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

So the dogs don't ruin my seats lol. Just need to put carpet down.

 

Meanwhile... Marshal's or TJ Max sell these for $15
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What's the point of this?

Not hating.. Genuinely curious. I've seen it on some really heavy duty and race trucks and never really understood it

 

I know the wife bought one for her tiguan and it ripped the first day. Mine was free.. Took the plywood from work.

 

pretty much the coil over takes the weight of the shock and the other shock does all the work.

 

Got the driver side of the truck cleaned up and waxed after work today. It took forever to get all the bugs/tar/shit off the bottoms of the doors.

Tomorrow, I gotta hit the tailgate, front/rear bumpers, and hood with bug/tar remover and wax them, then hit everything with one more good coat of wax and seal the paint with some Optiseal.

 

Ya I need to get a life. I put a beer opener in back.



Maybe I just broke a law by putting a John Deere beer opener on a Toyota.

 

Better damping capabilities so you can run harder offroad, if valved correctly the ride gets A lot smoother even on the road (which in my case it dramatically improved the overall on road feel and handling).

It also alleviates a lot of the stress the coil bucket and frame sees upon hard compression of the coilover or shock when it is compressing hard, this is especially important if you are planning on staying MT because you don't want to bend your frame or damage your radiator core support (because it ultimately ties to the front of the frame).

Furthermore it allows additional cooling for the shocks while running for extended periods of time out there before fade can begin to occur.

The only reason I performed this mod was because I had these originally as broken 10" shocks for the rear and I had totally brand new ones shipped to me by Fox for free. This was a cheap enough mod so I figured why not improve my overall capabilites by upgrading the front yet again to these spares I had lying around.

 

Did you use any close after plasti dip? I would like to do this to rear bumper too.

Does it look dull or glossy?

can you post close ups on your rear bumper too?

also, how many cans and coats did you use?

 

i used the plasti dip glossifier after. 2 cans of white was about 5 coats then 2 coats of glossifier. Its shinier than plastidip by itself but its not glossy like paint. kinda in the middle. this is the best I have for close ups right now

 

Bought a new one yahoo. White 2015 double cab long bed. Opted for the SR5 over the Off Road ( never go off road) but transfering my 3" lift and 33's over.

 

Rock/Courtesy/Camping lights.

 

What brand? This is popular right now.

 

Very nice sir

 

Just cheap Amazon led pods. I'll switch them out, as they are a bit big, but I put quick disconnects on the wires so swapping them out shouldn't be tough later on. These are just to give me an idea on output and angles.

Nilight Led Light Bar 2PCS 18W 4" Flood Driving Fog Light Off Road Lights Boat Lights driving lights Led Work Light SUV

http://www.amazon.com/TMS®-18w-1260...=UTF8&qid=1429071585&sr=8-2&keywords=LED+pods

 

30 inch avec light bar mounted in the lower valance

 

Ordered up 8 275/70-17 bfg ko2's. For method nv and mesh wheels for the taco and 4Runner. Pumped!

 

Looks good and bright!

Do you have a lift? I may order those next!

 

On the taco I have Icon stage 1 with Dakars rear. Had 285 before but hated rubbing I didnt want to chop away things. Lift at 2.5 and thinking 1.75 5100's or 6112 for the 4Runner when it arrives

 

I'm not lookin to chop anything either. But I'm looking forward to seeing pictures!