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

I build a light bar like a Defiant one to mount a 20" led light bar!

 

Lol that truck is just now getting broke in!

 

tho i do have a picture some where on my phone of 222,222 always cool to get a pic of the good numbers

 

My air filter housing box broke loose from the MAF piece too. I just put some jb weld on it and let it set for 15 hours then took some black gorilla tape and taped it really good (even though with the jb weld it didn't need it.) Mine has held up great!

Air Filter Housing Thread http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/310796-air-filter-housing-broke.html#post8003345

 

Mine are exactly 3" inches wide iirc but if you do make the stripes end parallel with the indention on your hood

 

did you do one at a time or did you have a super skinny piece of tape between them?

 

I measured and marked a line right down the middle of the painters tape and used a giant cutting thing that they use to edge photos and cut it ( I was pretty anal about how I was executing it)

 

I would be anal about getting it straight too. I think Ill just have to buy skinny tape since I dont have access to one of those or maybe Ill go to office max and have my buddy cut it

 

I have pics in here of the three options if you want to look at them
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/285392-98-00-satoshi-mod-lots-pics.html

 

I think walmart or autozone carries skinny tape

 

will check it. thanks. one more question. do you pull your tape off when the derp is dry or wet? Ive heard dry but when I tried, i ripped the whole thing off

 

I wonder how this would effect gas mileage?

 

Wouldn't have any noticeable effects.

 

This was the first time I actually used it so I made the mistake of pulling it off dry so I had to get a knife and cut it

 

posted in that thread asking a question. thanks for the link, that JB weld looks clean! that shit can get messy!

 

on a positive note!

after breaking my air filter house and zip tying it back together i noticed a HUGE difference in power, i should also note that the front of my MAF sensor was COVERED in dirt! so not only the power was a huge difference i can imagine my gas mileage will also be noticeably better as soon as i can properly measure it on my next fill up

i need to give a shout out on here to a local utah member CohbsTaco for meeting up with me and giving me a can of real MAF sensor cleaner! thank man! its cool total strangers are willing to help! the good ole interwebs have some mighty fine peeps in these cyberworlds

 

Lol that's the cleanest jb weld job I think I've ever done. I used the end of a plastic spoon surprisingly.

 

thanks for the trade secret!

 

No problem!