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

Arches are great at downward force. Think about what force is applied to a shock hoop. It's the opposite, it's force from under it. Strait tubes resist pulling force better. Bends like to keep bending

 

oh i can believe that 110%

figured it was appropriate

 

added this. also setup some spacers so that the battery terminal just barly touch the tire (spare tire is still under the truck for now)

 

Yeah, Landons an idiot.....

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Oh , hey Landon was just talking about you....

 

Removed my camper shell, need to redo the gasket.
Oh, and I hauled some wood in the uncovered bed and dented the rear of my cab! Dent #3 - I guess a 13yr old truck should have 3 dents or it's not being used as a truck!

 

Steel actually wants to go back to its original shape. When you bend it, it wants to spring back to straight, even after the bend is complete to the desired angle. Sheet steel that was sheared off a roll will eventually roll back up if you let it. Takes a long time though.

 

Trying to figure out the best place for my Blue Sea 12-fuse block, breaker, and relays. Going to install everything this weekend.

Suggestions? pics of yours?

 

At 4 those cold night sweats go away (my truck!! My sweet truck!!!). At 6 you pretty much take a tree through the back sliding glass and go "Eh, just a flesh wound."

 

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Really, after 25+ years of sheet metal fabrication I have yet to see steel "roll back up" after any shearing, do you water it ??....

 

Depends on what you have under the hood. I have the charcoal canisters in the spot most people use so I plan on putting it on top of the existing fuse box.

 

Hey guys I ordered new quarter windows from Toyota yesterday. Trying to get rid of the mirrored look of them with my 5% tint. I could choose from green blue or gray tint. I ordered the gray ones and was wanting to make sure that is the right ones to get rid of mirrored look

 

Yeah, this is my problem too. I think I can do a platform on top of the canister for the fuse block and breaker, but that doesn't leave any room for relays. Maybe put the fuse block on the fuse box and the breaker and relays over the charcoal canister.

Searching this thread found tons of people saying they bought one or even showed it on a plate, but very few showed it installed. I am now going through the 1st gen build threads to see if there are any good pics of people installs. Surprisingly, most take a preinstall pic, but not a post.

 

rattle can dat' shit flat black yo'

 

Within the last month either a new thread (in 1st gen section) or a chain of posts in this thread popped up with images of post installs.

 

The grey ones are the ones without the mirrored look. You did good.

 

Here's a couple I found in this thread

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1s...a-today-1st-gen-edition-3116.html#post8952730

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1s...a-today-1st-gen-edition-3116.html#post8952730

 

Thanks.

cmj's install is what I am going to have to do, but still leaves the issue of relays locations.

 

I put mine in the lower center console so if I have an issue its easily accessible to find the problem.. Ill try to find a pic..





Also put the blue seas usb outlet in the useless square pocket deal that's between the cup holders.

 

That's a nice install. I ran across those pics earlier. However, my ham radio HT running APRS lives in there.

I think I will just do the tray over the charcoal canister.

Now where to put a relay mounting plate....hmmmm.