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

Got it from aironboard ordered I think Wednesday and got it today.

 

But...we have no idea what happened to it...so we have no idea what "issue" to be aware of...

 

Bought a Warn Zeon 10S winch and Hi-Lift

 

Nice

 

Lower ball joint popped that's what my cousin said destroyed most the lug studs

 

Interesting. Usually you get a pronounced clunk in your front end prior to complete failure. And the clunk can last quite a while. Perhaps proper maintenance could have prevented that.

 

agreed...theres always unique cases but its very possibly the owner ignored warning signs

 

Well today was an expensive day!!

Ordered two 40 cree LED light bars

In the process of ordering two packs of shok sound deadener

Got new LED lights to do the dash light mod x3

And got my 4 wheel drive switch in

Waiting on my wet okole's to show up

And need to order Otrattw switches for heated seats, and light bar!


Just ain't looking forward to the bill at the end of the month.

 

You ordered 40 light bars?? Or 40" light bars? LoL

I need a decent 20" at some point for the Pelfreybilt bumper I ordered. But I'm basically broke now.

Edit: Now I see where it says "two 40".

I saw a 20" Cree on Amazon last night for like $40. Seemed pretty cheap.

 

I see what appears to me to be HALF of one.....

 

Just got my 10,000 mile service and had to look at the 16's. I'm feeling pretty good with my 15. I parked next to this one but had to leave because I had 3 salesmen coming in for the kill

 

This weekend, I pulled off my bumper and tow hitch assembly:


Took apart entire bumper, cut-off broken rusty pieces.


Scraped, wire brushed, power washed to get off as much rust flakes/layers as possible. Then a couple coats of Rustoleum "Rusty Metal Primer"


Finally banged out the giant left crease in my bumper that I got in a hit and run parking lot incident (2 weeks after bought the Tacoma in late '04.) All the other little dents and dings I left on the bumper to keep its "personality" intact. Inside of bumper was painted with Rusty Metal Primer. Today, exterior was sprayed with Rustoleum Self-Etching Primer and will get a couple coats of black Bed Liner the next few days.


The inside of the bumper reinforcement sub-assembly was rusty, so I injected 6 ozs of primer (after sealing all the holes with clear tape) into the oval tube rocked/rolled it around to coat the inside. I let it drain into a container afterwards and used the drained stuff to prime the outside of the sub-assembly.


Hitch was spray painted gloss black and reinstalled.


Since bumper's not ready, I had to temporarily bolt on the license plate since I still need to get to work.

 

They would have left pissed if it would have been me!

 

In my honest opinion...the front end of the 2015 Tacoma is pretty much perfect.

 

I got a Craigslist Camper Shell today!

 

Totally agree. I love my 15. I think it's the perfect year and gen.

 

I agree!

 

'Tis the season.

 

So how does one check for lower ball joint issues? I have a popping sound every once in a while when turning left or backing left. It sounds more like a spring sound but not sure. Drives straight, no pulling.

 

Well after the mail man showed up..... I got this installed tonight and got to do some getto engineering to see what I was doing