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

I guess it's not just mine then. Were Taco frames longer at one point? Like '97-'00? When Scotty saw my frame, he had a big 'WTF?' look on his face. He said it was shorter than others he had seen. He quickly fabricated a new crossmember on the spot.

Looks good BTW.

 

yup it was welded on.

stock skids still work, you just gotta drill holes in the new xmember, since it replaces the old one.

 

iirc 98-00 were ~3" longer.

Whenever I called him asking if I was doing it right, he said he worked on a truck from our "face" and he just extended the frame out with some 2x3 and drilled the crossmember for the skids...im guessing that was your truck haha

 

Interesting. Shorter to allow more room for crush in a collision?
3" is a lot.

Yeah, that was probably my truck. haha

 

That makes 3 of us on the site with this bumper! I love mine, but deffinatly didnt have to extend the frame any i had to chop some on mine

 

Possibly, idk but i know it damn sure aint coming off & i also will be plating a few spots on it to hide some things in the background but i havent had any issues with anything getting caught up in there...not sure about the top though especially once i get a winch.

 

Got any pics from the side to see how close it sits to the front end? I kinda wish mine was closer than it is...

 

That was my biggest complaint the first day when it was just bolted up before i choped it but i got it about where yours is now...even with the front of the fender flare



Thats about as good as i got from the side

Edit: Found one


M3bassman: i would possibly look into doing the top once the winch is on but i mainly just want to do the triangle spots on each side of the winch plate...off topic but damn am i glad i got those bug eye'd lights off the bumper!

 

Thanks. The frame length issue is confusing the hell out of me.

I was wanting some better approach angles, but I guess larger tires and SAS will help with that.

 

Your telling me, if only i could find that money tree i planted when i was a kid! But my approach angle isnt to bad, helluva lot better than stock

 

Lol we didnt get a pic of the lil guy he took off faster than we could catch him..actually feel bad. he wont last long in the winter here in montana..didnt even do any damage to the filter, just built a little nest for himself.

 

I drove it from Greenville sc to decatur al. 400 miles on 1 tank of gas. I was really happy with that.

 

Drove it home for the weekend, time to finally replace that CV axle tomorrow.

 

DAMN! 4 banger or a V6?

 

Waxed it and cut off the tail pipe.

 

Ripped the seat

 

4banger 4x4!

 

Nope, steve drives a V6 4x4..

 

Mass confusion.

 

M3 when did you paint your camper? Looks good.