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

Mines standing vertical against the bulkhead. I don't find that it takes up much space. It's kind of a pain to access should I need it but that's extremely rare.

If you're offroad a tire under the bed is going to get drug over things, not that I haven't seen swingouts drag tires though either.

 

I unbolted mine and just welded them a bit further apart when I had my spare there. Many ways to skin that cat.

 

It doesn't when you don't drive those types of trails.

 

With all this talk of spare tires, I think this question is fitting.

How close can you safely have the exhaust next to the tire? I want to tuck mine up more without just chopping it at the axle. I think its doable if I go between the spare and the leaf shackle.

 

Got 2/4 of my Methods today, ordering the next 2 probably some time next week. Then some new lugnuts, meso slim caps, and it’s time to mount!

 

That will depend in your truck. If your truck is running rich, the catalytic converters will be working harder and putting out a lot more heat, which will be carried back through the exhaust... Best to tell is to get under there with a thermometer and check it out. Maybe wrap some exhaust wrap on your tailpipe. Maybe build a little heat shield for the tire.

 

Its just a stock 2.7, no boost or anything. The floor gets a little warm from the cats but I assume thats normal. So Id say its running right as it should. But Id probably wrap the pipe as it goes near the tire for safe measures.

 

Painted my hook red.

 

Very nice! I kinda wish mine were the bronze like that instead of the all black. But they were on the truck when I got it and I don't have a good reason to swap them out.

 

Removed the chrome flares. I want as much blue showing as possible Nice that the 95 doesn’t have the holes to fill, just need to clean up some of the 25 year old shmoo built up between.

 

I like that color. Good looking truck.

 

That's a really awesome color, don't see those very often anymore

 

Thanks man, it was garage kept for 20+ years so it still pops quite a bit. My favorite Taco color but I’m biased That red is probably my second favorite

 

I never drug the spare but I drug the exhaust and hitch receiver a lot of times.

 

Nice truck! You're taking great care of it

 

I smashed the TRD tailpipe the PO installed and nearly sandwiched it lol, cut the exhaust off at the axle after that.

 

black gets absolutely no love ... but i had a blue pickup once so i understand!

 

that is the best looking modded grille and chrome mirrors I have seen in a long time
what happened to the center cap?

 

were the chrome mirrors available other than sr5?

 

Plus the SR5 badges which I assume someone stole off the truck along time ago. To be fair, I would have removed the stripes the day I bought it even back in the 90s. The trim was an impulse, I like simplicity. I don’t need anyone but me (and TW) to know that it’s a unicorn.

I do have the trim, curious to see what it’s worth actually.