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

2 possible reasons:
1. I noticed that when you got your truck, it had aftermarket wheels (at least, they looked aftermarket to me in the pics). Are they 16s? If they are, someone might have gotten a similar size spare to fit the same tire.
2. In the trucks life before you owned it, who knows what happened to the spare. Replacing it, someone thinks "just get one that fits" ...and a 16" fits that bill (as would a 15"). They had a 16" around, so there you go.

I've had my truck since day 1, and I sold the original spare when I got my SCS last year... so 15" up through 2000 is how it was. Pretty dang sure.

 

Bingo, we have a(nother) winner!

Edit: for some background... JKO and I were jousting over here.

 

I’ll fight you,


But it turns out you’re right, I’ve gone allll this time thinking I’ve had a 16”. I’ve even used it twice and thought it was 16....
I swear I’m not as blonde as I make it seem, add that to my list of dumb.

 

The truck was my father’s company car for a good 20 years, his company let him choose any Toyota vehicle since they were a subcontractor for them.

I asked him why the hell he didn’t get a loaded Limited v6 4x4 with the Sunroof if the company was paying for it. Or at least a model with power windows...

Said he didn’t need it. So he chose the cheapest base model poverty-spec PreRunner. Why not the 5-lug, which was even cheaper? He liked the oversized wheels and tires that the PreRunner came with.

I guess it was a blessing in disguise. I wouldn’t be able to anything to this truck if it was a 5-lug.

 

Happens to the best of us. You had me worried that I was getting old and forgetful. Now I know it's just old. hahahaha

All in good fun.

 

I blame @mechanicjon too, he led me astray. Pulling him in because maybe he’ll throw us a curveball or something, Or just get hit by the bus I just threw him under.

 

Man how many fingers are you going to make him lose?

 

I’ll just keep tagging him till he answers. It’s been atleast 5 minutes since I tagged him the first time, why hasn’t he check TW yet.

 

newer kits come with a check valve so it doesn't

 

Oh shit you’re right! Didn’t even think of that

 

Good to hear that man. And by "old junk truck" do you mean "totally awesome truck that never dies or goes terribly wrong" lol

 

was it clean? Did you wipe with some alcohol or thinner to reactivate the paint? could also be a bad batch of clear or improperly mixed clear. When you reapply wipe with alcohol to reactivate the do a very light dust coat 1st and then give 10-15 mins to flash between coats.

 

What paint did you use? Hopefully not rustoleum I always get chemical reaction

 

It was Rustoleum. I painted all my other panels and I didn’t get a reaction like this.

 

If you don't allow enough drying time clear coat will do this to base coat and you need even more time before spraying this over a base/clear combo. I've done this before and had to redo my work haha

 

Strange, I let it dry for a about 24 hours. I feel like I laid down the clear coat too thickly. The other panels I just feathered it lightly and it didn’t react like that.

Hard to tell how much clear coat you’ve put on since, you know, it’s clear.

 

Got this in the mail yesterday

 

My sliders took two weeks to cure w rustoleum, especially when its not hot out. Paint doesnt have solvents in them here in CA anymore so it will take a long time to cure, could have been contaminated with oils from your hand as well...best to wipe clean and reactivate the paint. As been mentioned

 

Anyone know if there is a write up with a breakdown of what exactly is needed for the tundra brake upgrade. Need to do my brakes soon and wondering if there is a list of parts needed.

Also if it will work with 16” wheels.. thanks guys.

 

Here you go, all parts listed and linked: New-to-me tires and Tundra Brake Upgrade