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

little facelift.

sun glare ruined my pic & still have to put my mesh back together after the touchup and new emblem and mount the new lights on the bumper

 

Worst lookin 1st gen. That truck has seen more malls then a minivan

 

bitch loves curbs!

 

35's

 

New wheels as well, 16's? Looks good.


Yesterday I did the "rattling hood latch" mod. I'm not sure if others have experienced this but before yesterday my hood/ latch would rattle constantly. On the highway it was the worst. The winds and speed gave me a constant rattle. So I took some electrical tape and did a quick wrap around the metal hood latch(the "U" shaped metal piece atached to the hood) and now my hood latches snug. No more rattle sound!

 

^^ nice. Have you tubbed at all yet?

 

Those from your land cruiser right?

 

Found a nice service road I'm going to hit up after class today

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1s...ollege-budget-historic-build.html#post7486544

Made a mini build thread for it

 

Oh man that's no good, sorry to see that.

How did you just now notice it was that bad?

 

Purchased it with out climbing all the way under to inspect.. Did the first oil change today (10w-30 mobil1 and Toyota filter) and inspected everything while I was under it. Pulled a handful of material from inside the frame rail.. Lame. I got a quote to get it ground out and welded up tomorrow. €80, should hold for two years then I'll sell it before I move back state side.

 

Not new wheels but different ones. Yes they're 16's. Tires are 315/75 R16 BFG ATs.

No. 3" lift, 1" Body lift. These tires work fine on the street with hardly any rubbing, but I'm sure that off-raod would be a whole other story.

Yep. Off of my FZJ80

 

I did same mod to mine! Was very annoying rattle!

 

They're cheapo ProComp 5" lights behind the grill. The satoshi is a thin lip, 1" deep, to help with space. The lights are mounted to a BAMF light bar, and the wires go straight up and aren't touching anything. Aim seems quite good although there isn't a bunch of space to move them around.

 

Let's see, what did I do to mine today...oh yeah, bought it! Woo Hoo!!

I am the proud new owner of this '03 DC 4x4! Exactly what I wanted! One of the cleanest engine bays that I've seen on a truck this old. If you look in the top right hand corner of the engine pic you'll notice that the previous owner had a set of lights wired up already. So I've already got that party done!

 

Do rotors from a 2nd gen fit on my truck? Stock calipers. And im running 15" rims if that matters

 

2nd gen rotors require at least a 16" wheel.

 

Would that also mean different calipers?

 

why don't you just get the right rotors?

 

I don't need new ones. My dad is upgrading his rotors and pads for towing so I wanted to see if I could take advantage of his old stuff since its basically new