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

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by SlimDigg, Feb 7, 2011.

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  1. Oct 1, 2014 at 9:29 AM
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    Madjik_Man

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    Dude... that's the worst rust I've ever seen on a frame here.

    You should not be driven on that at all.
     
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  2. Oct 1, 2014 at 9:29 AM
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    thats what we are afraid of.. haha
     
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  3. Oct 1, 2014 at 9:35 AM
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    Not sure I agree 100%, if you can fab up your own frame (cut out that stuff), spring mounts, and everything else AFTER you find some rust free parts of the frame then go for it.

    But if you want to keep it a Tacoma and not a buggy then yeah I agree haha.
    Yep, or a speedbump, or a turn, or nothing at all haha

    EDIT would that still be covered by the Frame Warranty?
     
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  4. Oct 1, 2014 at 9:38 AM
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    alot still need done
    not till its fixed, i just found it yesterday and i just went "F*** that!! no driving this truck till that is fixed."

    a friend of my dad's is a fabricator so hopefully he has good news on fixing it but if not. how much would a new frame cost? i hope it would be fixed on toyota's part its to nice of a truck to scrap or i would of dropped it off at a junkyard by now
     
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  5. Oct 1, 2014 at 9:43 AM
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    ...too much shit to list.
    LOL. Of course we are. But slowing the rate of collapse is only part of it.
    Considering he lives in San Diego and appears to be building his truck for desert fun, the cage as it sits is a weapon. The dead tubes themselves scare the hell out of me (aside from the unsupported bends and everything else that's been mentioned). Regardless of how good the cage is...with this design the cab is all still bolted to the frame with factory rubber isolator mounts except hundreds of pounds heavier. In a high speed roll, the cage will likely punch through the floor or even the cab go flying. There's a big difference between flopping at 2 mph and rolling at 50 mph.
    In all honesty it wouldn't take much to make it a decent prerunning cage. If the tubes are ran to plates (3/8"-1/4") and the plates welded or bolted to the floor, he could just sandwich the cab with a plate on the bottom of the cab and run a pontoon setup to the frame. Add some triangulation, tube corner gussets, and solid mount the cab to the cage. Won't fix the a-pillar, but it will be a hell of lot better than what it is now.

    Edit: Nevermind. Just saw it was 4130. Unless it's normalized...scrap it and start over.


    More or less
     
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  6. Oct 1, 2014 at 9:47 AM
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    HOWWWW did you clearance your pinch welds. Same thing is happening to me but there's no room to get in there with the sliders in the way.
     
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  7. Oct 1, 2014 at 10:15 AM
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    Hey guys quick question. Abs light is on but its showing no codes. Any ideas?
     
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  8. Oct 1, 2014 at 10:16 AM
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    ...too much shit to list.
    How did you read the codes?
     
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  9. Oct 1, 2014 at 10:41 AM
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    Quick stop by advanced auto parts. They used a diagnostic scanner.
     
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  10. Oct 1, 2014 at 10:41 AM
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    Nope, didn't bottom out. I have kept a close eye on that. Even loaded for a three week hunting trip and rough road, never once bottomed out. At the closest point I still had another inch of up-travel.
    However, I have shorter length springs than Madjik so that may be a factor.
     
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  11. Oct 1, 2014 at 10:42 AM
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    ...too much shit to list.
    Not all scanners are created equally. Only way I've been able to successfully read/clear Toyota ABS codes is with the TIS Techstream software.
     
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  12. Oct 1, 2014 at 10:56 AM
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    bowyer2002 always tinkering

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    Could it be your exhaust?
    My hanger recently broke, maybe something like that happened?
    .02
     
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  13. Oct 1, 2014 at 11:42 AM
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    Uh all of this. Please take it to Toyota and see if you can still get it under the warranty. That frame is terrifying.
     
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  14. Oct 1, 2014 at 11:49 AM
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    alot still need done
    take it to toyota and have them mount it on a wall worst frame ever and give me a new frame for free
     
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  15. Oct 1, 2014 at 11:54 AM
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    Pffft. MacGyver would have that frame Road Warrior ready with those old style silver chewing gum wrappers, duct tape, a large paperclip, and Elmer's glue. Hell, toss in a bottle cap and a yard stick and he'd make it a full blown rock crawler.

    Now, the Professor from Gilligan's Island on the other hand - that hack couldn't make a raft out of tree trunks so if it were his frame then yeah, up feces creek without a propulsion stick.
     
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  16. Oct 1, 2014 at 12:10 PM
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    Oh I knew the mistake I made, but by the time I realized it, it was way too late.

    So here she is now. All finished up!

    [​IMG]
     
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  17. Oct 1, 2014 at 12:26 PM
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    Moar pics please.
     
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  18. Oct 1, 2014 at 12:28 PM
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    45acp Paint me back in Wyoming again...

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    x2 :drool:
     
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  19. Oct 1, 2014 at 12:38 PM
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    As requested:

    [​IMG]


    [​IMG]



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    [​IMG]
     
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  20. Oct 1, 2014 at 12:44 PM
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    With a 2000 they won't give you a new frame. They will buy your truck back at 150% of blue book value and send it off to the crusher.
     
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