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DJB1's 2003 Regular Cab

Discussion in '1st Gen. Builds (1995-2004)' started by DJB1, Aug 1, 2015.

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  1. Sep 5, 2017 at 8:15 PM
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    Damn nice truck! I just picked up a set of those 16" 5 spokes for my '97 single cab. Might need to join you with the white wheels, I already have a white shell on the back and don't really plan on color matching that any time soon.
     
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  2. Sep 6, 2017 at 9:35 AM
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    If you paint a set of wheels white, make sure to clear coat them. I didn't do that and eventually dirt and brake dust embedded in the paint.
     
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  3. Sep 26, 2017 at 6:48 AM
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    Nice truck! It's in really great shape.
     
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  4. Sep 26, 2017 at 8:31 AM
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    what kinda paint did you use? I'm going with an enamel spray paint and then clear coating once I get tires mounted, in case I need to touch anything up
     
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  5. Sep 26, 2017 at 10:04 PM
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    I used color matched Super White 040 spray paint from Pep Boys
     
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  6. Jun 23, 2018 at 4:12 PM
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    It's been awhile since I've updated anything but single cab Toyota pickups still fill my heart with throbbing lust. I found some steel wheels on local online classifieds at a too-good-to-be-true price and they turned out to be professionally refinished hub-centric OEM wheels with 4.7" backspacing, perfect for a 1st gen with 235/85r16 pizza cutters. Thanks, internet!

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    DJB1, Jun 23, 2018
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  7. Jun 23, 2018 at 4:23 PM
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    Very nice
     
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  8. Jul 5, 2018 at 8:28 PM
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    Brown Santa dropped off new upper control arms today. The OME 880 coils I installed about this time last year have never settled, so I've been driving on an out of spec alignment. Time to rectify that.
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  9. Jul 5, 2018 at 9:04 PM
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    :thumbsup: Jealous of the greaseable ball joints on your set, need to swap out mine.
     
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  10. Jul 10, 2018 at 4:47 PM
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    Fantastic weekend my friend. Looking forward to the next adventure. :cheers:

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    Thank you so much for organizing that. I had a blast.
    @Jiveydude, @H3llRid3r and @Rockymtntacoma tackling a brutal OHV trail:
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    Being the only one in our group with open diffs and no rock sliders, I opted out of that and decided to go climb on some big rocks, take pictures of big rocks and have a nap on a big rock:
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    Best decision of the trip, wish I would gone to camp with you. Wait to you see pics of my skids...
     
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  13. Jul 14, 2018 at 2:46 PM
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    It was an absolute epic adventure. I’d do it again in a second. Haha.
     
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    Oh come on, you had a good time bouncing your truck off the rocks.
     
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  15. Jul 15, 2018 at 9:32 AM
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    I got my new SPC upper control arms in. It was a mostly easy install with a 3 jaw puller to pop the old upper ball joints off the stock UCAs, some abuse of a rental ball joint press to get the ball joints of unknown age out of my second-hand manual hub spindles, and copious amounts of forehead sweat in place of PB Blaster. The most bad words I had to use were getting my grease gun primed with new grease for these bitchin' greasable upper ball joints.
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    I was still amped on high-octane iced coffee so I finally dealt with the constant low-level annoyance of lazy seatbelt retractor syndrome. I pulled them out, blew out the retractor mechanisms with compressed air, lubed the retractor mechanisms with WD-40 silicone spray, and washed the seat belts thoroughly. Much better now. Let me tell you how much my wife loves it when I bring garage projects into the kitchen sink...
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    Out of all of the bitchin' modifications on the @Jiveydude -mobile, I was the most envious of his Relentless Fab tailgate reinforcement. Mine arrived today in unfinished aluminum, just the way I wanted it. It won’t be this pretty for long...
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    Ooooooooh that’s nice.

    Thx for the shout out this morning. Where you finding your way to work?
     
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  18. Aug 17, 2018 at 9:48 PM
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    I was indeed, @H3llRid3r. Let's do another adventure. I vote for Thousand Lake Mountain and Cathedral Valley. Or Goblin Valley to Cathedral Valley.
     
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    So sexy. Astroglide deluxe.
     
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    I vote you trail leader for the next adventure, all those in favor say aye...(@H3llRid3r @Rockymtntacoma )...
     
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