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

Looks very cool on the truck.

 

Fair point I kind of meant to say.

 

Little walk around of the new 02… everything (except the locker) works.
https://youtu.be/UY2XZ9Trop8

 

Wild how the exterior of the body is so clean but the frame is completely wasted

 

Rockers are shot. But honestly the paints in decent shape. Windshield area rust needs to be addressed. So roof will need painted and a new tailgate. But with rockers tailgate and roof
Repair this thing will probably look awesome all fixed up.



addressing the rusted bumpers with
Costal off-road bumpers once the frames done.

 

I did mine 3 years ago, or so
I used these, GLASS lens, ALUMINUM buckets, no JB needed ,NO PLASTIC parts, just a lot of runs to the hardware store to figure out the back end with adding washers and a metal chrome plumbing wall cover mount.
Soaked the lens over night and the lens fell right out of the bucket too, no oven needed.

Took a while getting the horizontal beams even but finished great,
Was a tight fit to get the mini 7.0 projector to fit in the bucket but with a little grinding here and there inside the buckets and two layers off thin sealer inbetween the glass and bucket to get them a little more room to fit like a glove.

There will be a number of areas to grind off to modify,
The area where the washers stack,
The inside wall area of the back of the bucket where the projector hits the bucket.

Later Added Philips extreme bulbs (170.00), found some rubber boots to cover the back electrical wires on the buckets,
painted the inside lens black
Soo much light output power!,,,

 

Awesome rig!
what are those wheels?

 

I just installed the Sony 5500 head unit small amp and some 6x8s. Sooo much better should have done this years ago.

 

I've been using the same 'crush' washers for quite a number of years. No leaks, no problems.

 

Same, only way I know how to kill em entirely is to use an impact on them or use copper crush washers (seem softer, don't last multiple rounds like the alum)

 

What bumper is that

 

Yeah, probably not wise to use an impact on the oil pan drain plug.

 

Tell that to dealer lube techs, swear those SOBs get dumber each generation

 

Have you (or anyone) heard from OG Fab? I know lead time is long but I ordered a third gen rear window Molle panel over a month ago and was charged when I placed the order. I’ve only sent one email but have been ghosted. Should I be worried?

 

was to lazy to rig up a rear mount. jb weld been holding up for almost 6 years now. i actually soaked mine in gas to get them apart initially.

 

Thanks, got them from wheelers.

All pro apex.

 

Thanks that's what I did the last couple of time I drained the fluid. I didn't mention it but that was for the rear diff drain.

 

Mine doesn’t even come off anymore

 

So yesterday I changed out the TB on my son's 4runner, solved the high idel issue he's been having. Got the front up on jack stands and lubed the upper control arms ,,made sure as many of the motor mount bolts that I could reach were still tight. Power washed the front suspension and washed/foamed the rest of the truck while I was at it . Here it is all gussied up.
Today's plan is to drain the rear. Will be interested in seeing how many partials will be in the oil. The new gears were given a REM polishing before installation.
Then hopefully get it all packed up to go play!