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

New to TW. Just put on some billie 5100s on the front of my 03 and love it! Money well spent.
Want some under the rail bed lights next. Any suggestions?

 

Nice.....I put the exact same on my truck on old 4runner rims

 

12000k? So they are purple?

 

Nothing like trading lots of useful light for annoying colored HIDs lol

 

x2

 

waiting on lights...:0

 

Got my CB installed w/ the cheap walwart antenna. Got a Cobra DX 19 IV for $35 from wally world. Going to run a 5' firestik when I get paid.

 

Where are you planning on mounting the firestick? I've had my CB unit for awhile but have yet to decide on what antenna to get or where to mount it.

 

sweet pic, i wish mine was and extended cab

there is fog like that around the lakes in SC and pulling out of my side road onto the main road absolutely sucks. you cant see the cars until there on top of you and only their headlights if they happened to have them on. i just look closely then go and pray i don't get t-boned.

 

I have a bed bar in the front of the bed for when I used to haul dirtbikes, I will probably mount it on that w/ some self tapping screws on the passenger side. w/ a 5' firestik I should have about 3' of antenna above the cab of the truck.

 

Just my opinion, but I think it would look even better with white letters turned inward... Or paint them to match your truck...

 

I was thinking of painting the white red since I have a red pin stripe

 

Yeah fog is terrible. Especially at night. I live in greenville and never see fog like that. It was really nerve racking. Wish i had a better camera to capture how awesome it was. Right past those trees on the right was a 1000 foot drop!

 

Got the new muffler installed today, sounds great!

It is a Magnaflow 18" XL3, Part # 13265, and I don't think I've heard any sound clips of this specific type before. Most all the types I've heard before have been the "Universal" straight through type. This one has chambers in it and is supposed to be a little quiter than the straight through from what I've been told and read.

I had Muffler King do the install (who I've always had do all my exhaust work as they provide fantastic customer service and the best quality around for this type of thing that I can find) and said that he has not installed this specific muffler on any of these trucks before...only the universal. He said in comparison, the XL3 is deeper and quiter. I was really amazed at just how quite it really is. Infact, inside the cab, it sounds near stock only with a slightly deeper tone. I had a new section of 2.25" tailipipe routed up above and behind the framerail completely hidden out of site, painted black. Even with this set up, there is zip, zero, notta of any drone to be found inside the cab. It's too early to tell about mpg's, but overall it gives the feeling of being able to breath a little better. I'm very happy with it and it's just what I was looking for.

Highly recommended for somebody that wants a little deeper tone, yet still being well within the ball park of having that near stock sound.

Here is a couple of photos and what good what it do without a sound clip, so you'll see that below.





http://youtu.be/ohnFqBAx-Bw

 

Got my Dashboard LED's installed on my '04 Tacoma Double Cab... FYI, ordered on Tuesday, received on Friday of the same week... Also, I ordered new bases ($1/each), but they didn't work, had to end up using the original bases, so save yourself the money and don't order them... Took just over an hour including me taking off the airbag, then realizing I didn't need to ROFL...

Find your bulbs here: http://www.superbrightleds.com/vehicle_led_bulb_finder.php
You will need to order 4 bulbs for the Instrument Cluster! (mine were $5.95/ea)

Easy instructions here: http://www.customtacos.com/tech/index.php?article=77

 

where did you get that switch?

 

what does the base you order do? do the lights not fit properly?

 

It's just a replacement light base, it just goes in and twists, but not sure why they didn't work, thought maybe it was the bulbs, but I put the LED's in the old light bulb base and it worked perfect...

Basically it holds the bulb and when you insert it and twists, it makes the connections on the computer board (well it's supposed to), there are no visible wires, just looks kind of like a computer circuit board...

 

could you show me a link to the exact bulbs you bought. i ordered some and just want to know if they will be the same brightness