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

Thanks! Thought I'd give it a try, if I didn't like it, no big deal.

 

Yessir

 

I painted it all (except the symbol on the valve cover) when I rebuilt this thing. It's kinda dirty now from my scrap yard adventures and running through mud, so I need to clean it again.

 

I really do like the looks of color matched flares

 

Replaced the battery since the truck died on me when I left the gym.

 

It's all about the gym bro, u should have pushed it home for the extra workout

 

Or at least pushed it to bump start it. God why didn't I think of this?!

 

Another reason why I wish I had a manual

 

Over the past 2 days I sound dampened my Dad's Tacoma w/ Dynamat-- did mine last week, his this week... I'm DONE with Dynamat for a long long time.

Had to tear that Protecto Wrap off, but before w/ everything out:








Ta Da:










and boom, back together!

 

your Dad's side window busted?

 

Is there a big difference in the noise level?

 

Oh and one thing that pissed me off is the rear seat belt wouldn't fit through the plastic panelling like it did on my 1999- so you have to unbolt the bottom mount in the storage bins, which takes forever due to minimal movement w/ the ratchet

 

I think that's just the reflection of the dynamat.

 

Nah, that's the reflection off the Dynamat

Yeah definitely. I'll get a video up here shortly.

 

consider yourself lucky..both front and rear seat belts on my 96 won't let the panel off till they are both removed..and the front belt is a bitch to unbolt while its still behind the panel..stupid..haha

 

Alright well I don't know how to post a video so you'll just have to click on that picture and go to my bucket. This is the rear bench sheet metal. HUGE difference between the vibrations of before/after. Though yes this is an extreme example, you can imagine that it does in fact make a difference.

My Dad said he heard a very noticeable difference before/after. So did I the other week with my truck.

 

I like how you put those 6x9s on there. Is that the stock size or did you have to make them fit?

 

those are 5x7s

 

6x8s
...six of one, half a dozen of the other


No cutting/trimming required though

 

Last post w/ pictures.
This is my Dad's garage door opener mod.

I've used it when driving his truck and it's VERY convenient especially if you use a garage door opener every day...

From the outside (it's concealed even more w/ the seat bolted in):







From underneath, I guess he just took the 2 wires that ran to the remote button and hooked them up to the push button he mounted and wa-la.