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

Aftermarket parts?

I was too afraid to try and disassemble the whole thing...

 

no, it's the factory mirror as far i as i know.

 

Ah I guess the piece holding the mirror is getting weak. If you ever get around to it can you maybe do a mini write up? Please

 

There's nothing to glue. If you pop the mirror off, there's a little plastic rectangle bracket that the mirror clips on and the rectangle has a ball on the back that allows the mirror to be adjusted. It's probably that the ball is worn inside the part it clips in. I took rectangle bracket out once and it's a pain in the ass to get put back together so the power mirror rotates properly again. Luckily I have thin fingers so I could reach in there.

 

hmmm...will definitely have to do some more research first

how about those BPs, wired'm up yet???

 

well there ya go, but i see you said "pain in the ass"....welp, i'm out

 

What BP's?

JK that won't be until after graduation in 2 weeks!

 

damn, two weeks!
i have exactly a month till ours

 

on my 98-00 mirrors, there's seriously burly double-sided adhesive tape that holds the glass to a honeycomb backing plate inside the mirror housing.

that's why the typical way of removing the glass is, unfortunately, to break it.

 

Looks good, i just ordered the clear corners and am thinking theese next.

 

Yep I thought I broke it when my power mirror wouldn't work anymore. Had to finagle it a little. There are little clips on the mirror that hold it to the rectangle bracket and I broke 1 on each mirror but they still hold on fine. You have to pop it off from the bottom, then it slides up and off the top.

 

Got this in the mail today...

 

My passenger mirror on my old Mazda Protege got broken by some a-hole in a parking lot and I replaced it with a huge bubble mirror for the longest time...until the next accident paid to replace the whole mirror assembly

 

Yesterday, but patched a hole

 

Looks good! how much did you end up paying if you don't mind me asking?

 

Thanks!

Sure, they come with new bulbs, wire harness and screws and were $90* shipped from ebay seller: neondials

Search: "tacoma clear red tail lights" and they should show up if still available.

*sales tax is extra if you live in Cali

 

i been thinking of getting these with the half smoked and half red look

 

Anyone know how to deal with ultragauge by chance? I ordered one and never received a email with a tracking number, but money was pulled out of my account on Monday. Every time I send them an email a message comes back saying that I need to look on the website to see if anything on there can answer my question

 

how hard is it to get the head lights off? does the grill need to come off?