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

I am trting to buy a first gen...problem is most of the post just because the WIFES making them sell ..n ..really don't want to "get rid of it"like she said

 

Looks great! Where'd you source them?

 

Thanks, most online Toyota parts dealers should have ‘em, I get almost all of my stuff from Toyota Parts Deal. They ship from the west coast and I’m in Hawaii.

 

My arms had the rust rot starting under the paint and they were 20 years old and faded so…..

 

Do you think it dose anything for your mpg or aerodynamic or is it more for aesthetics or brush deflection?

I was contemplating adding one to my bumper to help sort of replicate the stock aerodynamics. Even .5 of a mile adds up after awhile.

 

Sandblasted all the Bed & Cab Mounts. Took about an hour to get em decent. Going to be installing them on the new frame shortly.

 

If it was similar to the stock bumper it would make a difference. Not talked about enough i think but off-road bumpers cut highway mileage by about 2mpg in my experience mainly due to the aerodynamics going away.

I could still pull over 20mpg with 33s and camping gear with a stock bumper.

 

Well, if that's all I gotta do... Nope!

 

Added some extra triangulation tubes on my frame to make it stronger.

 

Nice, clean work. What did you use for the bracing material?