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

They are 98-00 TRD flares painted with duplicolor trim paint.

 

I actually want to bedline them soon. The paint just does't hold up that well.

 

Crawled under the truck and tugged on my driveshaft to check the center support bearing. Holy shit it moves about half an inch or more in each direction. It's basically just sitting in the rubber donut. Its shot. So I just ordered a new center support bearing and new u joints. Gonna have the shaft rebuilt and balanced. I can't believe the bearing wasn't making any noise. It doesn't even vibrate either. Strange...

 

The bearing intact? There is quite a bit of play in the soft rubber even when new.

 

I think the rubber is torn. I just remember the play it had when it was new and when I would periodically check it. This is way more than what it used to be. Also, its about 7 years old and its a cheap eBay bearing. I knew it would go out. I actually can't believe it lasted as long as it did.

 

Plasti dipped some stripes on my truck. Kind of experimenting. If I decide I like it enough I'll probably go and re do them in paint.

 

Been there.....

 

That's why I might change my major. My dad took it 4 years ago and he only took a 2 year term while I have to take a 4 year term

 

I'm diggin it. There's a truck around where I live that reminds me of yours. The gold color with a shell and 33x12.5 s (looks like what you have) with black rims. He had his front bumper valance color matched and left the bumper chrome. I thought it looked really nice

 

Thanks man. Yeah I haven't messed with the bumper at all. I hope to have a steel bumper within the year

 

Even better. And yeah I just realized your truck isn't gold the pictures make it look like it though

 

Reminds me of Boxrockets rig...looks good

wholy cow! I thought it was Gold too!

 

Ha sorry guys it is gold! I haven't changed my profile pictures and such yet. I recently sold my silver and bought the gold

 

Thanks for clearing up my confusion. I could've swore I was looking at a gold double cab. Haha

 

Oh okay I was going through your build thread and saw silver and different wheels and nothing added up to me for a sec haha

 

Looks awesome! I've been wanting to do that after seeing this truck. Probably get to it one of these weekends

 

DC sex. Needs flares though.

 

Can someone give me a part # on this, I guess an inner fender skirt? Front passenger side. I already searched and came up short.

 

YEEAAA!! That's my soft topper biatches

 

Nah its good