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

Here's what we started with.

Welded some plates in to provide mounting locations for the turn signals.

Son knocked all the rust and loose paint off.

Drilled and tapped holes for the mounting bolts for the bases of the Halogens.

Son started painting the mounting base with some Por15

Main bumper is getting Gunmetal Gray acrylic epoxy.

 

Trailer marker lights make good turn signals

 

Found these online. According to the measurements they should fit right in the triangle.

 

Oh yeah, those’ll work swell.

 

It depends on which leafs you remove, plan is to remove the two very bottom leafs. Together they measure about 1/2” so it should just drop that much. But we’ll see what happens.

 

Nice compressor, which Benchmade is that?

 

Went ‘froadin and dented my lower skid.

 

I don't think so.

 

Nimravus

 

So here's how it turned out... Done for tonight.

 

I thought they were these

 

I took my dash apart to clean, and make sure all the display lights work // suggestions for LED switchout ?
Drained my radiator in prep for flush and new thermostat // what im seeing is put the little "clitoris" at 6 o'clock?
Planned new mounting locations for my light bar switches
My first day turning bolts on new to me rig.

 

I tried, it was too tight

 

Well its raining out so i got a half ass quick measurement. Ill double check it when i get home and its. Not raining.
So unloaded dever J59'S. There about a year and 1/2 old.
bottom of flair to aprox center of hub
Driver's 24"
Passengers 24 1/2 "
Pics tire size is 265 75 16 bfg ko with some miles .

And how high it sits compared to stock with old stock suspension "kinda sagging "and smaller stock size tires. I think there 265 70 16 ats

 

That's a good thing...

 

The jiggle valve goes at 6:00. The dealership put mine at 12:00 when they did the timing belt and water pump. Truck ran at 200-206F. I changed it to 6:00, truck now runs at 186-192F.

 

So good! After a some work I got it in

 

Added a 2nd gen bed rail system this a.m.----now just have to figure out if I'm going to throw my Surco up there, or buy/fab something else....oh decisions, decisions.....