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

That would be awesome. I'm looking for a reason to not do a retro haha. I'd rather spend that money on a lift.

 

Lift it !!

 

Ha I'm trying man just tight on money right now. When funds become available I will order bistein/eibach for the front and I'm going to rebuild my rear leafs. Trying to line up a buyer on my MT classic 2's and get them sold so I can order some Mickey Thompson sidebiters. Then when I'm not driving 70+ miles a day, throw some 33x12.50 duratracs on it.

So much to do, so little monies

 

Got my new 20" okledlight bar in the other day and mounted. Also made up a switch panel. Front led bar and rear lights on the back rack

 

Nice Job on the switch panel.

 

Cleaned my engine bay and painted my power steering cooler brackets.

 

Got a Viper alarm system installed today. No more using the key to get in
GF's 4Runner got broken into this past weekend so we both decided to get some security.

P.S. The odo just hit the 100k mark this afternoon

 

^viper, best of the best nice

 

I love my Philips X-treme Power bulbs. Super white.

 

My ultra's seem to be good headlights. I'm installing fog lamps when I get a new bumper though. I'm used to the ditches being lit up better from driving my old sierra with fogs. GM over does it with lights but I've grown to like fogs.

 

I had silverstar ultras that lasted 6 months each. And yes I wore latex gloves before installing and even cleaned them with alcohol beforehand as well. I picked them up on ebay for less than what I could find them for in town. But I don't want to keep spending money on those bulbs. They are better than stock, but I figured I'd rather just spend $250 on a retro and call it good. Light output is extremely good and better than the ultras. I know not everyone can drop that much on lights, but if you really want better lights, you may as well just save up and do it right the first time.

 

it's a downside of halogen+filaments.

brighter lights run more current through the filament, shortening the life compared to "normal" halogens

 

Yeah and I understood that when I bought them. I knew they wouldn't last as long, but I figured I'd get at least a year out of them.

 

Anyone in cold temps ever have this happen before?

I'm not sure if it's a problem with the door mechanisms or if it was just frozen and therefore not functioning properly. This happened this morning while I was heading to class. It was about 9 degrees out. This is only the 2nd time it ever happened, the first was yesterday evening. The only difference about the two occurrences is that I just ran it through the carwash and then parked it while out for dinner right after.

This is a pain to deal with especially in this cold of weather and having to try multiple times until it finally closes and stays fully closed.

http://s1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg481/RMAN808/?action=view&current=IMG_2980.mp4

 

Huh, never had that happen to me...I normally have the opposite effect after taking it through the carwash in below freezing temps...My locks freeze and I can't open my door. You might have some water that got in there and just is staying frozen?

 

Where are you from. I've seen this truck

 

Yes happens to me too.

Its the latch that clamps on to the truck side of the door. It freezes up in really cold weather. Simply just spray with de-icer followed by fluid film

 

set them in the rear for back up in the dark

 

Restored my headlights, and bought a Herculiner kit and deckplate mod materials. Ready for the weekend