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

Thanks so much we gotta do some wheeling

 

You have some resilient eyes my dude. I dont even like the blue tint from my radio

 

Agreed, that's the one gripe about the cheaper Sony unit I put in my Taco, I can't color match it like my nicer one in the LC. Stupid blue lights are permanently on and they're just accent light, not even for buttons. Maybe I'll open it up and desolder them

 

Get some color gels like what we use in photography and cut them out in the shape of the areas you want to change the color, lol

 

I'd go with aging eyes. Mine are more sensitive to light than 10 years ago. Just like my hearing. I'm like benjamin button.

 

I'm sure they're blue LEDs, because of the way they're constructed they're actually the cheapest LEDs to manufacture too. So most gels in front of blue are just going to make a darker but grosser color.

 

True, could do red and get a purple color but other than that you're looking at mud colors pretty much. Or maybe a yellow gel and get them to be more green.

Anyway that'd be a lot of work for something that probably wouldn't turn out very well lol

 

I feel that, thats why I made sure I got a unit for my daily with rgb leds. Waay better for long night driving. Might have to pony up and get the same thing for the Taco

 

Definitely part of the problem hah getting old sucks. Im also lucky and inherited the blue eye gene so Im already at a loss in the strong eye department

 

The Sony sony xav-ax1000 unit I have allows me to fully turn off the screen with two taps. The only light left is a dimmed white LED behind the [HOME] button. I'd hit any other flashing karaoke seizure inducing light show stereo with my pulaski.

 

The phone is on this...

Dashboard Mount, WizGear Universal Magnetic Car Mount Holder, Windshield Mount and Dashboard Mount Holder for Cell Phones and Tablets with Long Adjustable Arm - (New Rectangle Head)

$18 WixGear Dashboard Mount, Universal Magnetic Phone Holder for Car, Windshield Mount and Dashboard Mount Holder for Cell Phones and Tablets with Long Adjustable Arm – (New Rectangle Head)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M4J0G7I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_q0H0DbJP4T39C

 

I just got one from Amazon today exactly like that. Looking forward to using it, I had the one that utilizes the CD player before and it blocked all the controls on the radio and climate knobs

 

I love this mount. I looked for months, for one that looked like I would like it... and had good reviews.

It is rock solid on the dash... The magnet is rock solid holding the phone... and it's adjustable enough to get it right where I wanted the phone.

I give it 5 stars and 2 thumbs up.

 

That is the original color of my truck, I have thought about going back to the original color on the next paint job.

 

You painted over that low production beautiful metal flake purple? Shame sir! Shame! Although I gotta hand it to your painter, I didn't notice any bare spots when you opened your doors.

 

That color and burnt orange, definitely don’t see them around much

 

They did an awesome job, only purple left is in the engine bay and bed.

 

Did someone say burnt orange?!?

 

ive has two first gens with 3.4 Autos and I’ve never seen that A/T temp light.

 

That's good, cause it only tells you once you've started doing horrible damage not before you do it.