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

Oh sweet I've needed one. Now anyone know what kind of paint for the radiant red 03?

 

I ordered mine through rock auto, and used a rust oleum spray paint to match my radiant red. I think it was called sunrise red but I'm not 100%, it matches pretty damn well..

I used the same paint for my grill surround, grill emblem, and D rings and I can hardly notice a difference

 

I just need the plastic clip that holds it in, this is the whole piece and i don't think it comes with the clip

 

Ah ok so rust oleum spray can. Did you clear coat or anything? I've been meaning to color match the grille surround too.

 

Pretty sure I have both of them lying around. ill look in the garage here in a bit.

 

Yea, no clip included

No clear coat, looks fine to my eyes, and has held up for well over a year now. Take a look at my pics to c for yourself

Boom! Another TW match made

 

It's not your eyes that count, it's madjiks

 

Looks a little cherryish to mine. Got more of an orange hue

 

Well, it is the King Ranch version afterall right? lol Kinda looks like the KR Burnt Orange color

 

Shit I forgot
I just want a close enough paint to color match

 

I'd just take it to a body shop and have them color match it...That's what I did when I lost my bumper filler.

 

Had it on for a bit, but didn't see any change until I put the winch in and watched it move a little when I used it. The end caps had a slight warp going on, now it's sold as a rock.

 

Bought a replacement filler from when I lost mine. Came in flat black, but matches close enough, right? Haha

 

Lucky. Wish I had tan interior. Grey is hideous

 

I would gladly trade... That is the only thing I don't like about my truck haha

 

Maybe its the pic.. Radiant reds r all the same right..? I just found the best match I could and rolled with it.. You could always buy Toyota Radiant Red paint (3L5) on ebay or automotivetouchup.com ..

 

Haha really? That's a first I've heard. It'd just compliment the leather more

 

Yup, it's grown on me some... But I'd still rather have grey.

He's a double-cab

 

Getting together some information to freshen up the suspension on a 95.5 4x4 3.4L automatic extended cab.

I work the truck (construction), and the rear leafs seem pretty weak. With a relatively light load... 300 or 400 pounds... it easily bottoms out, and I was thinking of installing "coil over" helper shocks. Is this doable without modifications? is something like that even available anymore? What about ride stiffness...is there a recommended model that would ride okay with no load ("progressive")? Would new stock leafs be stronger? (these have over 380,000 miles on them). what about AAL? is this an adequate solution, or are they crap?

Also, I'll be replacing the struts, and don't want to spend a fortune. I'd like to keep the stock ride and height, I'd also like them pre-assembled for a simple swap. (I don't have a spring compressor, nor do I want to mess with all that).

There's so much knowledge on this forum, I thought I'd start here. Thanks for any help.