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

damn that’s a ton of preload.

 

13'' coils.

 

That right. Forgot about that.

 

hmm, if you wouldnt mind could you put a picture up? i'm deff going to need to put another antenna on i think, but i need to find one.

 

Heh, funny you should mention that. Have a set of OEM Tundra calipers en route from Toyota currently, though I doubt they'll be red

Got a sweet bit of kit off of @turbodb for the conversion (SS lines, brackets and pre-formed hard lines) so it should be a sweet setup.

They do look really nice in red... and would match my valve covers and engine designation

 

Here is what mine looks like on an '03. Very slim, and it was the exact same one my son has on his '05 second gen lol.

 

Those things are always a bitch!

 

I’d just go pull one off a 4R in a pick a part, I guess I could send you the 99’s too and start the process of tearing it apart

 

I don't think your antenna is oem

 

hmm, weird. yeah i don't know. the old guy i bought it from said he didn't change anything. i was a bit skeptical at first but he had the original order form from when he bought the truck in 04 and it had all the stuff i was initially suspicious of like the shift knob and pedals. i didnt actually notice the antenna until later, i actually perfer the look of it to the longer skinnier ones, but if it gets in the way of the ditch lights then the looks don't mean shit. my mount is also swooped back a bit so the antenna goes at an angle. might need to order a new mount as well as a new antenna. i'll call the dealership tomorrow and see what the damage would be. might just put up with it for a while, like i said, i hardly listen to the radio anyways. mostly i use my phone or CDs.

 

What radiator is that?

 

My 04s antenna is skinny too, yours is definitely aftermarket I bet

 

Raptor liner has been applied to all of the panels now, with the exception of the front fenders, which are still in shipping. Sorry no pics. Just after I finished spraying, it started to cloud up and look like a storm, so I moved it immediately into the garage stall. Yes, I painted it in the fresh air and sunshine. As I have heard it said, poor folks have poor ways. A little disappointed that I couldn't quite get it to spray in an even pattern. It seemed to have a bit of streakiness, particularly on the flat surfaces, hood, top. Operator error, I am sure. But, I'm not trying to win a prize at the county fair, so......

 

Damn, yours is in much better shape than mine

 

20ft paint jobs are fine

 

Little bugger put up a good fight, took about 10mins of heat (baby torch) and a 5ft breaker

 

Just move the light back and over.

 

I had to drill a new hole for the snerkel, doesn’t really bother me anyway. Wish I could find another set of those lights

 

can you not? figured they'd still be on ebay

 

I’ve searched a couple times but can’t find anything similar, Cali raised does not impress me