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

anyone painted the roof of their 1st gen black like red here?

 

not a real big fan of roof painting. Looks to me like it was a replacement or shitty fix attempt IMO

 

I like the look of it on some 2nd gens, but I don't think it would look good on ours because it has no lines to flow with without looking silly.

 

IMO, it wouldn't look right on a first gen.

The second gens have sectioned roofs, so IMO it would look goofy to just paint the roof on a 1st gen black.

 

not paint, its vinyl wrap i have it too...



so you can give a try and buy some and wrap it yourself like i did...

/end thread jack

 

I did the dash light mod, though not as bright as I thought they were gonna be...? Maybe it's because I ordered the 194 bulb with 1 LED and/or they look brighter in other people's pictures
Regardless I'm still pleased since it now matches my Pioneer Deck and is way better than the dull green stock lights

Before:


After



Also a question: When taking off the ignition plastic plate, there's a factory wire running to the back of it (where the 2000-20004 models have a clock) but mine is just plastic... What's up with that?

Back side w/ the "dead end" wire:


Front side w/ the plastic plate (oh and Saint Christopher the patron saint of travel & Saint Hubert, the patron saint of hunters:

 

put some switches there.

 

IIRC the SR5 models came with the clock...all the others have the wiring, just not the clock. If you can find a panel w/ the clock it will wire right in.

 

^ hit the nail on the head

 

Dayum! That is clean!

 

Hmmm its clean. I got a friend that will start carrying vinyl in april, said he do complete wraps inside and out. And saw the samples book diffrently colors, carbon fiber patterns, even boa and ostrich textures. Hmm ostrich interior lol

 

Ah gotcha, makes sense. Well my Dad said the panel on his 01' Taco is different than my 99' clock plate...? Either way I'll have to check it out tomorrow during daylight.

Also mine is SR5 so I don't know what in da sam hell is goin on

 

I think they changed after 97

And if yours is an sr5...I have no idea

 

I used the 5 SMD LED's and they are very bright, much more than stock. I have red vice blue though.

 

oh heck no too hot in south GA to go and paint a roof black to hole in even more heat lol

 

Finally got me a build thread plus I updated my profile pic and signature. Btw how do I make it so you can click on the sig pic and go to my build?

 

Was actually thinking about myself.. Saw some FJ's at the dealer last week that had Bedliner on the roof, looked pretty bad ass

 

That looks sick!!!

 

Oooh this will help me put my dash back together

 

Wow that looks.. um.. a little BRO-tastic with those wheels and bedlined bumpers with the tube steps.

Less is more IMO

Different strokes though.

I just prefer practical over bling but thats just me.