1997 Tacoma just bought! Any custom ideas?

Be original and don't add raptor lights.

 

Least you don’t have to worry about strawberry milkshake or changing your radiator since you have a manual.

 

Or black wheels

 

All im gonna say is snow cat treads instead of wheels.....

 

But the TRD stickers on that truck are not a Toyota product........

And while we're on the TRD topic, nothing on any Tacoma was an actual result of their racing program. So it's all fakery anyway.

@Leebo89, as other suggest, base-lining the maintenance items on a used vehicle is always #1. Good records from the PO can even be part of that, if you were lucky enough to receive some.

As far as mods, wait till you use it a while and determine some 'I wish it dids'.

 

I like them oem with little to no mods. I think it looks awesome. Nice find

 

Before you do anything check the frame for rust!

 

Like these guys said...check your lower ball joints! Here is a video of what happen to my 95 4x4 because I used Duralast ball joints. Go to 10.50 of the video to see what happen to my truck. The rest of the video is about the MR2s I restore.
https://youtu.be/LfrJf0FwIQo

 

The shifter boot mod! There’s a write up from another member floating around.