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

My lord... you must spend every waking hour cleaning that beauty.

 

Picked up some brakes at autozone
Hope they perform aswell as they look
EBC
Rotors and pads $300

 

Yessir it does

 

Thanks, still more to go, but really happy with how its turning out so far! Rear axle is forward due to the OME leaf springs, I've got the relocation plates sitting on the work bench, just havent had time to install them yet. The tire does stuff up into the fender ok though, almost centers at full stuff since the axle moves back as the spring flattens. Gonna do the relocation plates though just to calm my OCD everytime I look at the truck on flat ground lol.

Yes, CBI Bushmaster 1.0 with custom side protection. Ordered this before I knew of Pelfrey's curious to see how his turns out, I'm sure it will be great! Really happy with the CBI though, no regrets, seriously have never had a fabbed part fit so easily that was built somewhere else and shipped to me, they got it spot on!!

Thanks, and yes, 2016 300XC-W, there's also a 65SX sitting next to it that's my daughters. I (we) try to ride 3-4 days a week, even if just for an hour or two. We live up in Woodland Park for right now, 4 miles to 717 trail head, 6 miles to Rainbow Falls trail head, 12 miles to Westcreek trail head so we get a lot of seat time. Could use a little longer bed lol, but both bikes fit in there good enough...



The 65 isnt her first bike but it is her first 2 stroke, shes liking the additional pep..




I was kinda figuring there wouldnt be too much flex in the rear, also with the frame plates I welded on, figured it would help stiffen it all up also, fingers crossed I dont have to pull the bumper again!

Lol, not too bad, but I had just sprayed it off before putting the bumper on it tonight to get all the dirt/sand off the frame from where we went riding dirtbikes this weekend and had to pull back into the trail a bit. I spend a lot of time working on various toys in the garage, nothing I hate more than working on something that is covered in dirt and grime, so I try to keep stuff pretty clean.

 

Got the timing belt done finally after waiting on Toyota to get me a bolt that I snapped. Got to love ordering parts for a 20 year old truck, everything is special order.

I was super proud of myself for doing this job on my own. I've never really dug that deep into a motor. I've lifted and lowered car and trucks, gutted vehicles and pretty much everything but motor work (I don't trust myself that much with a motor), but I'm learning and can't thank you guys here enough for the help with even the dumbest/simplest of questions.

Made my own crank pulley tool as well out of 4 feet of flat stock cut into a 3 foot and 1 foot section, bolted together then holes drilled for bolts.

 

I parked it at my sisters while I bought my 2017. Got home with the new one with 280 miles on it. Need to get ride to my sisters to get the one with 280,000 miles on it. I loved all 272 miles back to my house but have strong attachment to '99.

 

Went through this not too long ago. Swapped plugs, then wires, then coils. Wound up having to swap injectors and found #4 bad. 6 new injectors while I was in there and good to go. Easy process but a scanner helps greatly obviously. Well, that and it's a pain to just swap injectors but not too bad

 

Times like this where I'm glad both of my vehicles only have a single coil haha.

 

@BYJOSHCOOK has one: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/cooks-2000-4x4-ar-15-build-plus-bs-thread.333480/

 

Was a late beer drinking night in the garage may have had to do with the slow work and dropping bolts... But pretty straight forward

 

I'm familiar with those, I spent a couple hours after work today ripping the green trucks dash apart. Hoping to ship it off to the wrecker soon. Only need to remove the dash harness and the clutch pieces now. Plus any suspension that I still want.

 

My experience with expos had been great, pretty much what pcbuilder said. I've had them on for a few years and thousands of miles, still holding up great. My alcans, not so much.

 

Gracias! Cuantos?

 

No idea. haha 8-900 id imagine.

 

Looks like it's progressing nicely. how's the LC treating ya? modded yet?

 

The cruiser is great, it is my daily and gets lots of miles as such. Haven't done much to it though, it has a new stereo and speakers now and I ordered a full set of new shocks for it. But without the Taco I've been driving without rear seats a lot as I need a pickup to get things done. I did take it on a dirt road to visit the place that's making my new Taco bumper though.

 

Man I bought a Pelfreybilt hybrid bumper for my second gen with a hoop for $650 during a flash sale in January, but then I sold it when I bought the first gen. If they came out with a hybrid for the first gen at the same price point I'd be waiting for another sale like that again. Until then I'll be living that trail gear life. I like the hybrid style for looks besides your discontinued one and don't need a plate bumper. Maybe in a year or two they'll come out with one

 

possible. I wouldn't put it past them since they are finally dipping into the 1st gen scene.

 

Added a few items...not necessarily today, but in the last several weeks:

 

Liking the clean functional style.

It took awhile for me to realize that this is basically the what I did to my truck today / photo gallery / all things first gen related bs free for all. I liked this site when I was on the second gen forum, but now I love it lol