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

Hpme Depot has Lucas Red&Tacky on there shelfs. Except cali?

 

Red n tacky is goood to go in cali, It's what i just bought. Will try out the other when its gone.

 

I immediately noticed that it was an F150 lol.

I was highly upset by the snow.. Spent over an hour cleaning up the door and getting all the dirt out of the door. I put it in the truck bed and dropped it off at the body show and now it's likely filled with snow. Just my luck.

 

Think of it like "washable" powder coat lol like markers

 

More like meltable since thats what its all gonna do tomorrow.

 

My friend has a Hummer H1 he converted to run on Biodiesel/WVO years ago.

Here's the thing. So many other people caught onto the WVO thing, the Chinese restaurant chain he used to take the used cooking oil from started charging for it.

Gotta love California and their hipsters.

 

Ayyyy. Join the club. $300 with the wheels and tires? That's a hell of a steal. Cheapest I've seen with the tires is just under $1,000. I paid $400 for the wheels themselves.

 

85 pickup obtained

 

Yea, instead of waiting a day or two it's been wait an hour or two. A week or so ago we had 60°s and sunny, 20°s and snowy, followed by 40°s and thunderstorms that turned into freezing rain all in the same day. The next day was back to near 60° and sunny. That's a bit much even for here. Usually that progression takes a few days. LOL.

 

The tires are close to the upper control arms so If I want to put BFG AT's on it I might need spacers. Are you running spacers?

I painted the little chrome Toyota Emblem's to match my truck

 

I knew it

 

2nd gen and id assume 3rd gens are similar as they share the same suspension wheels are 5.5'' BS vs 4.5 for 1st gen oem wheels. You'll likely need to run at least a 1'' spacer to clear most tires from the UCA

 

Spacers make the rubbing worse. They do rub the upper Control arm at full lock when turning or parking, but it's not that bad.

Using any kind of spacer will make the running even worse like I said. I tried 1.25 spacers and it rubbed the mudflats. I tried 1.75 spacers and it rubbed the frame badly. So I just live with the little rubbing at full lock.

 

Ohhhhhhhh. I don't rub at all now
My truck is lifted a little over 2"

 

I'm on the stock suspension so that could be another factor.

 

After plowing through snow a couple weekends ago, I can see how doors opening like that has its advantages. Still wouldn't do it though.

 

Deep snow, Rocky trails, dense woods and mall assholes who park so close to you that the hotdog wont fit. But not worth it

 

Temped to put those doors on my 5-lug, because why not. It's a street truck anyway lol.

They're just so ridiculously stupid that they're cool.

 

What you just said confused me like when people say "that dog is so ugly that it's cute" how?