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

I hear ya man! That stuff they put on the roads will rust some shit

 

My rear bumper's got some rust flakes on it, frame has some rust, and my wheels are kinda pitted now. Any ideas on how to get the pitting out of my wheels?

 

I got a sandblaster and some walnut shells, or i just painted mine

 

Tool box. That's what I plan on doing with my blitzpro hawk 6d's anyway. Between that up top and LED's in the tails it should light up behind me nicely. Partially doing the blitzpro's so I can load the bed at night too.

 

Double post but do any of you guys have surface rust on your tail gate or body parts? What should I do about it? I know ideally sand/rust converter/touch up but I'm afraid I'm going to make it look like shit. How much of a risk am I getting into in fucking up the factory paint?

 

I've got a little bit right above my windshield where the weather stripping meets the roof

 

Ditto.

My paint is bubbling. That's an eventual big fix.

 

Exterior detail

 

I want to wash mine today, but it'd be kind of poinltess to since it's going to get dirty tomorrow haha Hopefully Sunday I'll have time to as well as claybar it like it needs.

 

If you can handle sloooow shipping.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-1156-BA1...Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d3c1e3a89&vxp=mtr

 

I felt more comfortable sticking with the U.S. company and I didn't wanna wait that long My bulbs have the silver housing... Wish they were black but they don't look bad at all

 

Truck is washed, reinstalled my cargo box on the rack and bought some new HIDs that should be here next week.

 

I got these just about a year ago and love em.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-White-C...g5YDkXpdmT%2BCVi9y1fw%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

Coke/Pepsi and aluminum foil for the chrome.

 

So I trimmed the plastic liner and bent the pinch weld on my front fenders.

Also removed my sway bar. For anybody with Eibach/Bilstein suspension that's debating on whether or not to remove it, do it! It rides better in my opinion let alone the extra travel you'll get.

 

Just swapped out my shifter and license plate bulbs with LEDs Almost returned the shifter one, because it wouldn't fit last night. But the guy said I could file it down a bit and it worked

 

I had to trim the board on my t5's too.

 

Looks good Box! ^^^

 

Purchased a mobil1 oil chAnge and a fuel filter from the dealer.

Right before she turned 190,000 miles.

Tech said I need a new clutch. Tech showed me where oil was leaking at front of trans. so new rear main seal too. I just hope it's not residual from when I had the valve cover seals replaced. At least they said my carrier bearing is fine.

Anyone know what the likelihood is of needing a new flywheel / master-slave cylinder rebuild w/ 190,000 miles?

Now I definitely want a set Long Beach Grand Prix tickets.

It's not the best but here's a picture of the truck after I replaced the entire suspension with oem / moog/ bilstien 5100s