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

Finally decided to stop cleaning my headlights every couple months. So I cleaned them one more time and put on some 3m clear vinyl. It wasn't the best, got a couple small bubbles but I got enough left over to redo it.


Cutting the vinyl

Putting it on

Finished

Second light half clean (left half clean, right still hazy)


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In my area. It is for the most part stock but the paint is one of a kind. Its bedliner, matt black stripes, and a candy red/copper upper. I have some 33" tires but im waiting on a lift to fit em. I hope someday it can compete with some of the gorgouse rigs on the site.

 

Curious to see how this holds up.

 

TAKING apart (... which is completely different than cutting apart ) the engine.



DSC09995 by wyo_taco45, on Flickr

 

Where've you been? I got that ages ago.

 

$280 an axle. I'll be hitting you up with questions in the future!

 

Thankfully I learned general construction as a kid because my dad was a contractor. Granted I'm out of practice but if I ever need any help I have him and two uncles who can lend a hand/advice if need be.

I am looking forward to getting a home and a garage/workshop I can call my own.

 

Nice. But I think the blue may clash with the lunar mist...

 

Painted (not plasti derped) my grill and corner trim satin black. Gotta do the bumpers, door handles, and fender flares next.

 

Nah, blue is the 'other' color in my build by default. King shocks and inchworm crawlbox are blue.

On that note... while I clean up the engine, I was gonna repaint it. Thinking of black on the main block, and blue for the valve cover.

 

Paint it the color of dirty engine oil so you never see a leak...

 

With a high gloss coat?

 

Blue represents "hybrid" so it's totally apropos.

But if you're asking my useless opinion, which you're not so I'll give it to you anyway, I'd go with a color scheme that more represents Toyota and not Chevy/Ford.

This thing is still a Toyota, right?

 

With that said definitely put hybrid emblems on it

 

Toyota has a color scheme?

 

Here is my choice for the repower... Go anywhere and it's great on gas...

 

I'm sticking with the 3RZ for now. I already have it, and a lot of the truck has been built around that specific drivetrain setup.

 

I seriously thought about it for awhile, but I don't think it'd pass the stupid emissions testing here.