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

Hey meat. Call me if you need help painting the grill. I'll ride up and help ya bro.

 

Thank hammer. I'm still getting used to stepping over them. Hehe.

 

I'm not spending any money on my 98 front... so I'm gonna slowly acquire parts for my 95-97 swap

 

Just finished the final coats of paint and now on to my Red Rock Lights. Oh and to dechrome it for Madjik!!!!

 

Debadging is much easier when your truck is sitting in the hot blazing sun.

And don't do it for me... do it for yourself! If you're not doing it for yourself, then you gotta do it for Johnny man... for Johnny

 

Stay golden Pony Boy

 

My rear diff has been leaking pretty bad since Moab due to mashing it up a bit on Cliffhanger. I decided to finally pull the third and try to re-seal everything tonight. Only problem is that when I pulled of the drums I discovered that one of the axles seals is leaking. Sooooo, I put everything back together and just topped off the gear oil... I'm gonna have to order an axle seal from Toyota on Monday... Might as well pull everything out at once, right? I was also hoping to order a heavy duty pinion seal from Marlin for my 8" since that has been leaking since I re-geared lol but I can't seam to find one for the 8" rear... ??? Anyone have the link or knowledge about this? All I could find was this: http://www.marlincrawler.com/differential/parts/heavy-duty-pinion-seal and maybe that'll work too, i just don't know. I may just have to replace it with an OEM seal since it appears to be out of stock anyway....

 

Omg lol ok. I've had way to many drinks tonight to do it for Johnny. Hell bro I'm doing just so the whole truck is blacked out.

 

What should I use to black this out???
Plasti-dip? Bed liner coating? Regular flat black spray paint?

 

Primer and flat black spray paint

 

I haven't used any regular spray paint for the truck yet. What's a decent one? And is self-etching primer okay to use?

 

I don't think you need self-etching primer. Probably overkill. Just a good primer for better adhesion.

I'd also clean it real well. I like the prep wipes duplicolor makes. (just wear some protective gloves when using it... my skin turned white and peeled off)

I really like the results of the Rustoleum spray paint for plastic. Let it cure for a few days and it's tough as nails.

 

Awesome! Thanks bruh

 

want.

those.

wheels.




so clean

 

Installed Toytec shocks and coils. Tomorrow I get to order a new sway bar connector bolt. Grrrrrr

Now I need to sleep, alarms goes off in 4 hours for work.

Damn bolt only lasted 223k...

My body Bill taking a break.

they look good once we got them in.

 

Just rip that sway bar off. With the coilovers you don't even need it. Plus it will ride a lot better offroad without it.

I have had mine off for 5 years

 

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you'll never look back