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

New front tube bumper


New rear tube bumper spare mount gas can mount and hi jack mount


Just a sick pic out in the dunes haha


Also put on led rear tail lights just didn't Get a pic

 

Oh I can make more, but the material and decals alone are over $100. That's delrin. Very nice to machine, but it's abrasive to cutting tools, and actually wears out the carbide inserts. So I just don't think most people would want to pay over $200 just for some center caps.

 

Roughly 20 minutes.

 

Installed a GW 1 dashcam, for 60 bucks you can't go wrong, for your Offroad excursions or proof in a traffic mishap they are priceless. Continuous loop in 5 minute increments on a 16 gig micro sd card with date and time stamped. Just dont splurge and buy and expensive model that has GPS that record your speed to law enforcement, you might self incriminate... Tried to show a small clip but it would not go in attachments.

 

Best looking bedrack ever IMO!

 

Yup

 

Over the weekend:

MBRP Turn Down Cat Back System
TRD Supercharger
Replaced P/S Pump
Replaced Driver Side CV

 

Bend oregon? Cause that's where I live...

 

What do you use the CD radio for? Do your friends also have them? Recently I hooked up a CB after years of not using one and found the channels 99.9% empty. Well; except for people talking to Puerto Rico from NYC in Spanish.

PHM
------

 

yep, i have friends there i occasionally visit. Great place but it was super windy the day i decided to go fly fishing.

 

...just have to install the 'Hellwig' rear sway bar ( this is a ROAD warrior ) and I'm done!

 

Does yesterday count?

I plasti-dipped my front emblem and grill surround.



Next up are the badges...hopefully this week.

Later.

 

Is the quality in sound with just a head unit upgrade a huge difference?

 

I found it to be a minor upgrade with the stock speakers. But i attribute that more to the equalizer and being able to adjust things. Was it really noticeable? Not really IMO. If looking for sound improvement id probably go with new speakers and stock headunit vs new headunit and stock speakers. But that is just me

 

Initial thoughts on sound? Noticable loss of back pressure or low end torque being a 3" pipe?

 

I've been to Bend a bunch of times too. I went to webcyclery to order my trials bike in person, and have been to the High Desert museum a few times too. My daughter really likes that place. My dad lives in Redland.

 

I can tell a little bit of difference. I think the new head unit has a little more power and so you can get a little more out of the speakers than before. Also, you can adjust the equalizer to get the sound just like you want it. I will look at upgrading the speakers later. My truck is an 08 and the stock head unit basically had a CD player and FM radio and that was it. So I wanted to upgrade that first. I really like all of the options for playing music (Aux., Bluetooth, XM) and the DVD player is pretty sweet too!

I think the difference would be about the same either way. Stock head unit won't have enough power to make a big difference with aftermarket speakers, at least not in my experience. Of course, you could add an amp to take care of that. Optimal would be to change both at one time, but I'm taking baby steps right now.

 

Thank you sir

 

Care to share info? Such as materials? Height? Weight?

 

Probably just depends which after market speakers you go with really. But i do agree either way would net the same difference more than likely. But the headunit first is nice to add in the EQ and bit more power. ANd i did the same as you, headunit first and speakers later....all though the later for me was just a couple weeks lol.