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

To me the 98-00 front end looks bad only because of the stock bumper. I think it looks a hell of a lot better with something aftermarket.

 

3rd gen bumper is FAR worse.

 

Both are turds, but one is diarrhea.

 

01-04 best looking Tacoma

 

What ^ this dude said.

 

Put white LEDs in my cluster. Gonna see how they look tonight

 

did this... with new tires.

 

I often mistake the front of them (01-04) for 2nd gens at a glance. The second gen design is just like a bolded late model 1st Gen

 

Never tried to remove it, but if I had to guess, it's likely a press-fit. Threading would add unnecessary cost to the process, especially on a long part like that

 

I don't think it's a part you can get your hands on either way, so either you make a new one yourself or you clean what you have.

 

01-04 definitely not the prettiest front end but you can’t beat the 4dr cab. And the only thing that sucks worse than a 2nd Gen is a 3rd Gen. Just my $.02

 

Operation” I hate dash rattles”.

 

Tape all plastic on plastic seams with felt tape, luxury cars do this and it works wonders

 

Mini Update:
Smoked my light bars and the side reflectors today!

 

Thanks for the idea. I’m very surprised on how well the plastic has held up. For being 23 years old and 400,000 miles, I have no cracks and the only rattles that I had were from a custom stereo I had done 5 years ago.

 

I’ve taken mine apart for the heater core and put it back together and have no rattle either. 424k miles

 

New white LEDs