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

Honestly I think I'm gonna go with a rubberized under coating for this year then just keep topping it off with fluid film. I like the idea of how the rubber coating will be thick and offer some strong protection and how the fluid film creates a non permanent barrier on top of that. Might be overkill but I need to do some work on this old girl's frame, it's a 1995.5 after all.

 

Sort of ironically the backside of a normal eating spoon works pretty well

 

Pro grade rubberized coating is good. Thats what our wheel wells and a good chunk of the bottom of the cab is covered with.

Rattle can stuff....not so good.

 

proper prep is the #1 factor. if it isnt prepped right and starts flaking water gets under and hello rust city

 

i think the undercoat i have was to protect against gravel / rock chips on the frame which would lead to exposed metal and then to rust of course with the naked metal
back in 1997 nobody had ever heard of the problems these trucks would have in the future in certain areas of the USA

where are you located?

 

this was a V6 single cab Tacoma

 

more valuable info thanks to TW!
i would never have known about LBJs if not for TW, i have been over 100k for awhile and not once have the inspectors told me i should be getting new ones per Toyota rec or whatever chart they use to advise

 

Paint and Fluid Film or Wool Wax ONLY. Rubberized is a proven frame killer.

 

this is what 22 years of rubberized on a brand new frame did, even with frequent hand spraying off slop during the winter
worst spot i have found by the cat
this should clean up really well with aluminum oxide blasting be good as good can get
protect it with afterblast zinc phosphoric acid, eastwood extreme chassis black primer and hopefully can get a coat of extreme chassis gloss before the rain tomorrow and snow on Friday, need the right temp to apply paint the directions said



does this look infected?
its wet because i had just power hosed the inside out with some water

the area close to this, near the front pass. tire, never had undercoat of any kind, just normal hosing down, and looks splendid after wiping some dirt off of it

 

Added some work lights to the back of my bed rack.


Re-did all of the wiring going to the bed to clean it up.


Now I have !@#hole behind me light, rear and side work lights.

 

That sucks.

My frame on my sx is gloriously clean.

 

Y'all got original frame problems.

Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr

New frame, no problems.

 

What’s going on here?

 

That's a damn good looking rear bumper! Especially for providing plated protection, it doesn't look overly bulky or clunky. Custom or who's the maker?

 

if ever there were a first gen to rep us all, this is what I'm voting

 

That was an old project. That was this project:

Shock relocation by Michael Halat, on Flickr
Shock relocation by Michael Halat, on Flickr

That was boxing the frame (further than where the TG kit goes) raising the gas tank 2", throwing in 2 new crossmembers, shock relocation, u bolt flip, new shackles, and AAL. Though I learned shortly after that Dakars w/ AAL is shit.

 

I was hoping you built a flatbed haha

 

I have two 2000s and a 2003 with original frames and they all three look like that.

 

Honestly it might happen one day. My buddies told me I should just flat bed it while I had it off too.

You don't count, you live in the south.

 

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