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

Nice!

 

Got it inspected (it passed), ordered my new registration, and bought a full tank of gas. 120 bucks later she's happy.

 

Just had a dream I rolled her! Then woke up and saw her shining in the sun!

 

Close call. Good to hear she's okay. Hah.

 

Washed, clay bar, wax.

 

I think it looks uber-retarded with the faded gray valence. And since I can't figure out how to take that POS valence off (without just ripping it off out of pure hatred) so I can dye it black... it's probably gonna stay that way.

Which will be extra motivation to just get rid of the whole fucking thing and put on a 95-97 front end and 01+ bumper

 

You can't figure out how to take the valence off to dye it, but you want to take the whole front end off and replace it with pieces that don't really fit without some modifications...

Just kidding....

 

I still have to say the best mod ever is the oil filter relocation.

I changed in 10 min with hot oil. Didn't burn myself and didn't spil any!

 

Trust me, I'm like wtf?

I see four bolts I could potentially remove to take the POS off. But one of the bolt heads is completely hidden behind plastic crap, so I'm thinking no way...

Plus it's 96 degrees out, no shade and I'm lying on scorching asphalt.

When it comes time to the front end swap, I'm a genius with zip ties

 

replaced spark plugs! with my nifty ghetto plug removal tool

 

How is this done?

 

Plugs and Wires

 

wtf? if you take the plug out and touch it to ground, it will only spark to one of the electrodes. those plugs worked great in my truck so far for 15000k. i used those exact ones. bkr5e-11. just some useless info, but those same plugs are in every ohv briggs and stratton small engine there is.

 

Heat gun it or wipe it down with Mothers Back-To-Black.
I'm sure you can tell which side has been treated and which side has not.

 

where can i get this back to black?

 

Yesterday I installed my billies set at 2.5 to bring my fonnt end up to level with the AAL.

Today i put in a new head unit Kenwood DDX418. I i also bought 4 alpine 5x7 but still need to put them in.


Before the billies and AAL




After the 5100's at 2.5 and AAL






And the head unit

 

Just derp it. $5 and be done with it. Then at least it looks better till you do the swap

 

It should come right off. There are a few bolts but not that hard. Think there is more the 4 tho.

 

Just curious, has anyone seen this sold in stores in your area? It's Rustoleum Industrial Enamel. I figured they'd have it at HD and Lowe's but no luck. The only have the High Perf Enamel.