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

@K-DubTaco looks great. Did you prime, basecoat, clear coat. I was pricing paint out and it seemed like it was gonna cost me $800-$1000. What did you use for paint? It came out looking great!

 

Makin some progress

 

Looks like a great setup!

 

yes give the details!!! I am going to be doing a garage paint job soon! Was going to just rattle can it and maybe wet sand or whatever… maybe a cheap HF spray gun is in order…

 

Anyone have recommendations for replacing just the fan pulley bracket on a 3.4? Mine is wobbling and I believe is the source of the bearing noise I'm hearing.

I can't seem to find the bracket by itself, it's always bundled with the fan clutch and outer pulleys, and around $600.

Prefer not to use Amazon if possible

 

When I replaced mine, I got it from RockAuto. It was OEM (Aisin)




***Edit... just looked, they still have them.

 

Hydrobumps are in...



Measurements for the pieces for the strike pads are sent to @Kwikvette

Now we let his magic laser table do some shit.

 

Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for

 

It’s actually rolled on Rustoleum from Lowe’s. I read several posts and an article in Hot Rod Magazine about painting cars this way. I did my 98 back in December. I get compliments and questions about it all the time. It takes longer to paint it that way, but the results are pretty awesome. There’s no clear coat. It’s an oil based acrylic paint. I’ve seen up to 7 year follow ups and the paint is still just as shiny. After you let it cure for a week or so, you buff it with McGuires compound, then polish it. After that it’s just slapping some wax on it. I’ve had people tell me it looks like a $4,000-$5,000 paint job.Here’s my 98.

 

Already done

 

Little upholstery

 

Did you get replacement retainers? I tried to find them when I removed mine and could never figure out the part number

 

Which retainers? I haven't had these in for a while but nothing broke on the way out that I remember

 

might go this route. But not to worried about the dents. Im sure it will make shit harder to paint tho

 

Dang that looks great man, both trucks!!! I’m sold! I was going to rattle can my hood, fenders and bedsides but this looks epic! Do you know the product name and/or have a link to a write up etc?

 

If you live anywhere remotely sunny, don't do it. 5-year lifespan

 

Oh really! SoCal is pretty sunny. Guess back to rattle can special!

 

Well.. rattle can is rustoleum too

I did mine with a Harbor freight gravity feed in college using the Rustoleum "professional" quarts. Looked great the first few years, but was a constant headache taking care of it and it eventually faded pretty bad. A shop dripped brake fluid on it, and it stripped in those places completely.

 

hey, new to the Tacoma community and recently picked up a 1st Gen. I’m curious to know how to test the Elocker? Thanks and sorry for the newbish question. Im sure the 4x4 works but I’m going to put it on a lift later this week to verify.