NJ B.S. Thread

Looking to find a first gen 6’ bed relatively rust free somewhere in NJ or PA. Preferably gold. Mines now rusted through in the wheel well and has big dent from a hit and run. Anyone got any leads or does anyone have one?

 

nobody has rust free anything up here. Your best bet is to check down south and hope they can ship freight or maybe take a road trip and plan a weekend of it.

 

i just sold one for 3200 just the bed lmfao

 

Why did you have a first gen bed?

 

He didn’t…

 

https://chambersburg.craigslist.org/pts/d/capon-bridge-2000-toyota-tacoma-ft-bed/7445271179.html this one was on northeast craigslist finds... little further than you want but seems okay

 

Holy hell that’s a bit spendy

 

Jump on it before it's gone. Otherwise, prepare to wait and travel far.

 

I saw a black bed that was clean at a yard called union auto wreckers. It was like 6 months ago but you may want to give them a call. they wanted 400 btw

 

But......I just so happen to have a gold bed from a california truck. That I may be willing to sell if the price is right.

 

Very interested…but that looks like a short bed though?

 

Shit, my bad...The union auto wreckers one is ext cab longbed. I have too many 1st gens. If they still have that long bed I have a cheap good paint guy in boonton. Sorry to get you excited.

 

had a whole truck parted it out since it had no title

 

Jealous of that bed's condition. I'd like to get a fresh southern or cali one one day to start over with. Been patched too many times, and reconfigured too many times so I am left with lots of holes.

 

I feel ya. I bought a super rusty 02. Then found a pretty clean 04, then I found this one. Straight from cali. Zero rust. 2wd, but that is basically resolved already. Its worth just flying somewhere and driving back IMO. So much easier to work on w no rust.

 

Yeah that's the eventual plan, something from the south. My rust issues are contained to the tailgate, random bed areas, and the doors. I have rust free doors I plan on using eventually to replace the current doors, and the current doors will be turned into half doors. Tailgate and bed needs to be replaced and started fresh for sure. Frame's new as of 2016 and almost every bolt has been hit with anti seize besides maybe the cab mounts at this point. The fresh frame is the most important part for me really.

Frame in 2019:

Shock relocation by Michael Halat, on Flickr

Frame in January:

Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr

 

My bed rusted through in that same exact spot! Started out like that now it’s like 5 times as big

 

that’s some pretty bad bed rust, can see right through it.

 

The frame looks good in both those pics. I have one that has way more rust on frame. Im constantly patching and fixing parts of it. Shock mounts breaking off. I took that frame down to metal 2 years ago in back and painted it. Did nothing. You have to use something like chassis saver. That stuff is serious.

 

Yeah ever since I got the new frame I fluid film it every year and I don't take it on the road when there is salt down unless it's to go snowboarding or wheeling. Been working pretty well to keep it mint.