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

went from this


To this Yesterday


which one does everyone like? And what would you do with the Hella Black Magics? I would like to put them to use.

 

Rear facing light bar maybe? Truck bed roll bar. Not sure what they're called.

 

they are A LOT easier to do then you would think, I made all kinds of things with parachord to include monkey fist for guys in my unit, great way to make pocket money when no ATM's around. Lol, there are Utube videos on just about everything you can think of to make.

 

ever seen anyone mount them on hood hinge mounts? do they even make mounts where the lights won't hit window when hood opens?

 

That could work, no idea how it would be mounted.

 

Who manufactures that black hawse fairlead?

 

Warn

$68 WARN 73850 Hawse Style Winch Fairlead , Black

clicky me

 

Is it aluminum or steel?

 

Steel

And I put a link in my previous post.

 

Thanks.

 

Just spent 40 minutes trying to find where rattle is coming from when I put it in gear. Sounds like a heat shield or something similar is vibrating, but could not pinpoint it. Took to the dealer twice, they could not find anything. All i got from them was either "Maybe a rock got stuck somewhere" or "We can't find anything. Sounds normal to us". Been going on for a couple of months now.... And of course now that I got under the truck myself, its not doing it. I suspect it is because sound bouncing off the epoxy floor in my garage makes it sounds louder than it is, but now that I put a moving blanket on the floor to take a look, it dampened the sound.

 

When do you hear the rattle? Maybe dependent upon hitting bumps or certain rpm vibration

 

As soon as I start the truck and put it into gear. Does it in both, forward and reverse. Not even moving. It's very noticeable inside the garage, but I also hear it when sitting at the light. Not so much while driving.

Here. Gets really noticeable at around 6 second mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlA_SmCC2o0

 

sounds a bit like the stock black skid plate up front, I've bashed mine a few times and sometimes it rattles when I go over bumps

 

I wouldn't suggest putting them on the hood they're pretty big compared to seeing the pods there. Maybe mount them behind the grille and get a mesh grille. Will be total over kill on the lighting lol or throw them in the bed mounted behind the seat head rest for night wheeling

 

Sitting at the alignment shop now, trying my damnedest not to look at tires but found my self searchijg the forums on tire sizes.

This board will bankrupt me

 

Alignment tech just came in, said he can't get it down to 3.3 on caster. Went out there and had 4.0 drivers and 4.8 passenger -.2 and -.3 camber.

 

It may be just me, but the 2 Hellas combined with the winch look like angry eyes and a mouth smoking a cigar.

 

Have someone put it into gear while you are laying on the ground. No moving blanket. Block the wheels. Parking break too. See what you hear.

 

It's a heat shield. Check the ones bolted to the cab and the ones on the cats. Just flip them and see if they rattle.