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

where exactly is this? I tried looking for it once before and was lead to believe my model doesn’t have one? DCSB SR5 v6

 

Should have rolled up a pack of smokes in his sleeve.

 

check behind the passenger side kick panel. As in the chunk of plastic on the side of the cab by your feet door side. Just undo the 4 screws that hold the door trim down on the cab. Lift it out and the pull hard on the kick panel.

I believe that is where it is.

Far as I know all our truck have the relay. Its what sends the power to the actuator's to move.

 

Swapped the RTT from the trailer to the truck for an upcoming trip.

 

What a pain in the ass

 

Today I updated one of the most visible dilapidated parts for my first gen.. either you have done this yourself or you need to!!

Went from my "long term chrome conversion" weatherstrip:


To showroom floor fresh oem goodness!


Simply used this plastic putty knife under the trim to pry it up from the rear of the cab without issues. Then popped the new part in by sliding the front in first, lining up the clips, and snapping it into place.



Here is the part # for those in need 68160-04020, I sure wish all updates where this easy and sexifying!!

 

That is a big to do for me!

 

Today was uneventful. I bought new wipers.


But Sunday. I spent most of Sunday morning drawing flatbed ideas.

 

I bought new wipers recently and actually splurged on decent one's for a change, definitely worth it. I always went cheap with wipers, not like we need them a ton in socal, but even still it gets old when they don't last for crap. Got some RainX ones and they work way better than anything I've bought before...usually whatever was least expensive

 

I'm a big fan of the mid range. Nothing fancy, but gets the job done and isn't godawful. I'm not a picky person. They never last more than a year anyway, although they might do better now that I'm not in TX.

 

It's made by Raven, I'm not sure exactly what it is, I've never heard of it either. I found it on Offerup for $150.

 

Sack up! Its easy man. If i was close to you i would do it for you! Only takes 2 coors lights. Lol

 

+1 on the RainX...

Running those on my truck, wife's truck, and just put them on @RobertsT4R about a couple weeks ago.

 

Speaking of @RobertsT4R... he got some new (used) wheels and 285s today... makin steps.

 

Look like they could be Volk clones. Looks good man

 

I’m like 8 hrs into doing both. So cal truck but everything is seized and needs heat

 

Oh man I hate that, when you have to torch everything it freaking takes forever

 

love you

that’s what I did... still gotta remove the old shit. Also replacing everything else. anything else?

 

Konig Countersteer

Thanks man! @RobertsT4R (my son) is hella stoked. The truck is makin big steps pretty quickly (for him). Should be pretty worthy to hit the trails by the time we're ready to start going up there.

He was really stoked to buy it. But I think all the work was overwhelming to him at first. He got a great deal on it because it needed work... I told him, get a 1st Gen Taco or 3rd Gen T4R with a 3.4 and a good frame and we can do whatever needs to be done... now he's starting to believe me.

 

Completely agree with y'all on that, those things are very well built and very capable.
Konig Countersteer, there's a new search term for my wheel searches. Sweet