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

You can see ghosting from my badges... It's slowly going away though.

 

Same here but only if you stand in a certain spot and look really hard haha

 

I took the pin stripes off the truck a while back. I could see where they were for about a month and a half then after a combo of sun and washing it they went away. Just takes time

 

It's been a year and I can still see them haha but only if you know there used to be badges there.

 

I know exactly how you feel.. So many projects had been like that for me.. I feel lucky that I just recently started working at the same place as my dad and my house is right on his way to work haha.. So if i have a weekend project that got extended to a full week its not too big a deal. Although i still need to work it out in advance.

 

completely redid my rear brakes today. sooooooo much better

 

Sounds simple enough. Thanks for the help. I'm gonna try it this weekend, then I'll give the tailgate a good wax. The black trim pieces on the side, near the rocker panels, seems easy enough to pull off since I've already tried. If the same glue is used on the letters then it shouldn't be too tough to remove. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks again, and thanks to everyone else's tips/ ideas.

 

Put it another order to Camelback. Looks like I decided not to screw around with LCA bushings...

 

Think I finally blew the tranny. Was driving home and if I go over 25 bad sounds

 

Lol

I would love to buy is my dad and I can't have it down for a few weeks, that is unless you want to let me borrow yours I had been thinking about getting a dual sport to drive whilei was doing the swap but I has no moneys

 

Damn, how many miles are on it?

 

140,000

 

Dang tranny shouldn't be gone yet. I mean I would say yes on a Ford but not a Toyota

 

I may be trading in my Taco for this fine piece of machinery today. Decisions must be made...

 

That FJ needs a roof rack, snorkel, and some real armor and then I'd trade my taco in too.

 

The roof rack I'm not too worried about. They look cool, but I doubt I'd ever use it. I would take the winch off my Taco and mount it to the factory FJ bumper using this. Then sliders, and BOOM, done!

 

This. It was one quick test drive for me. Didn't leave the parking lot; I knew right away I was gonna hate that truck because I couldn't see shit.

 

Interesting, and good to know. I'm going to try and keep an open, unbiased, mind on the test drive. I went and test drove a JK Unlimited also, and it rides better than my Taco and gets better gas mileage. I just read/heard so many horror stories about the motors in those things.

 

Love my tacoma

 

I loved the 4.0 but beyond that, not much else.