Your unique mod on the 1st Gens

Lots of stuff here!

Hopefully this is new....

I didn't like all of the ground clearance stealing massive skids many tacomas have. I did 3 things under there.

2wd radiator to get the radiator up and even with the frame rails

Flip the bracket on the PS cooler line to raise it

Custom skid that mounts to the lower front axle mounting bolts - cut a big hole and welded the washers to the skid.

 

Found an old ooga horn in my parents shed a long time ago. Installed it on the passenger fender, no ABS. Wired it to a relay and a push button switch I found on ebay.

 

Just roll down window for wind lol

 

That is some very creative work there.

 

wish my vinyl came out that nice. it wasn't molded out of the box

 

I love the look of the 3rd Gen TRDOR rims on our trucks! I powder coated mine gloss black.

 

Very clean truck, well done.

 

Thanks man!

 

Yeah that sounds awful. Even with the molding it came out shitty IMO. Def helped figure out what went where though.

 

I kind of wedged it in with a few cuts, threw the carpet on top and drew a template and made more cuts

 

I'm not sure if I'm the first to do this but I put in Subaru WRX seats. They are amazingly comfortable. We did a 10hour drive and my wife didn't even mind and the older seats would have killed us. They don't flip forward like the old seats, which is awkward, but I'm going to see if I can mod them to come farther forward.

 

Those are SAF! How are they mounted? Did you use the Tacoma brackets?

 

Interested in mounting details as well. Looks comfy!

 

I replaced my broken tailgate straps with bicycle chain. works even better than stock and cost me nothing as I used old mtb chain that I had laying around.Now I just lube it about once a month.

 

Damn I was interested in the swap till you said that. It's the only way I can get some of my bigger boxes in the extra cab, and was how I was going to get a fridge in there eventually.

 

I have four Delco-Remy horns from a 1980's Cadillac DeVille in my truck. Each horn plays A, C, D, and F notes respectively. Hell of an improvement over stock - people actually pay attention when you honk now. Sounds like a damn train horn.

Here's the setup on my own personal truck:



I just finished up making a plug-n-play setup for someone on the forum shown below. It is powered by 12v from your battery, fused by a 20 amp fuse (each horn draws 5 Amps each), and controlled by a relay. A lead from the relay plugs into your factory horn trigger wiring and will sound the Cadillac horns without any modification of the stock Tacoma wiring system. I can set it up in a way to include your stock horn(s) if you really wanted. (You can have up to six horns!)



Here's a video of the horns in action on my truck:



And here's a video of the setup stock on a Cadillac El Dorado:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3e5BCE9zFI

If you'd be interested in a setup for your own truck PM me and we can work something out. As you can see in the picture above I make a plug-n-play kit that bolts inside of your factory valence under the grille.

 

I just put new ones on that I ordered from Rock Auto. They weren't that expensive. Just several bucks a piece.

Do you have any pictures of your chain setup? I have a few bike chains laying around.

 

Not much of a mod, but I haven't seen anyone with this decal setup

 

I think you're going blow a head gasket now.

 

That's a nice looking truck.