99 taco 4x4

[Mackadocious916]

Hidden behind covers...

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Exposed...

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Now this... (still need shampooing)

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Ordered these four screws missing from door sill trim today at toyota...2 in stock, 6 on order...

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[Mackadocious916]

Ordered, the missing pedal plus other to match....

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This is kinda beat up, but I can deal for now....

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This is just nasty... It's like someone chewed their way out of em in a trunk...

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I will try the dismantlers for one or CL...
Gotta post this up for $$$....

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[Mackadocious916]

Got my toyota screws and pedal pads...

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Saw this online....

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I offered $40, and said drivers side, he did it for $40, saw em for 120$ online

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Gotta get this out but thats a job for another day...

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[Mackadocious916]

Got the selt belt assembly installed....

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Had to stop wiring due to coupdnt find electrical tape...

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[Mackadocious916]

Got the seatbelt in... Vacuumed interior, invisi glassed the windows, and wiped interior down... Just need to shampoo seats...

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[Mackadocious916]

This is what I got now... Missing lighter and outlet cap...

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Future goals....

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The center console is pretty rough...

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[Mackadocious916]

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I had been watching you tube vids on fixing bumper with boiling water like this:

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But my girl made spaghetti yesterday , so I didnt have the big pot, and the little pot / hot dog size, didnt get it done...so after I move the spaghetti to a different container & clean the big pot ill try again

 

[HotRodPC]

Your bumper isn't steel??? I knew about that trick on plastic bumper covers but I don't think it works on metal.

 

[f6john]

You are really committed to getting your Taco in shape! I’m impressed with your progress in such a short time. I guess you are daily driving it while you make your improvements?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Impressive what a change that made!

You can also try a hair dryer to pop that out, a heat gun will work.

 

[Mackadocious916]

You are really committed to getting your Taco in shape! I’m impressed with your progress in such a short time. I guess you are daily driving it while you make your improvements?

Thanks....still driving the prius pretty much for gas...

Impressive what a change that made!

You can also try a hair dryer to pop that out, a heat gun will work.

I am going to get a heat gun...

So I tried three x's... Bought a dented pot from the thrift store for 3.99. Boiled three water pots full, and used prybar to pivot against metal to try and flex plastic back, but it must be a tougher polymer than minivan...

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Not much change... I think heat gun will work better...

 

[Mackadocious916]

Before the bumper I had scrubbed my seats real good to get the stains out.... I will do one more round tommorrow, but it came out good....
Only got the passenger side before pics because I had scrubbed drivers already...

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Really just the yucky center console is left..

 

[Mackadocious916]

So I want to try this method before I call it....

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I bought one of these at harbor freight to try out tommorrow....

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We will see....

 

[Mackadocious916]

Welp disnt have as much luck as I thought....it was like a leather crease that once one side came out it all looked bad, then push a part down, the other side started to fold up... Tried about four rounds with the heat gun, but only got a little improvement...

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It would either balloon out deformed, or in...at this point I called it....a little better, but tubular down the line will make it a non issue...

 

[Mackadocious916]

I had been scoping wheels, and while I really like the dubs, people want a premium for em... $800ish

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So I had saw these and supposed to pick em up for $140 tommorrow...

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Hoping to mount and balance with some wrangler take offs...

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