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

Damn lol, yeah mine happened primarily because of the weak washer design but also because I was driving on the 395 through the Mojave desert and it was so goddamn windy I practically had the truck's wheel at a 30 degree position to keep it driving straight. Wind and mounted accessories don't mix

 

Just ordered a custom pop socket for my phone, think they will try to say the image is copyrighted? They said if it is my order will be canceled..

There are ones that say Tacoma as well btw..

 

Tried that, years back. Didn't work- the spring flexes too much.

I suppose I could try powdercoating, but it seems a bit ridiculous to pay $100 to powdercoat a $12 spring that's probably just going to crack the coat anyway.

 

Plastic dip it

 

OK, now that is kind of brilliant.....

 

Just ordered me another UltraGauge today from the GB.

The one I have now is 8 yrs old & the corner of the display is fading out. Still works perfectly fine but I wanted another one.

 

Fckn aye, plastidips useless they say.

 

Have to rough up the chrome or nickel plating really good or paint or powdercoat won't stick. Bead blast would be best before paint but yeah as suggested Plasti Dip would be the easiest & cheapest solution.

 

I don't like PlastiDip for the reasons people usually use it, covering emblems and wheels, it just ends up looking shitty quickly if its used outdoors. But it makes a very nice interior trim paint, most importantly after drying it doesn't smell hardly at all and even that wears off after a day or two.

 

Link please!

 

I need to dip my emblems....

 

I must be inexperienced with plasti dip cause I never liked the way my grille emblem came out with plasti dip, tried 3 times. I ended up roughing up the chrome & painted it flat black, then I was happy.

I'm not a fan on plasti dip for automotive use really. I only use it for tools like it was originally intended.

 

I’d would just take the badges off but I feel like I’ll find a nice shadow behind them from sun fade.

I’ve dipped a lot of thing on my other truck, but I’ll probably just dip the emblems on this, maybe.


Might have to decide between food and a can of dip on of these days.

 

I don't think I've ever used plastidip to make a tool handle, didn't seem durable enough. I had two of my favorite pairs of pliers grips start coming off so I pulled them off the rest of the way and shot some black high strength silicone in the grip hole and shoved them back on the tools and let them set. That holds super well

 

You could skip the chew and buy 2 cans of PlastiDip for the same price

 

That’s what I meant by dips, I don’t chew, often

 

IK I was giving you shit

 

I couldn’t tell for sure

 

Yeah no emblems on my tuck except the grille but it was debadged when the truck was still new.

Not sure how well plasti dip sprayed on would work for handles, probably too thin. I used the original dip in from the can stuff back before it came in a spray can. And I put on multiple layers. Spray on plasti dip.is great stuff, I just don't like to use it on vehicles.

 

I replaced my power steering pump a little over a year ago. The replacement was a new aftermarket, not rebuilt. It was pretty noisy when I first put it in, but it worked fine. Not squealing, but that power steering wine. Well it has gotten progressively noisier, so I'm having a hard time trusting it. I still had my original since the aftermarket one was new they didn't need a core. I decided to get a gasket kit and rebuild my original. I got this one https://parts.camelbacktoyota.com/parts/2000/Toyota/Tacoma/SR5/index.cfm?siteid=214329 and it was a piece of cake to instal. I referenced this thread, https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/power-steering-pump-rebuild-how-to-with-photos.377002/ for pointers. That thread was for a 4-cylinder pump, but still helped. Mine was actually easier because it doesn't have a bearing. I swapped my rebuilt one for the crappy aftermarket one today and wow what a difference, nice and quiet. If your pump goes out just rebuild it. Way cheaper, and you can keep it all OEM.