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

you have same tires as i do (mine are 15s) badass in deep sloppy snow! that i doubt CA ever sees or maybe you do?

 

Still would be missing that purple color, surfside green, copper canyon mica, etc.

 

i have always had a thing for paradise blue lol or blue metallic (that Toyota must've discontinued in the pickup line)
got 'stuck' with black because only xtracab with MT available when I shopped the lot
the white and green trucks parked next to mine i think were ATs so I walked away
they did not have a red for my consideration

I wonder why Toyota has never made a yellow Tacoma or have they?
... would probably be 0k with the copper canyon mica, gotta see one up close first

is Lunar Mist technically white as well?

 

Added an 03 to the list.

 

Replaced the AC tensioner pulley this morning. Now the whole neighborhood doesn’t have to know I have the AC on. Cleaned the skid plates while they were off, I doubt they’ve been off since the truck was built. Must have been 10 pounds of accumulated gunk.

 

nobody has ever taken off to do oil change?

 

Lol, this made me chuckle

 

If they did they were careful to replace it without dislodging any of the crud. Only had the truck since end of April. Previous owner was an oil changing fiend, only problem was he took it to Walmart. There is a wad of blue permatex around the oil drain plug where there’s a slight leak and I bet judging from the slurry I found on the rear skid that it’s been this way for years. I am scared to touch it because I just know with my luck it’s stripped.

 

Lunar mist is silver.

Speaking of paradise blue, look whats in the dealer service lot this morning.

 

is it for sale lol

 

It's not going to hurt anything by moving it inboard by a 1/16th or an 1/8" except insure the leafs don't hit it. Should have plenty of threads left on the mounting bolts to move it that much.

 

10 minute diet.





Thanks @Ace115 once again for the help!

 

Installed my arb, then realized the skid plate mount is the first thing that goes on the frame

 

How bout lavender steel metallic?

 

Took it to the dealer for an oil change, rotation, and coolant flush because I had some points that were gonna expire. Also had the frame inspected, and the tech made a note of "no holes - or rust found" And the tech said that he'd like to buy my truck. Lol, jump in line pal.


When I got home, I heard a familiar sound coming from the rear end. Appears that having the truck on the lift caused my squeaky leaf fix to move out of place. So I re did that this afternoon, back to silence for now.

 

Or gold. Everyone leaves out gold. Good looking color on the later years imo.

 

metallic gold? that would sparkle in the sun

 

Silver wheels is best wheels.

 

what's the flush run? i was going to have mine hooked up to machine next week for about $150

 

Made a little progress after pressure washing the frame this morning. Cut some shit off.



Welded some smaller shit back on.



Then removed the shocks, did a little frame cleaning for welding and glued the new upper shock mount cross bar in place. The actual shock mounts are not welded yet.