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

got it

 

Given how rusty those are I don't think there were original, the factory ones were painted black.

Those look like the Moog ones

 

The ones you posted have a bunch of surface rust


It seems like he had them replaced at some point during the life of the truck and probably just forgot, especially if a bunch of other maintainence was done at the same time

 

Washed and waxed it for the first time in 6 months....

 

Busy couple of days. Pulled out the nasty, 20 year old carpet and replaced it with fresh vinyl/rubber flooring from Rock Auto/ACC. 99% done with the install, just have to finish doing the storage covers for the back and attach the rings for those. Today, I had the bed LineX'd. Looks sooo much better now. I also had my tailgate protector done.

Old and nasty.


Fresh rubber.

 

Yeah, he's right, those aren't the truck's original LBJs there. Those are manufactured by 555, they're the ones Moog and AC Delco and others repackages and sells under their own name. They are the next best thing to the OEM LBJs, but still not close to the quality consistency like the OEMs.

 

yeah you're right on that one. It was a typo on my part i was setting up my account fast and never read over its fixed now

 

The ball joints I pulled off my 97 last week sure weren't 555. They were toast, but otherwise identical to the oem set that went on the truck. As far as I know they were original.

 

Pinchweld mod is done. Undercoating is done.

Yes I painted it after I took the pic

 

Factory 265/70r16 with no lift

 

New wheels and tires.
255/75/17 Cooper Discoverer ATP

 

I really like that idea! My carpet gets thrashed

 

I've always loved the stepside Tacomas.

The stepside Tundras on the other hand....

 

I kinda like the look but on the taco they cut down on so much bed space

 

True, not very practical if you need the bed space but then again those that really need bed space aren't really springing for a compact truck to begin with. But they are harder to find toppers for that's for sure

 

I almost ended up with a F150 because of bed space

 

Hi lift mounted so it's not rattling around in the bed any more, wired up my light bar to a switch, replaced my CB coax and retuned my antenna, and put the mic on the dash

 

im installing little Amber led side markers on the corners of my Hann fenders (kinda like the Procomp Tundra Flares have)
im techy but im still green to wiring everything and have been checking out all my options on various ways to wire them..I have a custom tube bumper so i have them blink and stay on all the time..ANy reccomendations on how I should wire them ?

Ill post pics

 

Nice truck. Come share some love over on the "98-00 Only" thread. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/98-00-tacomas-only.421186/

 

Nice mount. I always have a fear of my hi lift punching threw the back of my cab and impaling me if I ever got into an accident on the highway.