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06-14-2012, 11:20 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: omaha
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I thought I'd share my Micro taco with everyone. Here she is all stock when I first put the body on.  Bringing home the new rc4wd super swampers. I added a little color to the bead locks too.  All fitted up. The tires were kind of a pain to put on the stock rims, but I got them on and they look sick.  Then I got bored and decided to try a ladder rack/ rollbar for the bed. I also added a snorkel. Oh yeah, it's waterproof now!  I decided to scrap the plastic cage for the back and try something a little stronger. I bought some brass rod and 1/8 brass tube to try my hand at brazing. I definitely need more practice, I couldn't do it. So I took some 10ga solid wire that I had laying around and managed to make a new cage for the bed.  I like the way it looks, but it's heavy and the rear shocks are fully compressed. I think I'm going to pull the whole bed off and make a tube flatbed of some kind. Something simple and light. |
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06-14-2012, 11:39 AM
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06-14-2012, 01:05 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: British Columbia
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looks good
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06-15-2012, 04:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South FL
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Not a Taco/Tacoma but still a Nice yota. I like the orange bead locks with the body color.  |
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06-15-2012, 05:26 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: lee county
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how did you go about waterproofing? liquid tape and marine grease?
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06-16-2012, 08:43 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: omaha
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Spoo: I've never been clear on the models of the Toyota pick ups. Care to enlighten me a little? Poops: I just filled the esc box with dielectric grease and went around the seam with liquid electric tape. I also made sure to fill in all the wholes with the e tape too. Then I went around the seams of the servo with it. Everyone says to take the servo apart and get inside it with the grease, but I said "f it. If it burns it out I'll get a better one." but so far it's working fine. |
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06-16-2012, 05:51 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South FL
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06-16-2012, 06:37 PM
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thanks for clearing that up for me
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06-18-2012, 08:37 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: omaha
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Some shots from this evening.     And a sneak peak of what I'm saving till the yota body breaks.  Last edited by greengiant; 06-18-2012 at 08:39 PM. |
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06-18-2012, 08:47 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The thumb
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Nice rig man The El Camino body is cool, you should paint it up like the one from the Doritos commercial! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li7RVz0i-Tw |
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06-18-2012, 09:17 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: omaha
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That's awesome! I've never seen that commercial before.
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06-19-2012, 08:07 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South FL
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Awesome action shots! And I second the Doritos paintjob!
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