1995 Interior Restoration

I am the next state down!
Yea I was surprised as well, just some minor surface rust, the truck had the frame replaced a few years before I bought it so maybe they re did the floor too.

 

Nah I got the grey interior. I ordered graphite for my carpet. I hope it's close enough to original. It's hard to tell off the computer screen when matching.

 

OK, I think depending on where you ordered it from it may be a bit darker. Mine was labled oak but it was a bit darker, however I like it better. Here's a picture for comparison:

 

Someone shelled out some serious cash for a frame replacement! Because IIRC 95.5-00 got bought back and crushed rather than get their frame replaced by Toyota. Pan looks original to me, just aged well apparently. Especially for NE truck.

 

Darker is fine with me. I really just didn't want lighter. I didn't want really really dark either, just a tad darker is fine though. Yours looks really good. I'd have no complaints with that.

 

Oh really? I thought it was any Tacoma up until that time. Either way I think your right, looked like a factory weld seam.

 

Yea same. The carpet was extremely discolored and stained with cig remanents and coffee. Also paint, previous owner was a painter haha.

 

Yeah no kidding my carpet looked like Folgers, Marlboro and Maxwell House all fought to the death on my floor. My Taco's previous owner was apparently a pig.

I'll post pictures when I get started on my project too.

 

Same here man, almost every plastic piece looked like someone stabbed it reapeatedly with a screw driver. Looking forward to your restoration!

 

Alright have some more stuff on order. Got the instrument cluster glass coming (whole left side is spiderweb cracked). Also got my red LEDs coming for the dash light conversion. Saved a ton buying them on ebay. Same exact item, about $30 less!

 

I need to clean my interior. My carpet looks like it played host to an elephant orgy. I was just gonna steam/shampoo clean it because I knew I'd make it dirty from all the stuff I end up doing. But maybe a new carpet is a better idea at that price. Looking good, excited to see it finished.

 

It's definitely worth it. Breaking everything down and removing the old one is the easy part. I spent a few hours trimming and taking it in and out if the cab to make sure things were exact.

 

So good and bad news, got the new glass in, but half the new dash lights and the speedo don't work now. I'm guessing I didn't plug the harnesses in tight enough. It's a real pain getting back there!

 

As I said before, gotta go back in there in make sure the harnesses are plugged in tight.

 

When installing LED lights you may have to rotate the polarity if they don't light up on the first try.

 

Could you explain? I'm not quite sure what you mean.

 

You may have to turn the bulb housing 180degrees and reinstall because LEDs are diodes and power can only flow one direction through a diode.

 

So basically the ones that don't light up just flip the blub around and pop them back in?

 

Exactly!

 

Thanks! BTW any tips or tricks to getting the speedo plugged back in? It's really hard to get my hand back there.