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

Depends if you trust your life on your welds. You could beef up the mounts at the same time.

 

Pics of satoshi and rod holder as promised. I have since removed the window tint from side markers and it looks wayyyy better.



Also got a gopro hero 3 black edition yesterday woooooot!!!

Notice anything different between these 2 pics?

 

The stripes on fender

 

You have the nicest set of stock wheels offered and painted them black.

Like it.

What paint/process did you use?

Also - your dog is wearing a different collar and you Line-X'd your bed... and blacked out your badges.

 

I don't think I've ever seen anyone do it for a lift but that is very common in the lowrider scene. They take the body off, cut the body mounts off and the top of the frame down, replate the frame, then weld the body mounts back on only lower. And then you have a cheap version of a stock floor bodydrop.

So I imagine it would be the same as lifting it and like you said it would probably be safer.

 

New siding/windows on the house... and the trees got bigger

 

tool box
bed liner
dark taillights
different wheels and tires/black
stickers added /removed
badges moved /black
stripes
mud flaps removed
corner light trim black

this is fun lol
siding changed
new Windows
new door

 

I posted a thread about it but want to ask you guys.

Do you think a 1" differential drop kit would work with bud built skids?

 

Yes, I'm running one now.

 

Garden hose.

Madjik_Man trusts my welds (I think )

Sounds good to me!

 

Only thing is I removed the shit carpet and put in vinyl. Place I got it from had it molded TERRIBLY so it looks like shit. Do you literally just have the floor bedlined and left it at that? I took out the carpet because It was a bitch to clean and I'm always muddy. But the vinyl looks like shit too since the back wasn't molded at all so it looks so bad.

 

Truck looks much better! How do you like the Hero 3? My buddy has the same one and says when he puts it in the 4k, the battery life is non existent.

 

Way too much work for 1" IMO. After installing the 1" BL on my truck I can say I have zero concerns about stability or safety with the 1" kit. I'd have concerns with anything bigger than 1" but the small kit is NBD.

Don't waste your effort on fabbing new mounts. A ton of work and irreversible. Throw a 1" kit in it and if you decide you don't like it, you can sell it.

 

Thanks!

 

Good point!

 

I have to agree with Adam. You'd want your mounts to be almost perfect and almost solid other then the bolt hole. Cause even if you welded it on..id want to run bolts anyways.

But the non reversible part is what would really suck..

Also you could probably fit 37s with a 1 BL and the tubing...just saying..

 

Installed this.

 

Very nice upgrade! Did you also end up doing the end cap mod before the actual install? Was it a PITA to install the ARB like some others have mentioned?

 

I did this..... should've done the diff breather mod

 

That's assuming it crosses your mind to actually clean, first.

True that.