed K&N fipk
- bought OME 60062 rear struts (haven't installed yet)
- put new bfg's shoes on it
- put westin bug shield on
- mount and balance, alignment
- new inner and outer tie rods on driver's side front

its been a struggle and over $4000 put in, but i finally feel like she's getting to a point where she should be. Check out the pics and feel free to point out anything i missed or still need to do.... sorry for the spam of pics...

 

CB antenna, what radios you guys running?

 

General consensus is the Uniden 520XL. Simple and works.

 

Thanks!

 

New TREs? Numbers look really good. How's it drive?

 

Glad you kept the truck alive. Everything looks really clean now. She will give you over 100-200K no problem

 

Found out today one of my halos is really dim, like its barely on. Bad ground?

 

just curious to how much ones of these are going for now days. its in pristine condition with no rust always been in socal. 77,000 miles clean title

 

I'd say in the $14,000 range.

 

I'm with him 14-15k towards and around Colorado! Are you selling? Or buying?

 

Did buy that truck in or around Orange county and are perhaps from tennesse?

 

Nice truck, I paid 15K for my 03 4x4 Dcab TRD with 120K (I think), so 14-15K would be a starting point.

 

yeah just got it from orange county hahah but no im from cali. you know someone from tennesse who was going to buy it?

 

Looks like a truck that I found on Craig's list a couple days ago! Texted the guy and he said he had someone flying from tennesse to look at it today! Same miles and everything! A day later the truck was off Craig's list! It was probably you who bought it though! Guy from tennesse probably backed out! Congrats do you mind if I ask what you paid for it! Cuz it was a steal and that will tell me if it was the same truck!?

 

yeah i ran over there and had to pick it up. it was listed for 11,900
76,000 miles
trying to decide drive it stock because its so clean or start the process, lift tires wheels, sliders, bumpers, what you guys think??