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

From Funny Pic thread

 

How do you like your EZ-down tailgate? and where did you buy it?

 

I have a garage, but I did it outside on a windless day. I'm not worried about overspray, as I hold a piece of boxboard behind what I'm aiming at. The best paint that I have found is Krylon Industrial, black satin. It looks factory and dries real fast. I'm a rattle can Rembrandt.

I live in the country, so only the main roads get salted. All secondary roads get sanded only. That's still hard on windshields, so I have a bug deflector and use Rain X for extra protection. PIAA Sporza wipers are worth the investment as well. No pits on my windshield after 3 winters.

I anti-rust coated the truck the week I bought it, against dealer recommendations may I add. They said it could f-up the electronics. The anti-rust coating wore off after one winter, and various components began to flake and rust immediately even with the bogus electronic anti-rust module they installed (which I didn't pay for).

I'm going to coat it again this fall.

 

Changed the door inserts out. I also bought some black material just in case I don't like this but I think it turned out alright! Also added some more cushion (foam) to them

 

Custom or ordered from somewhere?

 

They are custom ottraw rockers. They have just about anything you could want. And if you don't see them on the site, send them an email on what you were thinking and chances are they can put it together for you.

 

Made some mounts for my high lift in the bedrails using bolts and wing nuts. I would post pics but I like to hide my shame until I can get some actual mounts lol

 

Painting the BAMF light mount bar right now. My new grill should arrive Tuesday, so at some point I might actually get a chance to put together the new front end before I head for NorCal over the 4th. Also need to figure out why my Grid-It keeps falling off the center console lid. Adhesive on the lid side of the velcro I bought keeps failing, probably need to get some fresh at this point and clean the lid and/or scuff it a little for better adhesion. Guess a mini-mag and a single stack magazine is too much for the current stuff.

 

I got my resi mounts from Ruff Stuff! I like them, just tack them onto the frame, wrap a hose clamp around them, and then bam done. Pretty sure they were like $12 too.

 

Finally got the rear end taken care of this weekend
DSC05287 by Chandler Coe, on Flickr

 

Looks great. Now chop that exhaust.

 

shhhh.... lol all I have with me is my dremel/sawmax so I have to wait until I head back to my storage unit

 

That looks great. The stance is aggressive.

 

Threw this jerry can holder together.

 

Finally!!!

Took me two days but I went from this...



To this...



BHLM and HomerTaco mesh insert... Cutting up the oem grille took forever with my rotary dremel!

But it's done and I think it looks pretty damn good... From a far anyway haha!!!

 

At 200,000 miles this week I gave my 2007 a well deserved face lift....on a budget .First it got a new 2011 honeycomb grill for 70.00 Then I got a really nice clean set of OEM LED tail lights for her,another 180.00 there. Then I added a nice new OEM chrome rear bumper for 100.00 to replace the N.Y.salty and rusty black one that was on it. Then under warranty Go Rhino sent me a new pair of Step bars, even covered the 135.00 shipping. This week I pick up a nice set of Weather Techs for 60.00, as the ones I have are about wore through. That's my 400.00 upgrade.....till we hit 300,000 in a couple years.

 

Removed the OEM LED Tail Lights and put on some Depo Black LED Taillights. Took like 10 minutes? Amazingly simple. 2 x 10mm bolts is all that holds those things on!

More Stormtrooper!


Now about that dang chrome bumper...

 

Any major issues in those 200k? Or smooth sailing?

 

we got the same truck man. I was thinking about derping the back chrome bumper till i get around to buying a plate

 

Yeah I'm thinking along the same lines. Deciding if I want to go White or Black derp though! Walmart only sells Black, Gray, and Red. No plans for a plate bumper for me though.
Though I am wondering if I should do the 3rd brake light now though.
Also considering debadging the whole truck.