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

Finally hand washed it...its still pretty underneath. Kinda. Also took off the flares to repaint them with a shit ton of rustoleum bed liner.

 

Rusto bedliner works great but I've noticed it chips kinda easy. But it looks good, I used it.

 

It looks better without flares

Maybe I'll wash mine before the year is out...

 

wait a minute... you don't have flares on in that pic? where are the holes?
and i agree, looks good without them, id take mine off if there was a way to plug the holes

 

1998-2000 Tacomas dont have holes in the fenders.

 

lucky them, how do they clip in then? The front end threw me off

 

Magic

 

I know im still contemplating leaving them off...mine just had a shit ton of cow shit, water marks, and mud lol, it was time

 

Yeah lol i converted my front end to 01-04 via @WildLand write up! And I dont use clips they stay tight up against the truck with just the bolts. I added two bolts andnuts per rear flare on each side on the ends that go under the truck because these didnt have the holes there from factory. Never have had a problem with them either.

 

FTFY

 

Makes more sense your way lol

 

Still have the stock OEM Toyota Headlights. Wondering about retrofitting them but would they be worth the trouble of cleaning them and than retrofitting them?

 

Haha, I know the feeling. My doorjambs are like one of those earth core samples used to dermine the age of rocks and shit. They never are in the stream of a wash but for some reason dirt just gets right on in. Plus the wheel wells of my truck are filled with mud and horse shit. I'll eventually wash it, the mud can be nice in the engine bay though, if there's a section that never dries out you know you have a leak.

 

(Ignore all of the chalk dust on the rack. It was by the exhaust door of a rock climbing gym for a few hours)

Bed rack is on!! Thank you @Delta00 for building this for me!

I painted it yesterday with rustoleum paint and primer in gloss black(3 coats) and gloss clear (2 coats). There are a few little imperfections in the paint but its on a 16 year old truck with plenty of its own bumps and scratches.

 

Awesome! That looks great all bolted in and painted. Super fun to build.

I'll have to check it out again in person haha.

 

@TacoVio leave the flares off, looks better without it

@outdoorAZ bed rack looks good! May steal that design too @Delta00

 

Dam Thats sweet I wish they made stuff like this for Step sides.

 

Mine started too peel and turn slight yellowish. Same with the wifes lexus.

I wet sand them with 1000 grit then with 2000. Clean and spray with clearcoat. (Make sure too not get matte clear coat, ask me how i know... lol).

Bada bing bada boom. They look like new.

Dont have any current pics but if you check the first few pages of my build you can see them. Heres a civic that i had at one point. One pic shows the retros and one shows another set. Both had my technique applied.

 

If this is true maybe I'll remove mine!

 

It is, 98-00s have the fenders attached via bolts under the flare in the wheel well