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

Ahh, I see. You reuse the sleeves on the ES ones. Boy, that sounds terrible.

 

yeah no doubt haha but some do it. Most have been doing the whitelines though. I think these will work better. hoping to put them in the little truck this fall.

 

I gotta get at this. Planning to run 36x15.5 MTZ's for snow season. Body mount chop is done on mine already, did it when I swapped the double cab on. I'll get at it this fall. Yours looks good.

 

Got a coat of primer on my front and rear plate bumpers. Tomorrow will be a good coat of Raptor Liner. This rehab is just about to wind down.

 

https://www.amazon.com/VanTop-Waterproof-Enhanced-Starvis-Assistance/dp/B07XZ1D226

Here you go. $15 off at the moment. Mounts over the existing mirror and covers it really well. I can also close my visor easily with it installed.

 

Awesome, thanks. Can you/have you run it with the rear-facing camera on full time? That would be my primary use for it.

 

Is that due to GFC? I, too, am blocked with Tepui...

 

That's why I put a reverse cam in mine recently. The canvas on my rack blocks all view. But at least with my cam it came down to how you wired it up if it was on full time. I tapped into an accessory power that was on when the truck is on so the camera is powered all the time, and the head unit trigger is tapped into the reverse switch. So on my head unit I can switch to look at the reverse cam if I need to even if I am not in reverse. I would assume these cams would be operational based on how you wire it as well.

 

Yeah, although I've gotten used to it. This would just be nice to have, plus you never know when you'll want a video of stuff that's happening in front or behind you.

 

FYI that camera setup only lets you do 2.5K on the front and 1080 on the rear or vise versa. No 2.5k on both. You need the next model up to run both at 2.5k.

 

Post a link? That vendor only offers an $80.00 1080p and that one that was posted.

 

Yes, that’s what I am doing. Works perfectly for it.

 

Good call, I really only need/want it for the rear but might as well have the capability to do both at high res.

If you scroll down to the side by side comparison between models, there is a $69, $99, and $149 version. The $149 one does 2.5K front and rear.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089SVCW1X/ref=emc_b_5_i

Yeah I mean I know you're getting it for the utility of it. But might as well have it for the worst case scenario too to be able to ID anyone.

 

Of what??

 

man. Your killing lately haha

I'll pass, no need for those.

 

not saying they aren't still haha I just want to use the other option I've found and the other truck don't use stock arms so..yeah.

 

My original lift springs werent strong enough to hold the front of the roof up at their deplyed angle, so I installed new stronger ones (I had been using prop-sticks before). They were much too strong to be used regularly, but I wasnt in a position to mess with them at the time so I clamped the lid closed and drove home. I took a weird gust of wind while passing a semi-truck at 75mph on the freeway which helped the gas springs start the lift. Once they started, the springs just buckled the aluminum frame and snapped it.

I'm bummed, but this is an oportunity to build the roof better, stronger, lighter. I'm going to try using aluminum 8020 T-track, aluminum composite material roof, and a better waterprooof fabric ( see @Ripcord 's excelent write-up here https://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/diy-wedge-camper-gfc-replica.213267/)

I'm just glad I didnt hurt anybody. Stay positive, you know? We need it these days.

 

Have you seen a double-din head unit that does dash-cam DVR duty? I've got the only one I could find installed, but its a Pyle and it truly is a pile. It's a bummer that the big-boys like Kenwood or Pioneer dont have a headunit that will do front and rear dash-cam.

 

Love your attitude. Stoked to see what you cook up for this