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

One small ribbon, the rest 20 gauge wires

 

How long did it take you to split and reattach everything?

 

Where did you put the rest of the Cobra?

 

Added a spare tire mount in the bed. It's a little dusty...

 

Added some LED's to the lower grill. Just spliced them into the fogs.


Also added a little Star Wars cup holder mod.

 

What is this mounted to? Just the Rail, or is it attached to something else?

 

Sooo... just wondering where you got those cup holder mods...

 

Ok, this is an insanely beautiful install VERY nice! 1 man standing ovation from me.

 

Ok, this is an insanely beautiful install VERY nice! 1 man standing ovation from me.

 

Yeah, just the rail where the bed cleats go.

 

How can I get one...

 

I made it. But I got the idea from the metal miller one.

 

Sound deader installed in the cab and doors via the Shok Mat group buy. Wanted to to Raammat but this was a better deal. I wouldn't say the speakers (non JBL) sound any better which I had seen mentioned but I would say there is a good amount of noise reduction. The engine tick from the kick panel also resonates through the drivers door which has been reduced but is not gone. I will use the extra I have to insulate the crap out of the door and kick panel and drivers cab to try and make that tick as little as possible. It is time consuming but not a ton of work since our interiors come out and go back in so easily. I would recommend doing it

 

Put in a flashlight mount in the center console. Nothing fancy but it beats just tossing it in the console. Now I just need some cup holders that will fit the yeti coozie

 

Depending on tire size/weight Do Not mount the tire to the bed rails ever. There was a company a while back that made a similar product. It ended up gradually crack the bodies metal on the bedside

 

I did the fix my fog light mod. Connector had shorted out. Cut one out of a wrecked Taco and wired/soldiered into mine. Fixed

 

The rest is under the passenger seat, temporarily held in place with zip ties until I can fab a better mount, and I am still working on the antenna mount as well. The rewiring took me the better part of two days. I used 22-25 computer cabling from Radio Shack with 25-pin D-sub connectors close to the face plate to make install easier than just running solid cable. Of course, I thought 50 wires would be enough, so I improvised a bit with a set of 16-pin Molex connectors for those last eight. Cables run pretty easily under the center console, though my camera addition also uses that space I was still able to make it all fit. The faceplate was a bit of a bear to get right. I made a couple templates in cardboard before cutting and grinding metal.

 

It's actually mounted to the rail that's mounted on the bed rack rail, not the ones mounted on the bed sides. If that makes sense.

 

Hit my BAMF LCA skids with some bedliner to help keep the rust at bay.

 

Nice that stuff works good