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

Nevermind. I was mistaken, it's not free.
They reimburse $50 per year.

 

Interesting, appears AAA knows about the Phoenix area glass replacement insurance scam and has built a whole company to get around it haha

 

I stole one from a oem switch I bought, but I think these are the right flavor. You can get LEDs if you want not sure if they will be dimmable though maybe someone here has done that and knows.

$15 cciyu T5 17 86 206 White Halogen Light Bulb Instrument Cluster Gauge Dash Lamp 12V With Twist Lock Sockets ((Total of 40 Pcs))

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KA4MZLC?smid=ARAYQ0NEO71MQ

related thread
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/instrument-cluster-bulb-types.450639/

 

pmed

 

Has @RelentlessFab gotten rid of the tailgate plate for first gen’s? Was waiting to buy this year. Anybody know of a similar one?

 

They did a "final run" based on preorders two years ago. I missed it, and am still a little sad about that. I'm not aware of anything similar.

Evidence:

 

Shouldn't be hard to make your own though.

 

If someone has the tooling to do it properly I could be interested. Preferably someone within a nice road trip's radius so I don't have to deal with shipping..

 

That's should take 10 minutes to draft in CAD and send it to an online laser cutter. Could probably even use sendcutsend website to draw it.

 

any idea what it was made out of?

 

Steel or aluminum

 

"14ga steel or .100" 5052 Aluminum alloy"

Source: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-original-relentless-fab-tailgate-reinforcements.319503/

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCvBGmfxvx7/?igsh=MTdqamJmcG9tOWtkYg==

 

Probably will end up doing that, thank ya sirs!

 

Finally got my new fender painted by my buddy. Came out pretty damn good! Might blend the door paint if its real noticable. The previous owner got hit by a deer and just replaced the panel 10 years ago without painting. It had a nice patina on top of the ecoat when I got it 3 yrs ago.

 

New panel

 

Shakedown run (on road), 250 miles and 3 mountain passes (Stevens, Blewett, Snoqualmie) in under 5 hours, including a stop for gas. Passes were all below freezing but bare and dry, so easy traveling. Averaged about 15mpg, road manners were good through turns, didn’t feel much wind resistance, no noticeable noise. Was able to pull eastbound Snoqualmie Pass holding 5th at 70, not really that impressive other than the truck feels tired at 350k, so I was happy.

 

Put my new rear Billy's on today

 

This was last weekend. Feels good to do a front end refresh.

 

There are a number of different materials available on sendcutsend. I've personally thought about using HDPE