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

yeah i herd they even pull people for thing hanging from the rear view mirror. in richmond you have a 50/50% chance of getting pulled for things like that and 50/50 on the cop being nice or a ***

 

3m?? what are the specs? cost??

You doing a major suspension overhaul??

 

Pretty sure he was kidding about the 3M flares.

 

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I just woke up and was like Waaaaaa...those have to be Glassworks..haha

 

just finished installing my new seats and harness's, two 6.5 kicker speakers for the door and two 6x9 speakers in boxes mounted between seats. Also finished my bed cage been a busy day

 

Looks like they fit way better than my glassworks ones too.. yeah dealing with tim was a nightmare, I drove 2x from san diego to huntington beach to pick them up, neither time was ready for 4-5 hours later than quoted ... not a fan.

 

Ordered a cheap spacer lift....woo!

 

Finally blacked out my bumpers.

 

Will do! Its gonna look weird with my little 265's...next year I get my 285 km2's

 

You Literally beat me by like a week putting mine on, not gonna but them on till I get them color matched, plus I'm gonna use some of that money for spring break

 

What did you use to do it? It looks great btw.

 

They look better than the ones on Hannemann's site, IMO. Got more pics?

 

I installed my cobra 18 into the dash and hooked up a 4 ft firestik, and it was the most painstaking install I have ever done. It took 3 install attempts, about 9 hours over 3 days to trim and test fit and re-trim the piece of shit aftermarket plastic radio bracket and also wire, install and tune the antenna. But that was easy. But finally its in.



the antenna is mounted to the bed rail and the power wires are tapped into the radio and cig lighter fuses.

 

Changed the oil and filter, rotated dem tahrs.

BTW, I like to remove the stocks skids when I do an oil change and get the filter from underneath, and it is also just a good time to inspect in general.

I know some folks think taking the skids off and putting them back on is a pain. But I think I figured out the easiest way yet.

As some have already pointed out, leave the skids bolted together in the middle. Less fuss. But holding and aligning for install can still be a bit of a pain.

First, loosen the two rearmost bolts, but leave them in.

Next, on your creeper, go under feet-first so your whole body is under the skids. (Assumes truck wheels on ground, no jacking, and you have enough clearance because your beer gut is not too big )

Take out all three front bolts. The front of the skid will hang by two hooks in the cross piece. If it doesn't seem secure, leave the front middle bolt in loosely.

Roll under a little more with your knees under the rear skid, and reach down along either side of your body and remove the bolts with your fingers. You can push your knees against the skid to relieve pressure.

Begin rolling back out from under the truck, letting the rear of the skid down, and then you can unhook the front of the skid and rest the whole assembly on your body. Roll out and put it aside.

Install is reverse of course, but the nice part is you can install the front middle bolt loosely so it acts as a secure pivot for the rest of alignment. Then you can use your knees and hands to shift the whole skidplate assembly side-to- side and push it flush against the frame as needed to start the two rearmost bolts first. After than, run all the bolts down.

 

I used duplicolor bumper coating. Love the way it looks. I think I'm going to do the fender flares with it too.

 

Beautiful install. One of the best/cleanest I've seen

 

Designing a bed rack. not done yet

 

Color matched my grill. I ordered the paint from Automotive Touchup and it's top notch as far as matching my original paint. A couple before and afters. Also specked my badges. The "delete all chrome bug" has hit me all at once =)