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

Finally wired up my white LED ignition illumination ring that I retrofitted off a 3rd gen 4Runner part. Here is the halo in all it's glory (and yes, the LED actually fades in and out just like the incandescence bulbs when you open/close the door or start the truck):


KerlyQ's thread on which wires to tap via A piller dome wire here

Using x2 1watt 100 Ohm resistors (based on dome LED install issues (01-04) mentioned in many threads) detailed in my build in order to get this damn LED to work in the ring here

 

Got my 33x12.5 km2s mounted on my new wheels! They are definitely badass, bye bye duratracs I will not miss you



Still trying to decide if I want to leave them capless or put the caps on

 

Such a better choice than the Duracraps!! Looks good.

 

Your truck looked just like mine. Lol

 

Awesome setup you have there.

I adjusted the coils i installed yesterday to get the truck level...looks much better I think.

 

You mad bro???


Lol did you have a bad experience or something?

 

Yea that's for sure! Definitely not a mud terrain/all terrain hybrid. Its on the low end of the all terrains in terms of off roading

 

Yea i was noticing that lol.
I also just realized how badly I need to get a dslr and ditch the iPhone for pictures. Those pictures look fuzzy as shit

 

X2...?

 

Shitty side walls.

Great in snow..but that's it.

 

did a retrofit but had problems with my apollo shrouds about a week ago. installed without shrouds.



got my mini gatling gun shrouds in, installed yesterday and also did the bhlm.

 

Very nice! How much did this projector setup run you if you don't mind me asking?

 

Mini H1 5.0's kit
Reseal Glue
Shipping
Apollo Shrouds + centric rings

210$

Ended up with a second pair of rings and mini gats as well actually.

 

Cool. Thanks. Are these from TRS or a different site? Got a link?

 

I dealt with an awesome company, headlightsquick.com

I got them when they had a sale. Amazing customer service, I was kind of a annoying customer I bet but they went above and beyond. I will continue doing business with them for any additional retrofits. 10PEROFF is a coupon expires on 6/1/13

 

Thanks man!

 

I think all of the Goodyear all terrains have shit sidewalls. My silent armors were two ply sidewalls, and really soft...they always scared me.

I love my km2's...they have done great everywhere....and are even better on the street than my silent armors. Drove in the heavy rain for the first time the other day in the km2s and they did great. No loss of traction or hydro planing. My silent armors would slip and slide and hydroplane in the slightest rain.

 

First off I haven't been on the site in months and it's great being back. I started this project earlier with an extra grill in an attempt save some cash, as of now I'm only $15 down. I have a 20" led bar on it's way and my original plan to mount it on the hood fell through because I'd rather avoid that route and mount behind the grill in some fashion. I bought plastic landscaping mesh and cut the inner grill out with a jigsaw and pliers. Tommorow I plan to even up the jagged edges with a drimmel, do some sanding, and coat black gloss to replicate to my current grill. I'm sure this has been done before by someone so any pictures or tips on how to hold the wire down I was thinking line the inside with small screws and 1" washers before paint, I'm also contemplating fab of the inside mount so I'm open to all suggestions. So far so good

 

What's a retrofit

 

No troll? A retrofit can be a general term to describe aftermarket parts. Basically means you're "fitting" a part to the vehicle after it has left the factory.