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

Did a bunch of fun driving last week. My wife tried to climb in the wrong vehicle at least once during our trip.

 

Was looking at that lineup wondering why someone else was refilling your tires
Took me a second to realize that wasn't your truck lol

 

An easy mistake to make

 

Ive GOT to get to Utah soon.... that looks awesome!

 

Thanks dude! Ill absolutely put it under the Hood. Im sure I could make the housing that it comes with work.... but its just big and awkward. This will clean the frt of my truck up big time!

 

These peaks are all in Colorado. We started in Price Utah and ended in Ouray Co (and then a handful of us went into Telluride for a Via Ferrata

 

Thanks.... really rub it in.

Im hoping to make it over that way fall of next year. I need to finish the rear LT on my truck and do plenty of shakedown runs around home. planning on making a 2-3 week trip. Leaving Alabama, hit Utah, Nevada, Socal and Arizona. fingers crossed I can pull it off.

 

Ain't nothin to it but to do it

 

Been down for a couple of weeks messed up my back pulling out the rear axles. The bearings were definitely bad and had a ton of play. The drivers side let go first. It was a huge mess.


I think trying to do the press work myself is what probably did me in. Anyways I was able to get someone to come over and we got the drives side done and the driveshaft put back in . And then 2wks later we did the passenger side. That bearing was going out too there was aa ton of play it just hadn't killed the seal yet. So we were able to get it knock it out pretty quick.
It's nice to have a drivable vehicle again. The truck has been looking a little ratty lately so I did some sprucing up. I hit the fenders with some wipes. They are blackish now instead of light gray. And I replaced the windows trim pieces. They are now black instead of chrome.



I just need to figure out what to do with the grill and hood. The plasti dip is peeling off of the chrome and I tried gooebegone and a power washer on the hood with less than favorable results

 

Did you mark the retainer to check seal depth through the abs holes? That is really the most crucial part and what keeps it from leaking again really soon or not.

Also try aircraft paint remover, that shit works on everything lol. *Might be extreme though*

Heard there is a specific dip dissolver that might work too.