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

Dude Jon and i are meeting this weekend lol see our sigs??

And yea where you located? id help too

 

I'm in Laramie. I see you guys are going to Lander this weekend... The GF's dad is going to be in town, I'm a no-go on that . Where are you Blackdawg?

 

clear up in the opposite end of the state lol Im in Powell. So Jon will help you..not me haha

But yea its gonna be fun!

here is the main trail for saturday!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5b6JsTnKVI

This guy sucks at pickin lines lol

 

Seafoamed, cleaned the MAF, and did an oil change using OEM filter and Mobil 1. It was my first oil change on this truck and holy hell its a PITA!! Any tricks/pointers? I had to take the skid plate off then crank on the filter w/ one of those special tools. The PO must have really tightened that thing too much.

plasti-dipped then painted my front emblem too

 

That looks like fun

 

its gonna be

 

Those are cool! How much and where?

 

Nice work! Did you mean to say that you had to use a special tool to crank "off" the filter? Usually you are supposed to hand tighten oil filters (some filters give specific instructions, like Mobil1 that I use which tell you to tighten until a certain mark on the filter is pointing up and then turn it another quarter turn...)

Even though you can change the oil with the skid plate on, it is better to take it off or you will end up with a pool of oil trapped on the skid plate when you take the filter off. I have done it many times leaving the skid plate on but it makes a rather nasty mess so to do it correctly it is sort of a pain to remove seven bolts and a two piece skid plate...

 

built new 6 over arms. will complete the other arm, box and plate, and get them on my race truck. for all of you not following the build and wanting to know more, it is under 1st gen tacomas and it is my 2002 tacoma race truck build.

 

Yeah they look real good in person.

I bought them off of eBay seller: glee2263 they were $6.79 for 2. You'll need 4 in total.

Good luck

 

Got my oil changed..all synthetic. New oil filter and rotated my tires. Also vacuumed out my interior from the last trip to the river...My buddy spilled Cheese Its and candy corn everywhere....

Also got new Bosch wiper blades.

That's hard stuff to do when you're living on campus! Haha

 

debadged. but i posted it in the 2nd gen one somehow

 

Does anyone have floor liners in the back of the double cab? What brand would you recommend? I don't think weather tech makes liners for the back.

Rain is about to come and need some protection.

 

I think this might be what you're looking for.

http://www.huskyliners.com/site//Custom%20Molded%20Floor%20Liners?dt=&d=2&ct=29&answer=107&previous=49#ColorChange

 

yea crank "off" ; Some asshat at the dealer I bought the truck from must have tightened the shit out the filter, it was really hard to get off. I had to use a filter wrench. I always tighten the filter by hand.

The rear skid was completely caked w/ old oil and sand, so I power washed it and put it back. Guess I'm gonna get real good at removing and replacing it..

 

Thank You sir!

Do you have any experience with this brand?

 

Got my tube bent up for the wings on my rear bumper.Only 4 months later I should have them on in another 4 lol.

 

Sorry, I don't.

Looks good! It'll keep those trees at bay.

 

Cool thanks.

Where did you get your color matched grill?

The silver one that is in your wheel thread

 

Uhh I color matched it silver in a can at first, now it's herculined as is the hood.

ETA: Not sure which thread you're referring to.