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

I was thinking the exact same thing..."aww shit here we go!"

 

So you won't weld your bumper, but you trust your life to that seat?

 

its difficult, but practice makes good. (not perfect) lol. . . . I borrowed my dads Miller 2 weeks ago. I was welding nuts to the frame since my self drilling bolts kept stripping. man, I had a helluva time. my welds sucked at first, but got better as I progressed. I originally had the gun to close. I do gotta say, its fun and addicting. I fixed my fence while I was at it. haha

fuck what people think. Welder looks good man. your pretty busy with that horn thing you have going on too. so what if you haven't used it. (or your truck for that matter) I think my truck is over kill too. I use it once or twice a month for adventures. M-F she takes me to the office while I'm in a suit and tie. lol

 

I was thinking of doing seats too....but...but....what you said, I don't trust my welds, or anybody's for that matter. nope!! not welding seat rails, that's one thing I cant see myself doing

 

God no. I scrapped the whole Lexus ES300 seat idea. Too much effort for minimal return.

 

No more Miller talk, unless it's Miller time

 

That's not thaaaat bad for first time stuff man, someone like you, you'll be stacking dimes soon enough.
Looks better than my first attempts

 

Lmaooooo

 

Lookin good hermano

 

I dont see any break tests? I couldnt find the pics of my Tig break test coupons so heres some bumper porn. 24 volts out of a Miller 252.
Dont worry, I cleaned up those holes in the hitch receiver gusset. I just blasted them out with the oxy/fuel torch to get them done quick as I built this bumper at work over 2 30 min lunch breaks.

 

Upgraded the alternator today. I think the valve cover leak from last year aided in the demise of the regulator.

 

I have had many sleepless nights in anticipation of bending my coupons. I felt worse after failing some of those tests than I have felt over failing any other test. It legit gave me anxiety if I had a bend test coming up. It took about 3 or 4 hours for me to weld up an open root Tig plate test so if I failed, it was a ton of time wasted, and my school would make you weld out a plate completely even if you failed the visual inspection on the root pass. It was a no BS welding class tought by a no BS instructor. Walked in a boy, came out a man.
Those are from the 2 tests I passed. 2G and 3G out of position GTAW. Never took any other welding courses as I learned I didnt want to make a career of it. Still ended up doing some mig welding for a family friend's company. That made me want to persue Industrial maintenance and Mechatronics.

 

Yes James, you are 100x better at welding than me.

I wasn’t lucky enough to have welding class at my high school.

 

Told ya, buy a truck, be an independent welder, make $$$.

They make 100k where I’m at I can only image what they make in Texas.


Or you can go work on a well and make 80k right out of school.


Or you can go to school, get an education and come out with a useable degree and make decent money, and pay off all your school debt

 

Oilfield will kill your body though, that’s for sure

 

Go into commercial welding man. You know how much those fuckers make?

 

That’s true, I’ve only ever experienced the oil part of it though, you earn every cent.

 

I’m a new taco owner...it was completely stock except rims when I got it now it’s got the blue and grey wire mod and rear diff breather extension.. missing skid plates so that’s what I’m saving for now

 

Dafuqs the blue wire mod, nice truck, welcome, might as well let us know where abouts youre from.

 

I’m an hour southeast of Indianapolis blue wire mod is for the locker.m