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

Washed it. So, it will rain tomorrow.

 

Installed my 18" Kings yesterday and today I'm adjusting my bumpstop height.

Also 3D printing a cup holder insert to hold two pneumatic valves for the lockers.

 

T-Force package sure looks cool

 

Damn good looking truck. What rack is that in the back? I wanna see some more pictures of it

 

Just installed auto dimming mirror with compass. Pop and Lock

$100 PL5400 Black Manual Tailgate Lock with Bolt Codeable Technology for Toyota Tacoma

PL5400 (Bolt Codeable) tailgate handle.

 

I adjusted my coil overs to be 23" from centre hub to fender (was sagging a bit). I removed all badging and decals and give it a bath.

 

Looks great man!

 

Thanks! My fingers are blistered from removing all adhesive and decals! haha (too lazy to go by 3M wheel, but had goo gone and rubbing alcohol). Also adjusting the Toytec's with them on the truck and not removing wheels is a PIA (soaked with WD40 overnight helped). All part of the fun though!

 

Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!

Looks great, nice and clean!

 

Installed mattgecko's LED bed lights with the help of a couple of friends. Modified his design slightly to include a tailgate pin switch so the lights turn on when the tailgate is opened. The three position switch I installed also has always on and an always off positions as well. Couldn't be happier with his product and got plenty of compliments on it.

 

18in kings.... flex much!?!?

 

Just a little.

 

^Good lord!

 

Went on a beer run with mine.

 

Wow, now you can pick up spare change off the pavement without having to get out of your truck.

 

Took aftermarket side mirror lamps out and installed them in my oe non turn signal ones. Besides fishing the wires was suprised how easy it was.and how well the pieces interchanged

 

Here is my wiring setup.

At the battery, 12awg wet noodle wire (shit has probably 5x the strands that your 10awg wire has!!!) And a simple fuse holder (two female spade connectors soldered to the wire). There is another "T connector" pigtail back at the driver side rear cubby hole where i have my standard 12volt socket as well (shown in the link in my sig for bed lights / 12v socket)


And some of the accessories. As you can see they all have the T connectors, IE the air compressor has the male side, I can plug directly into the front or the rear of the truck, minimal voltage loss even all the way at the back. Its safer quicker and better than the battery clamps.

BUT i also have the battery clamp (top right) outfitted with a female connector so in the event it needs to be used on another vehicle i can as well as any of my other accessories. (Of which a good 120ac / 12v dc 10watt LED flood shop light is not show but outfitted with the same connectors)

Also center bottom, 40ft low amp extension to be used with the middle right black coil. Which are two T connector to 12volt sockets, as well as a standard 12v male socket plug to female T connector. This comes in handy for charging phones etc at the campsite in various different configs. (IE i could go male standard 12v socket plug, to the extension, to the 2 female 12v sockets to charge 2 phones in the tent, or charge a phone and run my flood light etc etc)

 

Well, I think my wife is pretty cool and deserving of a nice vehicle since she did the baby mod a few days before I bought the truck. I have several other more demanding vehicles that need my attention, but I'll be definitely putting the new truck to use.
Baby mod in the truck today


Towing the MS6 to the shop the other day.


Today I debadged it and plasti-dipped the wheels and front emblem.


Sorry for the poor quality pics, camera setting got switched somehow. I also ordered a few things for it.

 

not sure. I got it off http://trdparts4u.toyotaofdallas.com/Scripts/default.asp

 

Wife just asked what I was doing. When I told her she said. " there are more important things that need to be done around the house than buying more stuff for that stupid truck". I couldn't think of one that is!!!