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

Yep! I gotta do that since the ones that came with it were worn all the way to the edges! lol

 

when I say stock I just mean height wise really. I would love to put some better springs, shocks et cetera, but to me it is all about finding a good deal. Because like you said, It is not my daily driver and doesn't cost anything to sit. I have been searching for parts on craigslist, as in the parts needed for 4x4 swap.

My only thing is, if I stop working on it and just let it sit while I search for hard to find parts in my area I will loose motivation and be more susceptible to selling it, which I don't want to do.

As far as fiberglass goes, I haven't really found any of those either. If fiberglass I would still like stock appearance. I am not really into the wide fenders because I don't plan on making it look modded or stuffing big wide mud tires under it. I already have a mud/trail play toy. Thats my 87 GMC, although shes a big girl and hard to fit on some trails, it is still a blast.

I just want a nice clean looking truck. That performs well and rides good. I've always thought the Tacomas were beautiful trucks and it took me forever to get my hands on one.

 

Gave it some new shoes. I definitely plan on blacking out the pony emblems. Probably paint a real thick layer of plasti-dip on em. In no way whatsoever do I think this thing's a mustang, but I sure do like the wheels.



CWCID: I'da never done this if I hadn't seen it on raudi's truck. Thanks for the inspiration.

 

Wheeled at a toys for tots event that was hosted by CFS Offroad and Offroadsc.com ( for any fellow South Carolineans that want to get in on some local stuff ) & also got a sweet hoodie & t-shirt from a raffle!





Was a good event and hopefully all the kiddos will be happy!

 

Yeah, these are actually 17s which I think is the right size for these little tacos, but the Ranger would handle 18s nicely. They're just a little more beefy looking truck.

 

Changed my oil and rotated my tires.

 

Made a antenna mount. Just got to prime it, mount it and paint it

 

Used my truck for some tailgating today. That is all.

 

picked up a new taco today
its an 00 4wd 4cylinder automatic, i like it a lot better than my old one mainly due to it being 4x4, but im definitely gonna miss having a V6 and power windows

 

i've done fine without power windows

besides it getting broken into, that is...


didn't you just cut up the bed to make a spare carrier / mod the other one?

 

x3

 

Got a topper a few days ago and picked up my donor leafs from a jeep to rebuild mine rears. They can off a buddies jeep they were only on for about a month...

 

Well another good thing about this new truck is you start with a fresh build!

But why did you get rid of your old truck?

 

I had some extra rock lights laying around so I wired up some lighting for my engine bay and then also for my floor mats, just thought it would be a cool little mod. here are some pictures.

I just got another switch that turns off the lights when the doors are shut and turns them on when the doors open, wired it into my fuse box, mounted the lights (same LED lights as in the pics below)


They are just wired to a switch so If I need some light, I got it! These pictures are from my buddys truck, my truck has two LED lights.

 

Removed a little surface rust on the rear bumper of my new 2003 auto Prerunner. Needs new rotors and pads.... can't wait to add that to the "What have you done......" 3rd. Taco, great trucks!!

 

my old taco is in the scrap yard waiting to be torn apart... I wasnt at the wheel at the time of the accident. My dad was and it was a total loss, he walked away perfectly fine though which is the most important thing IMO. Thats the reason why I got this one

 

sorry for your loss, glad your dads OK.
i assume the front flares didn't survive?

 

believe it or not they survived the crash (it was a roll over) but I didnt have time to take them off before our insurance company came to pick up the truck. Sorry dude

 

that ok, just happy your dad is OK, the tacoma's seem to do good in rollovers.

 

I bet they would let you take stuff off at the scrapyard.