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

Stock 4.10s

 

Looking great

 

Well, whatever they were I really liked them. I stumbled across your build AFTER I ordered my Elite and always had the "why didn't I think of that" feeling. I liked how clean, simplistic and elegant they looked...yes elegant. It's not something you see often where I'm at. The corner lights, I agree, should have been toyotas spot from the beginning but it seems they were shying away from the "Norm" with them low and built in the bumper. I can respect the design forethought in that approach.

 

Thank you, kind sir. I always shoot for simple and elegant, part of my mathematics education. I'll have to get pictures done up of how I filled the holes after relocating the blinkers. Almost can't tell that they existed.

 

Where would be the best spot to tap my parking lights for my xb halos for my retrofit?

That's the only part that I'm still trying to figure out

 

Found this nice truck out at a friends farm in Wichita ks

 

Installed a jba catback exhaust. Thanks again juantaco for the good deal and help with install!

 

No problem man. Always willing to help a member out

 

Relocated my blinkers today. Had a problem with my epoxy not curing but bough a new batch and got it going.

 

How do did this whole operation go? Pretty time consuming?

 

So I was about to start getting materials/parts to wire up my elocker but dick fosters write up is gone! Anyone have a good link or pdf or something?

thanks

 

I recently did mine similar to blackdawgs, went super easy, I took my time, maybe an hour per side.

 

One thing I would suggest is use a fast set epoxy to hold it in place and then fill in any gaps with silicone. The problem I ran into was because of the size of the bulb you have limited space to mount it, and it's not flat so there will be gaps.

 

Dremeling the bulb socket to contour to the housing took the longest. I'd say an hour per side counting epoxy curing. And yes definitely go get some fast set 5 minute epoxy. Worked great. I didn't add silicone because I spent time trimming it to contour pretty damn tight.

 

Here's a link to how I did mine:

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-builds/259729-tomtoms-03-trd-xtra-cab-36.html#post8696924

I'm already wanting to pull them back out and re-do them in an attempt to clean them up a bit.

 

That would make it easier but i just wanted to finish them so I filled any gaps

 

I ordered a stereo and back up camera.

 

Here you go.

 

Finally was able to flex it out about 3/4 way since getting the flat pitman arm in and notching the frame



Also got the test radiator in out of a 22r because the 2.7 radiator was still to big for my setup for some odd reason.. Actually seemed to run cooler than normal..





I still have 2 2.7 radiators, one is brand new and went it for a day but was never run if anyone is in need of one! and the other is used and has a small leak I was told but unsure for myself.

 

Awesome, thanks, +1 rep!