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

Yeah, these are actually 17s which I think is the right size for these little tacos, but the Ranger would handle 18s nicely. They're just a little more beefy looking truck.

 

Changed my oil and rotated my tires.

 

Made a antenna mount. Just got to prime it, mount it and paint it

 

Used my truck for some tailgating today. That is all.

 

picked up a new taco today
its an 00 4wd 4cylinder automatic, i like it a lot better than my old one mainly due to it being 4x4, but im definitely gonna miss having a V6 and power windows

 

i've done fine without power windows

besides it getting broken into, that is...


didn't you just cut up the bed to make a spare carrier / mod the other one?

 

x3

 

Got a topper a few days ago and picked up my donor leafs from a jeep to rebuild mine rears. They can off a buddies jeep they were only on for about a month...

 

Well another good thing about this new truck is you start with a fresh build!

But why did you get rid of your old truck?

 

I had some extra rock lights laying around so I wired up some lighting for my engine bay and then also for my floor mats, just thought it would be a cool little mod. here are some pictures.

I just got another switch that turns off the lights when the doors are shut and turns them on when the doors open, wired it into my fuse box, mounted the lights (same LED lights as in the pics below)


They are just wired to a switch so If I need some light, I got it! These pictures are from my buddys truck, my truck has two LED lights.

 

Removed a little surface rust on the rear bumper of my new 2003 auto Prerunner. Needs new rotors and pads.... can't wait to add that to the "What have you done......" 3rd. Taco, great trucks!!

 

my old taco is in the scrap yard waiting to be torn apart... I wasnt at the wheel at the time of the accident. My dad was and it was a total loss, he walked away perfectly fine though which is the most important thing IMO. Thats the reason why I got this one

 

sorry for your loss, glad your dads OK.
i assume the front flares didn't survive?

 

believe it or not they survived the crash (it was a roll over) but I didnt have time to take them off before our insurance company came to pick up the truck. Sorry dude

 

that ok, just happy your dad is OK, the tacoma's seem to do good in rollovers.

 

I bet they would let you take stuff off at the scrapyard.

 

Yeah it handled it very well, the cab didn't cave in much at all.

they might have but this was 3weeks ago...

 

Took the bed off, removed old, blown shocks/bumpstops, took apart my junkyard 63" chevy leaf springs, cleaned/painted them, painted my skid plate, and bought a crap load of hardware to mount up my new rear suspension after church tomorrow and the day after. *crossingfingers*

Pics going in my build in a bit...

 

My frame rails put holes through my old one. (rearended someone, and hit a dear) Im thinking about swapping in an 01 instead of going back with the 98

 

oh thats not too bad nowhere near new but managable ill hit them up within the week