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

I can't remember exactly what I did, but I do remember having to make some minor modifications to get it to fit. It's been in there for over a year know, though, and has worked fine.

 

Lol.

That was my goal......

 

If you have any more details on the fabbing and finessing you did, I'm all ears. I just got a couple of new brackets for the t4R bumper, and it looks like I'm going to need to drill at least one hole in them each. We have a drill press in the house, so it seems like a process of "figure out the distance and size of hole, clamp it down, and drill slowly with a bit that's good for metal" but I'm still really new to all this.

 

Finally a bumper, skid, and winch

 

They released some nifty pro action shots of Trudy out on the autocross this weekend... thought some Tacoma World citizens may like to take a peek into this region!

 

I haven't done a proper install yet and don't have any pictures handy of my hack job... but basically, I wiggled things around until the alignment pins on the bumper fit over the frame and the front bolt holes lined up. Mine is currently installed using just the front bolts. I didn't use the side brackets because I didn't have them--I'm not sure if they'll line up.

Be mindful of your paint if you do it this way. There's a good chance of scratching it while you're fighting the bumper.

I think your drilling plan sounds like the right idea. You might also want to cut the alignment pins off the brackets to get a little more freedom of movement.

 

The "bone-crunching" 2.4 inline 4 cylinder with a K&N filter and Borla muffler!!

Take a gander at this beast... it is classified as STX "Street Touring eXtreme"



Scoop yourself up one of these high performance "sleepers" before the secret is out!

 

Replacement Bilsteins + Semi-annual Fluid Film application.

 

Cleaned and lubed my sticky rear passenger door lock mechanism.

 

Now you and @Kwikvette can be twins

 

You both have bad taste in 4R colors

 

Black vehicles in general


Dirty nasty

 

Why did you get another runner?

 

Just installed my Ultra-gauge mx, man!! What a piece of mind knowing with the trans & engine temp is instead of relying on a dummy light and a needle.

 

Two words.

Ceramic Coating.

Best investment for a black car, outside of PPF

 

Fair. The idea and fantasy is there. The result may not be what I have in mind though

Okkk

 

Supercharger has a new scary whine, and I noticed the nose cone has been leaking. Looks like it needs a rebuild. :/

I ordered some new oil, hoping it fixes it. The last Blackstone Oil test I sent in came back with bearing material found in the oil.

Anyone have experience with Jon Bond?