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

I should add in there (SIPED bfg km2s) ftw

 

I agree but sawzall blades are expensive and gridner blades are cheap lol.. Got the 10 pack from HF for like 7$ (they last longer than regular blades too)

 

bought another one 120k v6 auto need a a good cleaning and there's 2 strip of cc peeling on the roof.

Plans
Deep cleaning
Tuneup (atf drain refillx3 brake fluid differential fluids new coolant and ps fluid new air filter maybe plugs and wires.

Truck hauls balls compared to my old 2.7 lol but its only on 30" bfgs

Edit WHERE CAN I GET A NEW DRIVER DOOR HANDLE MINES A PITA TO OPEN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED!

 

Going through sheet metal sawzall blades last pretty long, definitely should be enough to cut the bed, I do hate cutting metal with them though, would have probably opted for a cutoff wheel also. The HF blades are a deal and work well, I was a little apprehensive at first cause it hurts when they blow up but they have worked well for me. A plasma cutter would have been much faster

 

I used the Dorman ones found here

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...oma+do,aps&rh=i:aps,k:1998 tacoma door handle

Feels a bit cheaper than OEM, but I like that they are black so I don't have to paint the stock chrome ones.

 

only like 2 of em exploded on me this time but I think any blade would really explode in the same situation.. I was cutting through some 1/4" on my cbi bumper as well.. Had to change the mounts a little bit. But yea a plasma cutter would have turned 12hrs worth of grinding into about an hour or so lol..

 

Yep plasma cutters are nice! Definitely wouldn't have attempted a plate bumper without one

 

found a cheap set of 4runner roof rails and decided i need roof rails

 

Scored a con ferr basket for free from a family friend. Not sure what to do with it yet, but I think it'll come in handy if I bolt it to my shell.

 

Got these in the mail yesterday, be installing em next weekend.

 

ARB bumper and a lightbar

 

sometimes ya just gotta make due with what ya have and I don't have a plasma cutter. Yet. Lol.. I was only cutting two brackets off not too bad..

Well unfortunately I just ran out of wire.. Gunna go to Home Depot in the morning to see if they have any. I'm surprised at how well the body lined up too bad my welds look like shit haha.. Good thing there is bondo


Edit: can't wait till I get a Lincoln welder.

 

Nice. I almost went this route. Decided to throw a little more coin and get a frontrunner rack that I'm going to install this afternoon.

Yours looks great!

 

Got mine all cleaned up yesterday

 

Congrats on the new truck!
Ps., I used to live in Coeur d' Alene, you guys still have a lot of snow.

 

If your door handle is hard to pull, pull the door panel and grease all the pivots and latches and so forth. I use white lithium to do mine.

 

no its clearly broken.

thats lookout pass with the snow 5k elevation(mt/id line)

 

Lots of sun and opportunity to be outside working on the Taco this weekend! Got my bed bar w/ High Lift jack mount painted and installed. Eddy / SOS Offroad Concepts does good work.

I also blacked the wheels and badges out with Plasti-Dip. It did fine on the wheels but the edges of the badges only worked well on the ones that were higher profile. The SR5 badges on each side, and most of the badges on the tailgate are lower profile and so the edges didn't work out so good. Plasti did was really just an opportunity to see if I liked everything blacked out…and I do. Ill scrub it all back off this summer (comes off like nothing with gasoline) and do it all in a more permanent fashion with flat black wheel paint.

 

That is a yard stick on the front wheel.
It's at 37 and a quarter in the front and 39 and a half in the rear.
I still need to get an alignment so I haven't really driven it too much. I think it will settle a bit once it is driven and loaded up a bit.
The mother in law wants mulch, a couple of truck loads, so I will see how it does on Monday.

 

Im sure its already been covered but is there a thread that shows how to mount these on a double cab, i want a roof rack but want to know what kind of modifications are going to have to be made to make them work