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

Thank's,
Wheels: Method Race Wheels, Grid, 16 x 8
Tires: Pro Comp Xtreme MT2, 285/75 R16

 

Do you have any pics of the mounting brackets you're using there? I need some in a similar location for a Bussmann.

 

Got it all installed and it works great.

 

What kinda of tool box is that?

 

Not sure, it does not have any info on it anywhere.

 

I need to find one to fit my DC, that one looks like it would fit perfect and it's the style I want. The only ones I can ever find locally are the little ones that go between the wheel Wells and sit on the floor of the bed.

 

The brackets are from a wall-mounted pot rack I got from my mother. She donated it for a garage sale that never happened. So, I got a little lucky. They're basically an L-bracket.

I had to widen the angle a bit in a vise. They aren't perfectly level with one another. The one toward the back is a little higher. That could be resolved by milling out the hole toward the top to create a short slot. I used 3M Dual Lock to secure the box.

The brackets:

 

Try this link
https://www.google.com/webhp?source...=UTF-8#q=toyota+tacoma+low+profile+tool+box&*

 

I have a delta box that fit my dbl cab no problem. Most tool boxes will.

 

Where did you buy it from?

 

Local farm supply store haha

i sell it to you for cheap if you were closer.

 

Damn, our local tractor supply never has tool boxes for our trucks

 

tractor supply? haha no no no man. Go to the real fram yard store...whatever that may be for you. Around here Big R is the place to go.

 

Home Depot, Lowe's
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-61-5-in-x-12-in-x-13-in-Aluminum-Mid-Size-Truck-Tool-Box/1096337

 

Rebuilt both my spare CVs and did the Boot Slide Mod

 

That Kobalt looks perfect and is in my price range

 

New sliders ...better pics coming soon

 

I went to my local pick-n-pull junkyard because they had stock of a 2004 Tacoma (Tacomas are incredibly hard to find at junkyards in California). It was brought in about a week ago, and when I got there I was shocked at how stripped it was. I actually passed over it the first time looking for it because I didn't recognize it.

Everything was gone. The drivetrain, engine, interior, body panels. The engine wiring harness was cut in so many different places, the hoses were a mess, and everything remaining on the truck was trashed. It actually physically hurt me to see the entire wiring harness leading from the cab into the engine bay just cut in half when it would've taken a couple more minute to unplug it under the dash.

It's crazy how stripped this thing was. I found a picture of it when it just came to the yard. It was absolutely mint. It only took 10 days to get it to the condition it's in now. It was a pizza delivery truck in a past life.



I needed the passenger side armrest, and I was excited to see that the only remaining door panel was laying on the ground. I took the armrest and went on with my day. I got home and realized it was a driver's side not the passenger, so just my luck. Lol. I also needed a window regulator so I ended up getting one from a 1998 4Runner since the Tacoma had crank windows.

If anyone needs the dash trim, radio trim, glovebox, pass. door sill, or some random gray interior trim it's at the Oakland Pick-n-Pull. The condition of the truck really show how popular these vehicles are. It took less than two weeks for a basically mint Tacoma to get into the condition it's in now. There's a million other cars in the yard that still have everything mostly intact and have been there for months, yet this one is almost just a skeleton.

On and the frame was PRISTINE! I've seen worse frames on newer cars. It looked like it just rolled off the factory floor. It didn't even have water marks on it. It had no surface rust at all, it's like someone just manufactured the frame the other day. Even my '98 has some surface rust and it's been in California its whole life.

 

Got my ultraguage installed! Played with a little bit. Lots to set up on it. Don't have the grab handle so I had to drill through the flat trim piece. That was nerve racking. Trying to drill the right spot... Also got my hood struts in! No more prop rod!!! Thanks @RedlineTuning

 

It is the some way here, if you don't get it the day it arrives you want get it.