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

when you guys go mudding, do you guys leave the mud on till it rains or till you feel like cleaning her up....or do you go straight to the carwash? i been reading that its bad to leave it on...i love the way the truck looks all muddy.

comments??

 

Def let the rain clean it or when I get around to hosing it off on occasion. Not the best for the paint, but I would be washing it non-stop if I let it bother me. Goddamn Oregon's ever present mud.

 

i've left mud on weeks at a time. but whenever i do wash it off i detail it. the claybar cleans it all up nicely!

 

Is there supposed to be any play in the carrier bearing? I've been having some clunking under load and that's my suspect.

 

Nope. There's a good writeup stickied in the 1st gen section.

 

Ripped my front driver side mudflap off. Now it matches the passenger side

 

Thanks man, that will be helpful. And I figured it wasn't good when I could move my driveshaft up and down inside the cb by hand haha.

 

hmmm, intresting...gotta love internet...lol....i googled it and most reads say its horrible on bushings, shocks, and brakes. i could really care less about the paint.

 

Haha, defiantly needs to be replaced.

 

Went and Flexed my truck out a little bit, these new 33's fit nice tucked up in my wheel well.

 

What about prerunner trd?

 

I believe that's still 2WD with a rear locker.

 

I always forget to take a before picture but believe me, they were NOT black whatsoever, more like a grey with speckles of black... so I painted the windshield wiper cover.
I used this in the flat black, not glossy and it turned out REAL nice.


After:



About a month or two ago electric mirrors had to go into my 99' Taco since those manuals were a pain in the ass whenever they got bumped.
Here's the finished product:

It was nice that the punch out was already there for the interior controls, same size and everything!

 

^ i don't see that lasting. that paint is made for vinyl and fabric.. not metal. but looks good

 

Ok just curious. Found a camper shell i like but do I wana get rid of toolbox to get a camper shell

 

Just put on the grill I bought from 03tacoman. Looks great! Now I've just got to paint everything behind it black.... Haha any suggestions for what type of paint I need to use?

 

You can use some hi-temp paint

 

Awesome, I'll be doing that this weekend or next weekend then...

 

I clean it off ASAP. The longer mud sits on all your components like ball joints, u joints, bearings, etc..the longer that sits there and wears away at it.

Your paint also suffers too if you care about it.

 

I wasn't painting metal, it's a plastic part, should hold up good as I've seen others positive reviews on here