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

Atleast it gets her in there. If you start Looking bad you can only get better.

 

It sure is! Very, very handy tool

 

Yea, always Utah since 03. I actually believe this one was rusting due to me dinging the top side, I took the shell off of it once in its life until recently (prepping for rack and rtt). That one time I was hauling dirt or rock or some shit and vaguely remember dinging that seam with the shovel. The wheel well portion that over laps the bed was pry'd upward. I am sure I didn't pay attention to it back then and threw the bed rug and shell back in and forgot about it, until now.

 

It's a really common rust spot on these trucks, likely not your fault, typically water gets at it from the underside and begins the rotting.

 

Where abouts in Utah are you?

 

And that is why I always drench the whole underside in Fluid Film

 

Yea that makes more sense now that I think about it. I also have a '97 that has both sides of the bed rusted down that seem, but more towards the center of the bed. I would have to patch it similarly to how I did my 03, except those may actually require the welder...

I am originally from Cache Valley, but living down in the Riverton area now (for now...city life sucks)

 

That's on my list shortly as well, fucking hate dealing with rust. Had a '81 Toyota Pickup that I had to restructure the front cab body mounts near the firewall due to them being completely rusted out.

 

I exaggerate how I can't drive stick, I know the basics - I can drive it in any gear it's just I stall a lot. I haven't had time to practice. I can move it and drive it a couple blocks, but I don't dare take it out of the subdivision.

 

Just don’t take it on any hill and your good

 

Haha I drove my friends Prelude up and down some hills, he lives in the Santa Cruz mountains. I only stalled it once, because someone pulled up behind me and I panicked.

 

How are you on hill starts lol

 

why don't you ask his clutch

 

dislike cross-posting like this but need to get some feedback asap, any snugtop owners - can you chime in here - need info on mounting bracket hardware

thanks!

 

Honestly, first was the hardest for me when I was learning and everything else came easy after that. Once you're able to drive it out of your neighborhood, you'll pick it up really fast

 

I bought a SnugTop, That metal bracket you see is for a j-hook thing that long rusted away on mine. I took it home with four 'C' clamps from Home Depot.

Any universal camper shell clamp will work.

 

Once I get the Vermont plates I can get it insured and I'll finally drive it out of the neighborhood. For now though, liability is too high for me to go into public.

 

Definitely understand! Man I miss driving stick. It's unfortunate these double cabs didn't come with it. It's on my "when I have a second vehicle mod list" to swap it out for fun haha

 

It's fun I'll give it that. The panic that sets in when a car pulls behind you at a stop sign is uncanny. The amount of times I've stalled because of a car pulling up behind me...

I wouldn't daily drive on though, since I commute a lot. Traffic sucks here, they'd have to cut my left leg off if I did.

 

You don't even think about any of that once you get good. I don't sweat traffic and you could be an inch off my bumper on a hill, doesn't matter haha.