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

Just installed fog light kit, got tired at looking at the black blanks in my bumper

 

Its not very hard, I did mine. Just make sure you label the bolts and where they go. Its amazing how easy it was to take it all apart and reinstall.

Mine took 3 hours to remove the full double cab interior and doors

4 hours to install deadening

2 hours to reinstall.

 

I installed the intermittent wiper switch

$146 84652-02710 Toyota W/Wiper Switch - 84652-02710

84652-02710 on my 2014 access cab.

I picked it up at my local dealer this morning. They price matched the best price I could find on the interwebs

This is a really nice and easy to do mod. It was raining yesterday and the old switch just was not making it easy to keep the windshield wiped. I am now ready for the next rain!

 

Installed N-Fab steps. I hated the shiny powder coat finish so I sanded them with steel wool and gave them 3 coats of rustoleum spray on bedliner. Much better finish and grippy as well.

I also have a Access Vanish tonneau and want to debadge the whole truck. We'll see how much I get done.

 

backflip bed cover added. Pop and Lock added afterwards.

I have the 884 coils and Blistein shocks that I will put on in a week or so. then re align

Looking at bed lights under the cover in the near future
then new tires...larger.

Will have the seatbelt chime turned off by the dealer on next visit.

 

Started mounting my GoPro mounts around the truck for our trip to Colorado in less than 2 weeks.

This one I use every time I'm driving around town in case some idiot pulls out in front of me I'll have video proof of what actually happened.









Mounted on Windshield for Off Road use.













I've still got about 10 different mounting points for 2 cameras. I'll be able to splice different views of the videos together for a pretty good film of the trip.




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I did this to my silverado and let me tell you I thought I was going to pull top of dash out with it so I left it. They didn't say anything when I traded in for my taco but I bet it left a mark. Thsm mounts are stuck where you put them.

 

Yup... it's 3M VHB tape so it will Not come off. If it holds This together it isn't coming off. That is why I like it so much.

*EDIT* That said... I didn't want them to come off at highway speeds. They are inconspicuous but they give a great vantage point for the cameras and since the cameras run off of the same WiFi remote or GoPro App on your cell phone you can run video at the same time then splice them together in whatever order you like (with music I might add). GoPro is the shit!

 

As far as the GoPro cameras go I recommend buying one GoPro Hero 3+ "Black" edition and the rest Hero 3+ silver editions. The Black gives you a few extra options and comes with the WiFi remote. That in itself isn't a huge deal but it will run 50 cameras at the same time. The silver is almost the same but missing a few functions of the Black edition but not enough to justify the cost of buying more Black additions. The video quality is essentially the same and if you have them stuck to your truck, body, helmet, etc. you can get as many different vantage points as you want.

Yeah.... I'm a GoPro fanboy.

 

Installed window visors, AVS bug guard and Smittybilt (NFab) steps. Tires are 265/70/17 Terra Grapplers, picked them up from a guy who had only put 2,000km's on them and wanted $75/tire...got the spare too!

Next up:

(1) Wash the salt off again!
(2) Lift - right now thinking 5100's @ 1.75" with a 1" rear block....so tempted to go for the OME 3" lift kit, but worried I won't fit in the underground parking at work.
(3) softopper

 

My projects today...

Tonnopro tri-fold tonneau, 265/70r17 Firestone Destination AT's, and TRD FJ center caps...

 

Finished my retro. Wiring the halos tomorrow

 

Thanks.
It all goes back together easy. Little tabs and what not line everything up.
I heard rumours of this stuff falling off after a while. If it sticks to the cab the way the small scraps stuck to my garage floor, it is never coming off.

 

Got the front windows tint, and de badged it.

 

Installed black LED rear tails in keeping with the black-on-gray theme. Oh, and found a muddy road too!

 

I like the FJ center caps. Looks different

 

I attempted to test my camera hookups... fail. Back to the drawing board. Waiting until monday to order the last part of the system though.

 

Trail modifications. The exhaust tip and a rock didn't agree with each other.

 

Installed a bega warrior on top of my rack and hooked up some old school KC lights on top!!! All i need is Biff from back to the future to come over and wax it for me!!