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

Awesome, thanks for the info. I'll likely do something similar

 

I just do it visually, it's pretty hard to see anything less than a mm with how I check them with a prybar. You should be able to use a dial indicator though. Been meaning to do another side by side comparison and keep better track of things.

 

It'll be hard to go back to handwashing with this new electric pressure washer

 

Bi-LED retrofit. Finally can drive in the dark.

 

Colight?

 

Projectors from aliexpress, headlights from rock auto.

 

Ali? Wow. Link to the projectors? How's the cutoff?

 

Replaced my harmonic balancer and oil pump housing seal







This was major key for removing the oil pump Philips bolts without pulling the radiator

 

Dang what an attachment. Did you replace with allen head screws?

 

No I did not. I wish LCE had told me of their upgrade kit when I ordered the other parts.

 

Looking good. The cutoff doesn't look as blue/purple as have seen on other conversions?

Is this the mod you did, or a different way?

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1st-gen-retrofit-walkthrough-morimoto-mini-h1.213080/

 

Projectors I used - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802521867069.html

 

Got my new grille in

 

Looks very similar

 

Today I blacked out all the chrome and installed some black headlights. I will do the rear bumper next week

 

Anybody in the market for 4.30 diffs? 8.4"/open rear. Looked at a truck in the junkyard that had some. Might go back for 'em, just because.

The truck also had the carpeted back wall. Wrong color for my truck, but I snagged it to see if I can retrofit anyway. That might end up for sale soon. The donor truck is a 2000 with the blue/gray interior, trim code FG10 in case anyone's interested.

 

The last back wall carpet I sold went for $350 with the top plastic trim for the bottom of the window. You scored on that. If you decide to use it you can always grab a bottle of black rit and die it black.

 

So bigger issue than the color is that my cab (1998, bare back wall) doesn't have all the holes and slots needed for the trim pieces around the carpet. I'd have to either drill/cut or use adhesive. Have you done that retrofit before?

 

I did do it. I just marked the location of the clips on the back wall and than just drilled 2 holes for each and Dremeled out the in-between. I can take Pic tomorrow. Did you grab the side panels the go up the wall behind the seatbelts?