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

Nope, if it rides how you like it there's nothing wrong with that. Two different suspension types anyway, never know what you'll like better until you try it

 

Yeah, that truck is clean... if insurance pays out properly it could work out good.

 

that's what I was thinking. Insurance pay out would probably cover a flat bed build at a minimum.

 

Yeah I didn't want to play it down but if that happened to me I would be happy... But.....my bed is shitty, my truck is rusty and i would love an excuse to get rid of it... Plus I would take that little wrinkle in the frame over mine which is rust reformed on a weekly basis, plated and I had to buy that milwaukee 1400lb impact to break bolts cause im sick of grinding them off. So, im biased i guess. lol

 

me and @Rustacoma did a compression check on his #4 after a misfire and it was like 50psi... Pulled head and found the culprit... water up intake??

 

lololol. yep. a hole through a valve will do that! that's wild. did you guys find any shrapnel in there?

 

na, that truck has been running on that burned valve for prob 2 years... lol.. he just bought it... we are doing a rusty restore on it... basically everything is new now just like what i had to do to mine...

 

Lol, story of my life with the 99... literally hope it breaks in half every time I drive it somewhere. The cracks are starting to get pretty bad, maybe it’ll be dead in the driveway next time I go home.

 

lol... get every plate saf t cap makes and you are good... now its just all the other stupid shit on mine... lol

 

Thanks! I tried to put thought into what I did to it. Everything was done from a practicality perspective.

I hope it does! I’m thinking an Aussie style flatbed/canopy/wedge camper build. Will definitely be raptor coating the cab if I keep it.

I’m really hoping the frame is straight, or fixable at a decent price. Also hoping insurance is relatively decent to me if it is totaled. I can’t imagine getting rid of this thing. It’s been about the only constant in my life since I’ve owned it and has been my baby for 9 years. Hell, I even called it home for 6 months.

Y’all are great. I love this community. Hope to update you guys with good news and a new build that both makes ya envious and gives you inspiration.

 

youre good man.. def don't get rid of it.. even if you just find a new bed and put it on and fix the body damage on truck... that thing is still nicer than 80% of first gens out there..

 

But, if you want to sell it let me know... ill buy... lol..

 

Haha! Every phone call I’ve made about parts for it this afternoon has resulted in people asking about if I sell it.

Gives me hope.

 

good luck brother!!

 

If your that worried about it, I’ll take those progressive shocks off of your hands free of charge. Just so you’re not fucking with things.

 

back in the game!!!!!

 

Ima just let it die

 

dont be a quitter

 

btw... how do you have a rusty truck in utah???

 

Utah loves dat salt