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

I’ve had aftermarket ball joints on the 02 since I got it, don’t know what brand. They’ve been fine for the last 6 months.


Once again, maintenance maintenance maintenance

 

that's an...unfortunately cropped image lol

 

Added some bed lights.

 

I thought about clarifying but decided to see where it goes

 

I love how you installed those crazy Toyota logo rock lights before you installed bed lights. Haha.

 

But, these were in the box too, so I should be good right?

 

How much was it for the color match paint?

 

These lol

 

Was a bit pricey, got a spray can of it from a Toyota shop in New Jersey off of Amazon for $30...$50 total including a can of clear coat spray. But it had good reviews and was supposed to match the radiant red almost perfectly

 

Holy came out good!

 

When fitting tires, do y’all trim the fender flare? Or heat gun it and try to re mold it? I’m running on the inner corner wear the mud flap would mount

 

I trimmed mine but hadn't thought of the heat gun trick at the time...I'd probably try that first now. Then just trim it if you still have issues.

 

Can you show me a picture of your setup?

 

What tires are you trying to fit?

 

Well I had 275/70/17s with no issues. But I swapped on shot 285/70/17s for the wheels. Still deciding what size I’m going to replace with. But 285/70/17 will be the smallest option

 

I trimmed my flares, my suggestion, atleast on the front is to do whatever you need to do to the pinch weld and then heat gun the fender liner, don’t cut it.

 

Just cut it off and be done. You should be able to see where you are rubbing. Hammer the shit out of that pinch weld

 

My pinch weld is flat, I just wanted to see what people were doing for the flares. Can you also show me your set up?

 

I ripped one off at slickrock. So off they went. Dont think i ever had close ups

 

Replace shifter bushings on my Prerunner, there are 4 bushings but I thought i can only get to the front 2. I did the 2 only ‍♂️. It did make a difference no more play and the key can’t get stuck anymore when i turn it off. I also adjusted the bolt that connect the linkage together on the tranny lever. Others write ups say to mark it, i did, and i found it better to snug the linkage where there is no play on the park position. So don’t buy tranny mount right away thinking it has a play, ir worn out, it could be just your linkage and bushing issues.