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

they have an exact copy of the actual arb optics by the looks. i ordered the 20* beam version.

i did some researching and they seem like theyl work for my needs (moose lights mostly)

 

I just ordered new gaskets from the dealer when i did mine. dont know the part number off the top of my head though.

 

Aren’t they like 15$ a piece?

 

Anyone have trouble bleeding the tundra calipers? Because I am.

 

what do you mean?

Should bleed fine. Or is that when you start the truck you feel the pedal is very soft?

 

@Speedytech7 those light bars are sorry when it comes to frog gigging or coon hunting lights. My old 3million halogen Qbeam will light up the other end of a football field or shine the top of a 150ft tree, and keep your warm during winter.

 

We've gotten to the point where huge light bars are more of a look/status item rather than a functional addition to the truck. I'd much rather just have a couple lights that can slice through distance and maybe a couple small pods or a single small bar for the close field. But I don't need a high mount or medium mount glare generator on my truck.

 

Gave em a nice wash and wax

 

@FLBAdrian

Make sure its full of brake fluid, then take out the brake line until fluid starts running out. Put your thumb over the line and tighten up. (keep checking the fluid level). Then do the other side. After that bleed the system real good. Start at rear passenger, rear drivers, front passenger, then front drivers side.

I bled my lines(pic) before I added the new wheelers lines. The banjo bolt will screw into the caliper...bleed all the lines before you assemble.

I'll tell you the tundra brakes are worth every bit of time & $!

 

Thanks man I got it working now.

 

Speaking of long range lights earlier today, the hyperspots I got on group buy last month showed up. Same light output, distance, and quality as baja designs, and half the price. Who knew Rigid would be the economical choice?

 

Gettin there

 

I know the fit, even if they didn’t I’m sure I could sell them for more than I’ve got into them.

 

Why would it make a difference?

 

Hmmm. I’m not really sure what the real difference would be though. They’re both plastic so how could they be all that different? I would assume that as long as prep was good and it was primed with the proper primer it would take the paint just as well.

 

They hold up well! Only issue is my rotation is off due to hitting the desert before the jb weld completely dried but it isn’t off by much. I have the mini d2s with hylux 45w ballasts and osram CBI bulbs. I’m more than happy with my output.

 

Just picked up em up!

I love how they look

 

Well I guess I’m confused as to why you couldn’t sand/scuff them up and go through the painting process like any other thing.
Never heard of this issue...

Are you meaning fiberglass vs plastic?

 

That being said I wonder if glassworks would be willing to make fiberglass fender flares for a group buy in the original OEM shape. They would take Paint much better. Would anyone be interested?