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

Installed these yesterday and tomorrow putting new light bar brackets on and making a dog plate form

 

A wild guess.....Everyone I talked to said I'd need a 1/4" spacer to compensate for the 1/2" of difference in height. Well.....I had 3/4" difference, and a full 1" with me in the truck. I just assumed I'd need more than a 1/4".....So, I made my own spacers, and started with the 1/2". The left side sits about 1/16" HIGH with no driver. That's golden!

 

I was wondering what happened to that rack!

 

I decided to give it a wash job since we weren't going anywhere. Just a quiet Saturday at home! I cleaned out the interior, washed the outside, cleaned the windows until you would have thought someone stole the glass! And I was still motivated! So....Where's that can of wax? Did a double coat of Meguires! Got that new shine back. Nothing like it!

Woke up this morning to go to work and when I walked outside I discovered it was raining...... Oh well. It was clean for a few minutes.

Going tire shopping tomorrow after work. I found a motivated salesman at a Tire Discounters last week. Gonna hit a local Goodyear store and see if they can do me any better. Yep. I'm cheap. So what.

 

Changed oil and filter and transfer case oil so far!!

 

Changed oil and filter and transfer case oil so far!!

 

Are you doing the math to account for the tire size difference? Of course tread style, rubber compound and many other factors will come into play. You shouldn't see too much difference in a tire that's 1 inch bigger in diameter.

 

Installed these so that I could back the RZR on the trailer for the extra tongue weight I felt I needed.


And we will be leaving soon to spend a couple of days "Riding the Wilds" in NH.

 

Installed some Redline Tuning hood struts and Hella Supertones:

 

Did the tailgate theft protection mod, got to trim the excess still...

 

Dog plateform

 

I went from 245/75/16 to 265/75/16 and lost 3+ MPG off every tank since then.

 

Did you go from a passenger car tire to all-terrain's. That seems like a lot.

 

Wow, that's a metric shit ton!

I went from 265/75/16 load C worn down winter tires (Dean Wintercat) to 255/85/16 load E traction and snow tires (Toyo M55) and gained 1 mpg actual. Rolling around 18.5 mpg average per tank with all the shit that lives in my truck - mucho extra weighto

 

We're up in Baltimore, MD. Shipping shouldn't be too terrible.

Ours can be used as steps too. Only thing you'll notice is your leg my brush against them when hoping out at first but you get used to it once you have them. I have them on mine and my wife and kid use them as a step.

 

Custom made? I have a double cab and my old dogs can't jump in the truck anymore. I wonder if there is something I can do similar to this. Looks great!

 

Bottle opener mod...

 

Installed the Redline hood struts from the group buy. They're awesome! I accidentally installed the brackets in the wrong spot so had to drill them out, then went to Home Depot to buy more rivets.

While at Home Depot, I bought a hose clamp for the tailgate anti-theft mod.

All in Austin's 103° heat. I was soaked after.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/index.php?threads/2nd-gen-double-cab-folding-dog-platform.224420/

When I get home in a couple weeks, I'm going to make a ramp out of the leftovers from the platform.

 

Finally installed my Auto Ventshades that I have had over a week now.