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

So sick and damn tired of aluminum across the bed boxes. Mine was new and lasted a few months. Now I have this job box. I cut the skids off the bottom and it's bolted down. Left room for bed rack in building and going to gas strut the lid next weekend if I can get the parts.

 

I got some oem gaskets (multilayered steel = MLS?) waiting to go on. @drr does that mean I should put some of the

$9 Permatex 81878 Ultra Copper Maximum Temperature RTV Silicone Gasket Maker, 3 oz. Tube

permatex gasket maker between the mls gasket and the head? Here's my gaskets:

 

Yeah those are MLS, can't answer the copper coat (kote?) thing though, I don't use gasket coatings unless it is a thin paper gasket or a cork gasket.

 

I've been seriously thinking about getting one of those for my truck as well.

 

I want to glass in some aluminum louvers off of ebay on my fiberglass hood. What's the cheapest way to get good materials for fiberglass - ebay? Amazon? I'd like to add a good amount of reinforcement to the inside of it and I have another project for the bedsides I bought as well so I don't want to buy an overpriced little kit.

 

Im asking the same question after I built a rack and put the RTT on. Im thinking All Pros Expos

 

Your springs are like ASPCA commercials, sad

 

They belong in the arms of an angel...

 

So true though

 

So does the ebrake go under the springs on all models or just like 01+? Or is mine messed up?

Thinking about mine I'm pretty sure it has to go over.

 

my 96 single cab has it over the leaf springs. I would have never noticed, good catch

 

I was just curious... sometimes I wonder about my truck...

 

Color-matched my grill. Was going to do the mirrors also but cannot get them off with the window vent shades on (bummed).

 

What mirror is that?

 

$200 Master Tailgaters 10.5" OEM Rear View Mirror with 4.3" LCD Screen + Dimming + Compass & Temperature | Rearview Universal Fit | Auto Adjusting Brightness LCD | Anti Glare | Original Mirror Replacement

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KDT4WHY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There seems to be a lot of copies of this mirror. I went with this company because good reviews and it had all of the features I wanted. Auto Dim (screen and mirror), temp gauge, compass

 

I put a Gentex mirror in mine with the Temperature, Compass, and Homelink. My config was rare because not many mirrors had the Homelink AND the Temperature integrated into it. That integrated screen is great - where is your backup camera? Looks like it's on a camper shell or something

 

Found this gray console - thought it was tan until I was texting the seller to buy it:

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/pts/d/tacoma-center-console/6324529950.html

 

It is a real pain to find one of those, I got mine from a package deal when I bought the power door stuff from a guy local to me parting his truck out. I have it setup so Row52 notifies me when a Tacoma arrives at any junkyard within a 100 mile radius of me. I noticed none of them are ever the 6 lug trucks - they're always the 5 lug trucks and always an early model year. I've seen a few 2001+ but they're always ex fleet vehicle single cabs with the bench seat - so no center console. I guess people buy up the 6 lug trucks at auction and they never go to the junkyards.

 

In that picture its at the top center of the camper shell. I ended up sending that camera back because it was crap. The image was angled even though the camera was completely flat. The actual lens was tilted in the housing. I ordered a nicer one, but I will be putting it in the same location. I want to be able to see the edge of the bumper when backing up.

 

I got @mechanicjon on the hunt for one for me

Guess it was the wrong color Jon