[Jperm]

Hello I am new to this site and new to Tacoma's. I just got my 06 Taco about 3 weeks ago, and I love this thing. It only had 4k miles on it when I bought it. Since then I have been looking all over the net for stuff on this truck and luckily I found this place. I just wanted to thank everyone here for the great DIY write ups and all the comments back on them to help. I have only done a few things to this truck. A head unit, 2 door speakers, blacked out the headlights/clear cornered them, and also blacked out the grille emblem. I am thinking tomorrow I will de-badge it and soon when its nice here I am planning on doing the wheels in black also. It has always been my dream to own a nice white truck with black rims and soon it will come true. Man this thing is alot better than my POS Ranger I had. Anyways here is a before pic and then after I did the few mods. I also went with new marker lights and turn signal lights, and I also went with some silvers star headlights. I like it.

 

[borderbrat]

nice truck. Welcome to TN.
P.S. your right signal light is out.

 

[Jperm]

nah i was just doing the left, i made sure they all worked

 

[borderbrat]

nah i was just doing the left, i made sure they all worked

ahhh very sneaky:canada::clap:

 

[Larzzzz]

Welcome. This place is like an encyclopedia britanica for the Tacoma, lots of usefull stuff and people help too!

I had a POS Ranger before the Taco. I'd probably still be driving it now, if I didn't have ********* and their accesories to tote around. It was a 94 w/ 317k.....but, boy did it suk in the snow.

 

[Jperm]

yea I got stuck many times in the littlest amount of snow in that ranger. I sold it because I didn't feel like trailing it back from AZ behind a Uhaul.

 

[smithjesse]

Welcome, to the group. It looks like you already on the path to moding your Tacoma. Keep it up.

 

[DrifterFreak210]

Nice truck and Welcome to the forum! As you have already learned, modding is an addiction with these trucks, many other people can vouge for that on here too. Best of luck with everything

 

[6shooter]

welcome and nice looking truck.
get ready to spend some money because if you're going to be on this site, seeing all these really nice trucks is going to give you idea after idea of what you'd like to do to your truck.
be prepared.

 

[DucDaEvil]

Welcome. You will find out this place is great. I have never loved something so much as I hated it. So many cool things to do as long as you have the time and money. Warning though, its better then crack but more expensive

 

[Jperm]

yea it is very addicting, every day I have something new to do it, thanks for the welcomes and comments on the truck, I just got one tire painted but I am letting it dry before I do the next. I don't really have a great floor jack so I have to do one tire at a time. Time consuming but the only thing else I have to do right now is either get a job or mow the lawn....so paint the rims it is!! haha. and on a side note does anyone know of a good adhesive or sticker that I can use to mount my docking station for my SAT radio? I had it in my ford and when I pulled it out it won't stick to anything.

 

[Chalkie]

and on a side note does anyone know of a good adhesive or sticker that I can use to mount my docking station for my SAT radio? I had it in my ford and when I pulled it out it won't stick to anything.

Depending on where you are putting it you can use the 3M sticky tape for moldings or you can use the heavy duty velcro.

 

[jimmytaco]

Welcome, you should have made the introduction like this.

Allow myself to introduce er... myself

This is honestly the best site in terms of info for doing the DIYs that dealers charge big big big $$$ for.

 

[Jperm]

Thanks Chalkie I will look into that, I am thinking about putting it next to the shifter. Its an auto so I am not that worried about the wires.

 

[Jeddak]

Depending on where you are putting it you can use the 3M sticky tape for moldings or you can use the heavy duty velcro.

second the 3M tape. Try to find the VHB tape with red release liner. It will bond to anything. We used to hang 50# aluminum Dibond panels with it.

 

[Jperm]

with the VHB is it still easy to remove if need be? I will look for some tomorrow when I am out buying more paint....did the front 2 tires and ran out...go figure. Also where is a good place to find the VHB tape?

 

[Jeddak]

Heat gun/hair dryer set to "High". Warm it up and then it will peel of. Use rubbing alcohol to remove any residue. Before gluing anything to the truck, make sure to clean it and then degrease it with alcohol.
To buy, try a sign supply shop, or a sign shop. If you need a little bit, they might sell you their used rolls. VHB is clear with red release liner. There is another double-sided tape, made by 3M, with white foam. Vendor shipped it to me once, by mistake, and it is not nearly as good as red-liner.
Look in the yellow pages for Sone, Charrette, there might be more on the East Coast that I do not know about.

 

[Jperm]

Thanks for the info I have a friend that works at a sign shop so maybe he will know something.