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

yup.

 

Yup, derp'd the outside, rustoleumed the inside of the rim (want to be able to return them to stock and sell 'em when i can afford the rims i want.)

i also wire-wheeled a bunch of rust flake crap off the drums/axle/etc. and painted 'em all. with "Rust Tough" paint/primer.

I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Also, there's about 400#'s of tools and crud in the back, plus the topper wait on a wheelers 5-pack... I'll probably be getting an AAL this spring to allow for more weight/mild height increase.

 

^^Sexy

get thos corner lights done too next! hehe

 

I love the wheels. Are they just the stock ones?

 

yep They are. Repainted stock rims FTW!

 

Practiced parallel parking for the driving test. Mom's car was in the back.

 

What type of paint? That looks like a nice inexpensive mod that the 15 year old can do!

 

my dad litereally found the lil speaker..and put a screw through it..seemed to do the trick. Or you could just cut power to the speaker and tape it off.


On a side note, check out this sweet old Toyota i saw today!

 

If you disconnect the wires under the seat that go to the "seat occupancy sensor" (don't know the real name) you'll be GTG

 

Any special type of paint used for this? What are the steps used? (sanding, primer....?)

 

Matthew, PM'd you back - Plasti-dip/sprayed them. (AKA, Plasti-Derp/Derp'd/Derp-a-derp/Plasti'd/removable paint) about $6 a can around here. I gave 'em a good cleaning and went through 2 cans for just the fronts and caps of the rims, black enamel painted the insides. Make sure you paint the caliper/drums and wheel wells too (With real spray paint, not Plasti.)

And also - yeah, these stock rims look 1000 times better painted black...

Edit - that 80's Yota is sweet!

 

neither does mine

 

is ur seat plugged in?

 

yeah

 

mine makes no noise either

 

Hey, I've got a 2001 silver double cab off road and I was thinking about somehow putting black rims on. I was wondering, i've never used Plasti-Dip, so do you guys think that it will hold up? I live in Dallas, Texas and I don't know of the heat will affect it. I also go off Roading occasionally, if that would affect them.

 

Finished up my homemade mesh grill (because I don't want to buy a $150 grill that costs <$20 to make)

 

^^ Looks pretty damned good. What material did you use?

 

Thanks for the messages but I'm still wondering if it will withstand the Texas heat and going off road

 

Thanks. It's screen door mesh from Home Depot (~$10-15)





I also spray painted the insides with high heat rustoleum to black out any silver parts and white paint