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By tegpower18
#284107 heck yea man I had no idea u still had this thing looks great and like tons of fun I cant wait to get a truck that I can beat up and not have to worry about
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By teal_dx
#315370 Took the truck to Southington Offroad Park last weekend.
It's not as extreme as Wellsville, so I didn't bother taking the bed off, putting on the cut fenders or my old beat up bumper. Also didn't have a trailer lined up so we chanced it and drove (1.5 hr each way) and tried not to break anything while there.

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The first trail I picked to go on turned out to be the worst lol
Getting stuck in a big mud hole- Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu4liY27 ... CAE343C130

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And that mud hole was fun, but no more. Cleaning out the inside of the frame was a PITA.

Obstacle Course Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFoGq5rp ... CAE343C130


My friend brought his 99% stock Suzuki Sidekick and I'm impressed what that little 4x4 can do!
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Video Highlights of the Sidekick:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmqNQimS ... CAE343C130
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By teal_dx
#354029 These days I might get to take the truck on a weekend offroad adventure once a year, if I'm lucky. It was looking pretty rough from the first few years I owned it:

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Rolling on the daily 33" all-terrains

I took it to Wellsville once last year:
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Then I parked it for winter and started catching up on maintenance. I also decided this truck deserved some fresh paint for its 30th birthday. I did a walk-around video before taking it to the paint booth...
https://youtu.be/IlCmOYdwZII

The amount of dents in this truck was ridiculous...
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Of course, there was some rust lurking...
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Well that escalated quickly :shock: I kept cutting and cutting until I was sure all rust was removed.

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Blocked the body and it was time for the first coat of primer.
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Blocked & primed some more.

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painted some new wheels in between primer coats.

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Gave the calipers & hubs some attention, since it would have nice wheels.

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By teal_dx
#354030 And here's the finished truck:

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The wheels are painted with Dupli-color Bronze wheel paint. They were black with a silver 'beadlock' ring before. I wasn't sure if the red ring would be overkill, but now I think it looks perfect.

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Tan bedliner to match the interior & bronze wheels.

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When you paint a truck, all the black plastic suddenly looks 2x as bad. So I painted the grill & trim as well.


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Seeing daylight for the first time since paint.
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By FlopUrDonk
#354038 I LOVE FROADIN!!!!

Awesome truck teal!
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By TrailerTrash
#354040 dude it looks amazing :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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By ghskid06
#356281 Dude. This thing is amazing. Too nice to beat up. I remember way back when you got this. I actually got a 99 taco xtracab before I bought the ek but what I thought would be minor frame patching quickly turned into needing a whole new frame. I intended to fabricate one myself from rectangular tube but ultimately sold it off as a parts only truck. I was sad to see it go but im happy I found my civic and I never would have if I had kept the tacoma.