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

Who said I was gonna get it right?

 

Got me there

 

I saw one when working by myself at the border of Colorado and Wyoming doing a sound survey in the middle of literally no where as part of a wind farm study. I turned around and got a change order and budget for another person to come with me. F that. LOL.

 

Good call, that way the cat can have a snack after it eats the first guy

 

that thing fared much worse than my tundras 70 mph roll... buty mine had the advantage of flying completely over the cab.

 

It’s what the boss suggested as a solution. I no longer work there. I have a photo of it somewhere. I was in Tie Siding. Snow drift like no other. Where the company F-150 got stuck and a 1995 Toyota pickup got us out.

 

Wow, that's a pretty truck. Feels like so long ago.

 

You never got to see that one did you? I think you actually first joined us right after I got the grey one usable for The De-Tour

I miss that green one, going to do it proud with the white one

 

Anyone have suggestions for transfer case skid?

I got the 4x innovations ifs and trans skids, but they don't have a transfer case skid.

 

Shoulda gone with the Budbuilt, just sayin...

 

I probably would have, if they had answered their email.

But now.... woulda, shoulda, coulda doesn't really help me.

 

Custom built!!

 

Skidrow Offroad makes a solid transfer case skid, been running it for a few years myself

I don't think Budbilt makes a tcase skid, they have an IFS skid and then a big transmission skid that covers the trans and tcase. Though maybe they do make a separate one for it

 

Front range offroad makes one

 

That's one of the options I'm looking at. Was hoping to get some feedback on it.

 

I've seen their cross member. I haven't seen their skid.

I was looking at the cross member, but it eliminates the factory crossmember... which is what the 4xinnovation trans skid bolts to.

 

The Skidrow has served me well for the 3.5 years I've been wheeling my truck. Lot of battle scars on it but it's still in solid shape. One time a few years ago I came down real hard directly on it onto a rock and it pushed it up a bit into the tcase. Didn't damage anything but had to get the skid pressed flat again lol. Definitely saved my tcase from getting destroyed though. Its 3/16 steel so it's not immune to bending if hit hard enough

 

clean clear and odorless
possibly restores some weathered metal to better than before condition/appearance
this stuff maybe can beat the FF fluid film challenge and i am stoked to give it a shot as i found FF to be some real undesirable and nasty stuff
had to goto the 3rd gen forums to find this product from a Canadian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEqjyip0Kmk

its supposed to be over 50 degrees here today so i can fire up the compressor and give it a shot!
only thing i am concerned about is what effect it will have on the old & brittle undercoat under my Tacoma

 

https://www.skidrowoffroad.com/product/toyota-tacoma-transfer-case-skid-plate-1995-2004/

Looks like that should be compatible with the 4xInnovations skids as well, which I also have.