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

set of Retros for sale in the 1st gen marketplace for $400. I was gonna scoop them up and sell mine for cheaper but they are black housing.

I would go Kings and a Winch

it aint that wide

 

My dad got me an ARE utility topper for Christmas, he found a bunch of them for sale for $100 from a pest control business that got a new fleet of trucks. He's probably gonna go back and get himself one too for that price, hahaha, I like it

 

$100 is really cheap for a cap. Nice find! And bonus points for dad buying you truck parts
And did your truck never have fender flares? I don't recall seeing an '01-'04 without flares and not have holes in the fenders unless plugged after flare removal.

 

No, mine is a base 4 cyl, I really only see fender flares on the ones with TRD packages or are 4wd, or 6 cyl, I think. My old 2003 2.7 prerunner w/o the TRD package didn't have them, either.
He's got a 1999 2.7 4wd TRD reg cab, it's got fender flares.
I got him new headlights and a pair of cube work lights, gonna mount and wire those in for him as soon as he decides where he wants them mounted, lol.

 

You're right..


this is wide


Alberta Bound!-30.jpg by Monte Nickles Photos, on Flickr

 

So what you're telling is me is, to solve the holes-in-fender issue after removing flares, ya just gotta find a base truck that never had flares and swap the fenders lol. Unless there are other differences that prevent it.

New lights make a huge difference. Even if it's just new bulbs. Good call.

I quite like when you show off your truck.

 

Both good points...makes sense.

I'm going custom, d2s with rgb demon eye, rgb vehicle spec halos, and halo fogs in plate bumper.

 

That picture gets me every time! Such a sexy truck!

 

Sexy hoe!

Thank you sir

 

Yeah, Frank is a sexy beast too!

 

Yep, just look for a 4 cyl without TRD or 4wd, hahaha
Got him some PIAA headlight bulbs too, he was complaining about how he couldn't see well at night, all the new lights should take care of that for him.

 

Isn't that a 5 lug Tacoma? I doubt the fenders are different on a 6 lug.

 

I was thinking more like is there anything mounted on the inside of fenders of more equipped trucks that would be lacking in lesser equipped ones.

 

There wont be any difference. The fender liners will be interchangeable.

 

Today I checked the front differential fluid because it was about time, and it has been leaking since I obtained the truck. Wasn't much lower than it should have been, so I added some. Also discovered I have a crack in the windshield washer fluid tank, but just by the top of the neck so it never holds enough fluid to be at the "full" mark. Whatever.

Also finished "restoring" the front skid plate on the top side of the plate, having done the same process on the bottom already. Lots of grinding, chipping, wire brushing rust away, Rust Mort for eliminating and converting rust before a little sanding, self-etching primer and truck bed liner to top it off.

Starting the chiseling/grinding/brushing away rust and chipping factory coating:


After a coat or two of rust eliminator/sealer:


After 4 coats of Rustmort + 24 hours time to dry:


After a little light sanding and 2 coats of primer:


After 2 coats of truck bed lining (still drying):


A little touch-up truck bed lining on the underside. I see now that I missed some spots!

 

6lug taco fenders are different. they are flared out more.

 

Oh I see. So they aren't exactly interchangeable.

 

There is.

6 luggers fenders have a 1.5" or so "flare" or bulge compared to 5 luggers.

 

All Toyotas seem to have windshield washer reseviors w/ cracks in the neck. You should check out what @cynicalrider did to alleviate the problem. Go back to Post #112270 to check it out. @Sonam

 

here is when I tried putting 5 lug fenders on