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

Lightbar! <3

 

hurry up and test'm so we can see moar pictars

 

I put my mesh on the back side of the grill.. Can I see how you mounted it in the front?

 

Nice!

 

i need to see how you made this!! i cant think of how to flush mount the mesh and ive never seen it done before

 

Got a new back-up switch so I can see my awesome LED back-up lights again:


And some parts to start my blinker relocation:

 

here's what i did for mine

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/221855-98-00-satoshi-grill-mod-write-up-pics.html

 

bingo, thanks a bunch, just got a spare grill so im gonna do this soon. and just a thought you might wanna clean your headlights. I just cleaned mine last week with a kit from advanced and they look brand new and they are so much brighter. $25 and 30 min of my time. Just a thought from looking at your write-up

 

I thought you were relocating them into your corner lights? Why the extra set of OEM turn signal lenses?

 

I'm guessing he's doing the same thing I did in using the mounts?


_DSC0026-2 by PcBuilder14, on Flickr


_DSC0012 by PcBuilder14, on Flickr

 

Probably should've asked around here if anyone had extras they wanted to part with. They are getting cut up to use the bulb assembly mounts.

Still have to track down the electrical connectors for the harness plug. Re-thinking purchasing an extra set of corner lenses so I can make sure it'll work before cutting up the ones on the truck.

Edit: What Brent said except I'm going to put them where the stock parking bulb/harness mounts and completely remove the current parking lights. The turn signals are dual-filament. Not sure why they didn't come with them wired to handle both parking and turn signals from the get-go.

 

I think hers is a grillcraft off the interwebs

 

Ah makes sense.

I do have an extra set of clear 01-04 turn signal lenses... but I might be using those if I put the 01-04 bumper/valence on my truck.

 

Haha would have made a lot more sense that way. Then they could just have the bottom lenses be fogs.

 

There's a write up in here about how to wire them so that they are parking lights and blinkers. Ever see it?

And I have an extra set (plus a third) 98-00 corner lights but I'm pretty sure they are different than the 01-04s.

 

Only one I've seen is for the switchbacks, which have a terrible delay imo

Yeah, all the body styles have different corner lights for some reason...

 

I think I've seen it but it is for an older bulb type. Not much difference I'd expect.

I checked the filament connections a couple weekends ago.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-builds/259729-tomtoms-03-trd-xtra-cab-31.html#post7923027

Turn signal filament:


Parking light filament:


Connections go Ground, Turn Signal, Parking, Left to Right:


My only concern right now is having enough breathing room around the bulb. That's why I'm re-thinking ordering a new set of corner lenses so I can test it all out before ruining my only corners.

 

Good news, got my 1.5" Spidertrax Spacers on today, made a huge difference in stance and got rid of the frame rub. Bad news is my suspension is pretty much toast and I'm gonna need that OME setup before I can afford it. Here are a few pics.
Before:

After:

Before:

After:

A couple different angles:

 

The spidertrax spacers make a HUGE difference IMO makes me even more pumped to slap mine on, great comparison pics