What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

put my in my scangauge 2 that the wifey got me for christmas

oh yah, changed my oil too, then went to grease my drive shafts and my grease gun broke

 

Snow, sleet, rain has finally moved out of the area so I did a sponge/water rinse, no soap.

The temp was still in the 40's, the wind was breezin', yet the sun was out, and I still froze my ass off. Damndest thing.

Pulled her into the garage and did a wipe down with a wet ArmorAll microfiber towel.

Not detailed by any means, but clean enough to drive with respect.

Cold but clear for the week ahead - me so happy.

That is all.

 

Satoshi Grill Mod. I also put some hella's behind the grill but i blacked them out so you cant see them threw the grill. You can only see them when they are on. The lights behind the grill are not in the pictures.

Before:


After:

 

installed brush guard

 

Cleared out a space in the garage for it . Beats leaving our baby outside.

Tim Glover

 

added a winch to my brushgaurd (yesterday)
relocated the lights that were on the brushgaurd under the bed to work with the reverse lights to light behind me when backing up

 

didnt technically do anything yet, but i ordered some new rims today! well their from my fiance. 16x8 4" backspace cragar soft 8's cant wait!!!

 

oh, better ask Santa for some wheel spacers as a post xmas gift... ur gonna need them with that style of wheel...

congrats though... its a great looking wheel...

 

debadged and washed

 

Installed a new Fram air filter. Yeah, I've got skills...

 

About to wash and wax, then going to apply paint sealant.

 

how does that work? is the brushgaurd strong enough? i know if i bottom out on something with mine it knocks it loose, im thinking about taking mine off for clearance. I would love to to this if it would work.

 

Do you have that attached/supported to the frame somehow?

 

yeah cause mine has 4 brackets that connect to the frame, and they sure dont look to strong.

 

did the blinker relocation mod today. Now im frozen.

 

you sure? ive read mixed things about people needing spacers and some dont. most of what i read, people that order the 4" backspace dont need spacers with these wheels. btw i have the 2.7l if it matters at all.

 

its strong enough
its a warn transformer brush guard
all of it is 1/4 inch steel attached to the frame in 4 different spots

 

changed the oil and filter.

 

yep, im sure... been modding tacomas since 2004.... seen most of everything on the first gens in person...

the dimple dies on the soft8 style wheels go in too far and scrape the surface of the calipers... i have personally seen 5 1st gens try to run those wheels, and every single person had to get wheel spacers... i have heard of 2 folks who claimed they never had the scraping issues, and ran them, only to end up with damage to their calipers later...

u want to get 4" backspace with any style wheel to keep the tire sidewall away from the stock UCA with bigger tires and when aired down for wheeling...

 

what kinda spacer would i need to clear the calipers then? 1.5"? i read some people just grinded down the caliper and then put the wheels on and it cleared. any help would be awesome since their coming in next week.