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

Monte is that dot in north-central Wyoming

 

You laugh now..

Wait till you see in action...haha

Partially true..


I'm my defense these were already installed. I just put the vertical mounts in this weekend

 

With em all on..yes

 

How hard was the fuel filter?

 

Very easy.

http://www.customtacos.com/tech/index.php?article=175

Trust me, if I can do it... anyone can.

I do highly recommend a 14mm line wrench.

I also offer this advice: I have no idea if this is the reason or not, but on an empty tank the fuel lines just merely dripped when I loosened the compression fitting. But when I tried it with a mostly full tank, gasoline was spraying every where.

And when I changed the fuel filter with the empty tank (my successful attempt) all I did was take the gas cap off for 10 minutes prior to depressurize the system.

 

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Super easy...make sure your tank is close to empty. Has to do with siphoning and gravity..... i did mine just three days ago...took me longer to get the tools I needed out of my tool box than to change the thing.

10mm socket, 14mm wrench and an adjustable to backup on the filter....oh and a drip pan...

 

I went with the Rustoleum bedliner instead just because it was cheaper, and I used it on my bed rails and is still in good shape.

So far I've only painted one since that's all I have time for, so by Thursday I should be done! Haha The back flare looks so much better now.

 

/\/\ Lovin' the look! IMO you should just leave it like that. The front fender flare adds a little contrast to your blacked out setup

 

Hah you're funny! The color of the tires bug me bad enough, let alone leaving the front fenders faded! Really all that's left to completely black it out is tint, plastidip emblems, and black lug nuts.

 

Maybe some tire shine I see what you mean though. I really can't wait to tint mine too!

 

Exactly

 

Your just

 

Tire shine only looks good for the first couple of days, then it fades and makes it look worse. I have a bottle of Meguires tire shine that I used on my old tires and it looked terrible.

 

Nice looking truck.

 

What I did today

and 5 hours later

 

Alright guys stuck between two intakes for my 3.4.

1. aFe dry filter

2. AEM grey finish and dry filter

I can get them both for around 200 but dont know which one i want. I waas originally gonna get the AEM because its metal and wrap it with header tape. The aFe one i believe is platic tho so i dont know if thats better or if i can still heat wrap it. Opinions?? And I know people dont like intakes on our trucks but i like the pros more then cons.

 

I'd go with the AFE but $200? Dafuq? I thought they were like less than half that.

 

For the whole intake?

http://www.autoanything.com/air-filters/61A2114A0A0.aspx

 

Ah I see. Personally I'd just get the filter and call it good. If you want more air flow, get a deck plate

 

Did you sand or primer your bedrails first? Did you take off the flares? I want to do mine but I don't want to mess them up.