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

Soooo with all the left over rattle cans I did some painting

Rear wheel wells and muffler/tip are painted black. The wheel wells look much cleaner now and blends great with the wheels and tires. Crappy pics though.

 

Hope thats high temp paint ha

 

Hope it was hi tempt paint..or that stuff will just burn off in a week or so.

 

Plastidip FTW!!!!!



J/K yes it's high temp. 1200* Rustoleum grill paint

 

i made a bumper

 

^

 

I used the same stuff and after a month or so, it was back to looking pretty gnarly.

 

Got a second-hand bug guard

 

Haha oh well no biggie. Can always hit it with another coat when that happens or just say fack it

 

This is the hole to be used for relocation of pass. side shock, I think every 1st gen has one in their frame....




& it's exactly the same as the driverside shock mount, the only real challenge is reconfiguring the existing Ubolt/shock plate... but I think I got it dicked out already

 

Spent about 6 hours out on the trails today. Had an awesome time! Had a few hiccups with one of the guys' truck, but it was a good day! Pics will come shortly...

 

Burned a post into that empty hole & Yeah I know, my welds look like it was done by a blind man with parkinsons disease......



Just a quick mock up...

 

Hey Doug what's the advantage to relocating the shock like this?

 

I said fack it, then hack it.

Dumped behind the axle.

 

Did some wheeling yesterday with some local guys. Learned a lot and had an interesting time.

Had a few mishaps on the way, but we all got out safe with just a broken u-joint, a flat tire, and a winch that needs to be rewired... Haha

Anyways, here are the pics, none of me as I was taking all of these... Haha but I did everything they did, so you get the idea.

 

Happy truck

Air filter was past due. Might be all the beach driving I've been doing

 

That second gen got seriously messed up.....

 

Yeah... Haha

He had his crawl box in med-low when going up that hill and he snapped the u-joint.

Then at some point he had his wife turn on the winch to pull in the slack between him and the 4runner, then it wouldn't shut off and it started dragging the parked 4runner down the hill. The only way we got it to stop was by pulling the positive cable off the battery...

Then after we got it going again the tire came off the bead, so we had to lift the truck, take the spare off the back, all while on the hill. Very interesting to say the least... Haha Had to catch one of the guys taking off the lug nuts because after one broke free he came towards me! Haha

 

Well the 1st gen survived isnt that what matters?

 

Yeah... Haha

He used to have an 02 Tacoma like mine, but he misses it now!