1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

pink or purple would be hawt

 

this is fun from last decade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TS5tvbYJsc

 

You're on to something....that's actually a good idea on a white truck with black trim/armor.

 

he keeps asking me the same.


Last night I'm at my buddy's shop working on the Tacoma and he's like "so.. dumb question but why don't you just order a Diamond housing for the front instead of messing around with all this IFS stuff?"

great question, especially since he's been building 4x4s for like 22 years

I think I will end up going that direction but the urgency will be dictated by how many CVs and hubs I go through. With your hubs I have 2 spares and I have 3 spare CVs for now. If those hold up and I blow up the ARB or front gears instead then I will be looking at that solid axle more seriously

 

Rustoleum has 2 or 3 shades of pretty sweet purple right now

 

if Krylon is your flavor they have purple too, I just prefer rustoleum. I bought the a can of purple krylon that was decent for a project for the GF

 

I may stupidly decide something along those lines, if I downed my Tacoma for awhile.

I may even more stupidly decide to take on another financial debt (4runner?) once the Mustang is paid off; only 17 payments left. I won't pay it off early cause that'd be stupid...I'm at 0% on it.

 

The "top shelf" rustoleum enamel is all I use.

 

Rustoleum 2X is Gods Spraypaint.

 

Have you seen where people paint their cars with it and use 2K clear rattle cans? Turns out pretty damn good with a lot of elbow grease

 

@Kwikvette your avatar is still cracking me up even though I've seen it before

 

Still thinking about painting my truck but I can't make up my mind

 

I’m glad I did

 

It's less of a question of whether I will but more of a question of whether I can let myself paint it something wild and instead of staying with this somewhat uncommon factory color

 

Once you get the diff sealed, hubs done, and CVs sourced... You can install the front part of the swap, and then come back and do the Trans, Tcase, drivelines as a second phase.

I would recommend doing it that way. It gets about 1/3 of the swap done. I wouldn't try and do the entire thing all at once on a weekend, etc.

 

Get ready to pay up the ass!

They wanted I think like upwards of $1,500 what I paid $450 for. That’s more than what my entire swap cost.

 

And I actually had that thought in the back of my mind some months back.

You've just confirmed it.

 

Don’t even bother trying to find the right rear driveshaft. Just get your old one shortened. They can change your u-joints at the same time.