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

hope ya don't have to repaint the rims to match. Looks like they turned out good tho!

 

Just ordered some billies, eibach springs!

 

Grassy ass, monsewer.

Hell no. Matching was a big concern for me. The auto store had no fewer that SEVEN kinds of Duplicolor silver for Toyotas. SEVEN! I narrowed it down to four that looked pretty close, then took them outside in the store's parking lot in bright sun next to the wheels and tried to match as exactly as possible. After paint and before clearcoat, they look pretty darn close. Fingers crossed...

 

Oil change today.

 

Ordered a softopper.

 

Hahaha are those the left-overs from our "Let's put a shit load of wood on the hill and then haul ass up it" excursion?

 

Most likely

Just got back from the shop. Had my Magnaflow relocated. The end of the exhaust was too close the the axle and melted the insulation for the ABS wiring. I was wondering why my ABS light was on. The shop replaced everything!

 

Finally changed my oil, and replaced the air filter. actually made a pretty big difference from what I can tell. I've ben needing to replace that filter for a while now...

 

I was going to change my oil today... but it looks like i've got a bad leak coming from the back of the motor or possibly the bell housing so now I have to get that looked at

 

rear main seal

 

Looks awesome. I desperately need to do this for mine,

Going black though.

Nice work man

 

Today I:

Washed two weeks worth of dirt and winter weather off the body, underside and frame.

Then 303 Aerospace'd all the weather stripping on the outside (doors, windows and topper). Then continued to 303 all the weather stripping on the inside of the doors as well.

After the wash I waxed the entire truck, including the inside of the gas door and inside door jambs, etc...

Then I detailed the interior of the truck.

Finished it all off with extensive glass cleaning inside and out, including the topper.

Oh and tire shine (the best kind: no gloss - brings them back to brand new black)

 

Airaid install

 

that sounds expensive

 

the part is not expensive. The fact that the entire transmission has to be removed to replace it is.

 

dang i was worried it was gonna be something that would take a lot of labor

 

Lots of labor.

 

Are you sure its coming out of the bell housing and not the valve covers or something like that?

 

^^^ gets your lights and mirrors out...

 

see its weird because it was spread out everywhere, a lot was on the bell housing and ran down to the bottom of the transmission there was more on the sway bar and in between the tie rods... I dont think its coming out of the bell housing but it was a hell of a lot of oil suddenly. could be the head gaskets there is dried oil around the valve covers toward the back of the motor... I cleaned it all up and im hoping i can trace it down later