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

301k. But it was a west coast truck for 21 years so no rust which is impossible to find around here in the rust belt.

 

Im astounded that the side plastic piece is intact on the drivers seat.

 

These are definitely the BOMB,
Didn't know what I was missing.

Takes a bit getting used too, the High beam is SOO bright and shoots really high.

Im having a little trouble getting the lens socket lined up horizontally as there is no adjustment in the headlights for horizontal.
Going to Have to keep rotating the socket, loosing the nut then tight it, trial and error is all one can do to get the horizontal beams correct. Then maybe jbweld it in place once horizontal is set
The days of crappy headlights are OVER!

 

It looked like it was a clean and well cared for truck before somebody rolled it. It took quite a bit of frontal impact before it landed on the roof. Strangely, no air bags were deployed. I found a State Police warning ticket in one of the seat pockets and determined the owner lived about 10 miles to the north of me and very near the junk yard.

 

I used it ‘cause I’m Mexican, well half to be honest.

 

Im fucking with ya man. Im a taliban i been told

 

literally blew through 8oz. of this product, hands still wreak of it hours later

 

Last night I did the corner blinker/fog light wiring mod, swapped the “new” fogs to clear/white lenses. Tonight I swapped in the EP35 to fix the hyper flash and replaced the “new” blinker bulbs with amber LEDs. Worked like a charm!! Looks good for an old pick em up!

 

I hate to hear this, cause I know the struggle. My 96 will go up for sale some time this spring, nothing wrong with it, just need more cab room than these little ACs have. Guess I'll see you in the turd gen neighborhood .

 

What did you use it for? We’re you huffing it?

 

cleaning these wheel arch mouldings out somewhat thoroughly so the sliding clip things would move more freely
broke the first one trying to use tap water and forcing one to move
it seemed to free the 22+ years of dirt, mud, sand caked in behind them much better but took a couple more hours than i was planning on!
if i had known these pieces were not sealed up air tight against the fenders/liners i probably would have taken them all off, 20+ bolts, and cleaned them on a more routine basis.

 

That was my other reason for needing to at least get something new. If I plan to have kids I will need a back seat. A newer 4 door provides that. So far I have been enjoying the 2017. I will miss the hell out of the first gen but I am sure I will be back in one at some point.

 

Another taco down...
Hit and run, well I did the hitting and they did the running..

 

This sucks, for you. Sorry, looks repairable but will be expensive

 

What’s the red Fluid on the floor

 

Blood, antifreeze Im sure or transmission fluid

 

Dang hit that other car hard

 

Fix it!!!

 

Bummer, It's going to take a lot of work to fix it but possible.