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

i used back to black on my mirrors, worked about 2 weeks and then faded again. save the trouble and time expense and go ahead and paint them but don't take them off unless you have all those damn little replacement clips

 

Blarg.

If I paint them, I'm taking them off and doing it in the garage and doing it right so it lasts. I'll happily buy the clips.

 

i wish i would have gotten the clips. too lazy to do them that way, i waiting for the day i'm going down the highway and they start flapping

 

Youll be fine, i only have like 4 clips in each flare
No issues as of yet, only thing ive lost going down the roa is the little rubber strip that goes around the flares

 

i think i have around 4 on 3 of them and maybe 2 on one of the fronts

 

If you have to all you gotta do is go in there and ziptie through the holes the clips would go in.

 

might do that when i bed line the flares after the front bumper, which i hope to knock out now

 

i bolted mine bak on after i repainted them.

 

Didn't do anything to it today but ordered new Ome coils!!! I guess new bumpers are in my for seeing future.

 

Did the "clutch pedal squeak" mod (thanks trmarshall1 for the brake pedal return spring!)

I actually took the bottom portion of the dash off (I mean, it's four bolts and a screw) because I'm not a contortionist and I had a hard time getting leverage on the torsion spring.

I also only have a large crowbar... that didn't fit under there, so I was using the largest flathead screwdriver I have for the prying. I had a slight bitch of a time getting that middle part (2nd pic) out of the groove on the pedal. I'm going to go back out there and just bend the one end of the spring around the head near the cotter pin, for peace of mind.

But all in all, it took me less than 10 minutes. Took Ol' Red for a test drive and I love the feel of the pedal now. Just slightly tighter feel than original. Plus it returns to the utmost position which is nice for the cruise control switch. (I'm just going to have to get used to not sticking my foot behind the pedal now )

Oh... and most importantly. NO MORE SQUEAK!!!

 

did the brakes on the 2003 Tacoma Double cab my mom uses on her mail route

 

Lights behind my grill

 

Almost done with my bumper!

 

Honestly, that's the only tube bumper I've ever liked the looks off.

Well done, man.

 

Well not today, but did go to a Taco meet here in GA yesterday. Good peeps, good food, good Tacos. Look at this platter of Tacos.

 

Yes sir. Those were some nice looking taco's

 

damn...looks beefy. You going to cap the holes?

 

Yeah, holes will be capped. Damned thing weighs about 98lbs!

 

holy sheet!

How much did the TG bumper weigh?

 

add 2 more lbs for the shackle mounts itll be a three figure fatty