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

Yea, its the middle one.

 

always, just stunning pictures bobert.

 

i havnt read much but i think your talking about steering bushings? if youcnat get the out just melt them out....and as for getting the new ones in lube the crap out of them....good luck

 

well i didnt really melt mine out but i got them real hot and plyable and then ya

 

soak them in penetrating fluid over night. Also make sure you cut the lip off the old bushings with a razor, that makes a huge difference. Like I said, a huge pair of channel locks and a socket just big enough to fit through the hole worked well to press them out. Took no more than an hour.

 

but you dont get to play with fire this way...

 

lol true. Just watch that PS fluid, you don't want to boil it.

 

ha ya i only did this to the big barrel one on the driver side and worked pretty good but soaking them is probably the best option

 

matches the decals now! looks sweet man.

 

Once the sun decides to shine it is awfully pretty in this state. The first pic is on private land. Timber companies own most of the private land that is up there. By the time you get to that reservoir its turned into the Tillamook State Forest. Just on the other side of that mountain (South Saddle Mtn) in the last pic is the main OHV area for this part of the state. The state owns a pretty significant amount of the Coastal Range in that neck of the woods.

 

Washed and detailed it. Blacked out the frame again and wheels. Should I paint the wheels soild black or leave them like they're

 

Go black and never look back.

That's my opinion... your truck is sick as is. It would be ubersick if you went with black wheels

 

Painted the bedcage.

 

Thanks man. Next question is should I paint my bumpers black or leave them chrome. I'm color matching the grill in a week or two.

 

Now

 

I've been reading on the black chrome. Seems Ez enough. But will it look good

 

im in the same boat. im about to sell them anyways so no worries.

 

I'd like to get some steelies but not sure I'd like the look. But I like them on others trucks

 

Just changed out the fuel filter, and cleaned the engine compartment. Thought I stripped the male threads on the downstream side of the filter...would've sucked.