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

Thanks, With a 2rz and 265 75 16 I need all the gearing I can get.

 

how do you get it up that high in the first place, and not on solid concrete?
i would like to at least be able to work on my knees deep and under it

 

What a beautiful night to drive 255mi. Stars are out and bright as hell with a partially shrouded moon. New truck is doing nicely on the gas mileage front so far which is pleasing, it's generally a sign of decent health

 

Ok... Dude... you're going to have to give up the goods on this new truck of yours.

Specs man... WE NEED SPECIFICATIONS!

 

Tacoma floormats probably took a hit as well

 

Did this today...

 

Well since you asked...

She's a white 1996, V6, 4x4, manual trans, jshift, with 135k on the ol clock.

In what respect? The 4 banger even with me driving like an asshole and the supercharger screaming got 3.4mpg (huh, funny coincidence) better mileage (my average so far with the V6 is 18.5mpg) and while not faster off the line had superior top end.

 

You could push it further if you really wanted to with boost or cams with longer duration. But with the cams it has and the length of the intake runners it just runs out of poop kind of early. Which if we're being honest isn't a bad trait for a truck motor because it comes with all that torque down low

 

Used my horn painting rack to pull my RTT off for the season. Was too heavy to pull the rope with two people so I screwed an eyebolt into the wall and used a cable winch.

I can’t wait to fit in parking garages again.





Makes for a good room divider.

 

Tacked this up today , I saw it here on TW and liked it. Just needs to be finished.

 

That’s quite unique. Never seen anything like it. How do you plan on securing it?

 

I'll have to order some. There were a lot of spaces I couldn't get to on the frame, also the entire front half of the truck... It looked ok up front so I figured I could get by with a FF coating later.

Yup, there's plenty of places in CA with snow and salt. This truck was originally from NV, then I think it spent 13 years on someone's property up in the Tahoe area. Plenty of time to get rusted unfortunately.

It's gonna have a better life now though.

 

Finally got the final coat of POR15 on, also tested out my newly wired bed lights. KC makes some nice led lights.



I really like the coating so far. When I first started it seemed like it was going to be very thin. Then while checking the first layer right before I started the next one I was very impressed with the finish. It was more satin than I was expecting, and seemed very durable. I'm glad the frame won't be glossy black once it's dry.



Oh also added a crooked decal, luckily I can cut as many as I want.

 

Is that the MESO third brake light for a 2nd gen? i always wondered if they fit right in the 1st gens

 

Sure is. The 2nd gen backplate fits on the first gen body. Then I could use our KC4 brake housing on top of that. It looks pretty good and works very well. I might need to figure out a better gasket to seal to the truck though, I didn't have the right material on hand to get it how I want it.

 

nice!

 

I might be able to convince Meso to make some kits if enough guys want them.

 

i wondered about getting the baja designs ones for my 01. but im a long ways away from focusing on that stuff

 

Do you have a link to the product or a write-up on it? Always wanted a bed light.

 

I'll write something up for it soon, although there are probably a lot of how to threads on this stuff. Honestly I could have done better on the wiring of my button but it works fine.