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

I drove it for the first time in over a year

 

Quick unnecessary mod before a snowboard camp trip:

before:



After:



Way harder to track down than I thought it would be

 

How do I down vote a post?

 

Just did this recently too and one of my favorite mods. I was lucky enough to find a nice one at a scrap yard the first time.

 

It’s funny I thought those were standard but I guess it was a option because my no option 5 lug had em

 

Lolol wut why

Yup, stumbled across a totaled lunar mist on fb, scored it for $35 shipped

that’s the strange part, it seems like the ones I have found them on are 5 lugs or trucks I have seen with manual everything

 

Interesting, I feel like I rarely used it.

 

sometimes I am off camber leaned hard one way and I’m in wishing for a place to grab that won’t break my hand if I roll.

that or standing on my sliders and needing to grab inside for some reason.

 

I feel like it might depend on how big and tall someone may be that would depict how they use it, if at all. I’m 6 ft 225 lbs. I could use the leverage lol. Nonetheless, might not be for everyone I guess.

 

The A pillar is unique to 01 Tacoma's, but you went and ruined that.

 

No it's not. You forget I broke my hand on my handle in frank. Also my 95 has it too. Different style naturally..bit still there.

 

lol serious? Why was it so fucking hard to find then?

 

No grab handle is unique to 0. That's why you broke your hand on the handle of a non 01.

You're high. Find me an 01 with a factory driver oh shit handle.

 

the 01-04 is just rounder and pokes out more. But that doesn't make it "special" to me. The smaller one is better IMO honestly.

 

i can’t that’s why it came from a 02

that’s what I’m saying, I couldn’t find them and it’s what I wanted. Couldn’t find them on any 01-04 tbh unless it was base model everything. If you really want no handle trim I’ll sell you my old one for the price I paid for this

 

Weird convo in here. I guess I’m just glad that I have factory grab handles on my 02

Not sure why anyone would NOT want to have them. They’re super nice on off-camber stuff and for grabbing to stand up on my sliders. I also have RAM mounts on both for my phone and my InReach. They’re far and away the best spots I’ve found for both of those things.

 

I don't think you are understanding. It is extremely rare to see an 01 with a driver's side Oh Shit handle.
02-04 have them. It's a toyota-ism.

Why would I need two? Supposedly it makes mounting pillar pods easier if you don't have the handle fwiw.

 

hell, I just noticed there is one on the drivers side of my 03. I've never used it

 

The tires are a 285/75r17 , puts them a little above 34". I haven't had the Yokohama's offroad yet but I can tell you that they are by far the quietest mud terrain I've ever had on the truck. My wife's Civic has more tire noise than these.

 

These tires are grossly underrated for sure! Super quiet and smooth ride! Great on road traction in the dry and wet!
The color match grill was done by the previous owner. I like the white but won't do it again because the little chips and what not over time look horrible. You can look at my build thread for better pix of it.