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

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by SlimDigg, Feb 7, 2011.

  1. Apr 10, 2013 at 3:30 PM
    saundern

    saundern Swerve for nothing

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    take off the chrome surrounding the grill along with the grill itself. there are tabs behind both you have to pop, just try not to break them
     
  2. Apr 10, 2013 at 3:31 PM
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    yes grille needs to come off... not very hard corner lights come off first then grille then headlights
     
  3. Apr 10, 2013 at 3:40 PM
    Fernando

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    roger that! thank you gentleman

    damn, i should have took it off this weekend when i bedlined all the chrome up front...lol..would have been alot easier then masking everything off. owell
     
  4. Apr 10, 2013 at 3:45 PM
    saundern

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    yeah my whole front end is plasti-dipped. gotta get around to taking the bumber off along with the grill and bed line them along with the fender flares
     
  5. Apr 10, 2013 at 4:06 PM
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    taco terror 1st gen = best gen

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    How did you get a hole in your floor pan?
     
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    I made them :D

    [​IMG]
     
  7. Apr 10, 2013 at 4:12 PM
    Slodgetto

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    giggity
     
  8. Apr 10, 2013 at 4:27 PM
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    ARB Front bumper. Custom rear bumper. ARB snorkel. 883s 90004s. 1 inch daystar body mounts lift. Full skids. Leather seats.
    Those look like a much better fit than mine. I might try these.


    http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRAY-BLACK-...r_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c6c24f8cb
     
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  9. Apr 10, 2013 at 4:29 PM
    RMAN808

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  10. Apr 10, 2013 at 4:39 PM
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    ARB Front bumper. Custom rear bumper. ARB snorkel. 883s 90004s. 1 inch daystar body mounts lift. Full skids. Leather seats.
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  11. Apr 10, 2013 at 4:43 PM
    RMAN808

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    Nice! Wait, wasn't it you that had the leatherette seat covers? Not like those anymore?

    I might have you mistaken for someone else :p
     
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  12. Apr 10, 2013 at 4:45 PM
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    ARB Front bumper. Custom rear bumper. ARB snorkel. 883s 90004s. 1 inch daystar body mounts lift. Full skids. Leather seats.
    Yes me, I like the leather, but I can't get them to stay put.
     
  13. Apr 10, 2013 at 4:48 PM
    Fernando

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    use bedliner bro. I apologize, i used that rubber coating stuff. suppose to be for under body. I thought it was bedliner until i started spraying it...oops! lol. I went over it with semi gloss paint. it came out good. my flares are done with bedliner. they looks GREAT!! :D

    quick shitty i-phone pic

    wine country.jpg
     
  14. Apr 10, 2013 at 4:49 PM
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    Ah! Yea that's one thing I'm worried about with these. They do have a non slip padding under it but curious to see how long it'll last :D
     
  15. Apr 10, 2013 at 5:10 PM
    saundern

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    i used the rustoleum can bed liner on my rockers and rear bumper. it has held up great even after getting rear ended, just a couple chips but nothing a touch up can't fix
    [​IMG]
     
  16. Apr 10, 2013 at 5:12 PM
    RMAN808

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    That's funny, I got rear ended a couple weeks after I Rusto bedlined my bumper :p quick touch up sprays and it's all good :D

    Been over a year now and it's still holding up amazing!
     
  17. Apr 10, 2013 at 5:13 PM
    saundern

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    mines getting to be about that long. i sometimes regretting doing it so far up the sides though :eek:
     
  18. Apr 10, 2013 at 5:15 PM
    Fernando

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    that looks great!! Im thinking of doing the sides like that





    since my wife hit the fence the other day :mad: now theres a nice lil dent on the rear passenger door down by the bottom
     
  19. Apr 10, 2013 at 5:15 PM
    RMAN808

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    I always wondered how it would turn up for guys that bedline their rockers if they were to bedline it then color match over it :notsure:

    Someone should guinea pig that idea!
     
  20. Apr 10, 2013 at 5:19 PM
    saundern

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    color match over top, never thought about it. don't know how well the paint would adhere to it though
     

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