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

Well I carried my Taco in today for the, Toyota Powertrain Warentry, repair on the (Front Differential Groaning/ Grinding Cyclical Noise) that I got approved just before Christmas it took them a little while to get the new bearings, and the new tools in to do it with, I guess Christmas, New Years, and a Blizzard could have had a little to do with that though. Well it took them 3 1/2 hours to do the repair and no more noise at all. It took me a little while to get home, I just kept slowing down to 40 mph and listening, and all is well, Damn I'm happy! I still can't believe they never said anything about my three in lift, and bigger tires. Some of the comments on here from guys with lifts being turned down because of the lift had me worried, I was paranoid till I drove off.------------------------------------------------------------

 

So I had new tires installed tonight on my way home from work that I ordered last week to get the rebate from Goodyear $160 that had to be completed by 12/31/2015. Well, now I have really nice gouges and nicks in the in the rims edge.

So I go and get the Manager to show him the damage and of course he says they didn't cause that damage I was like really you are going to start this conversation off this way? We go back and forth for about 5 minutes of his denial of his tech's lack of care as I told him that these tires (old ones) had never been off the rim as they were the factory tires. He still was denying the damage at this point, So I said what if I showed you pictures of the rims right before I brought truck with time stamps that I took in the parking lot here? The expression on his face was priceless I said is there anymore denial in who caused the damage?He shut the fuck up and said he would have to contact his corp office to see where we go from here. I said I look forward to speaking with them tomorrow....

Is it kind of petty maybe. But you know what take care of someones stuff and treat it right and don't damage it how fucking hard is that?

 

^ Good thing you proved him wrong. A local Goodyear scratched a couple rims on my wife's Camry as well. It's a shame I didn't take pictures beforehand. Good Luck.

 

I have been burned before with damage to the rims from tires being replaced not again....

 

Never really thought of doing that before. Definitely something that I will do from now on, thanks

 

Cant decide if i like the white badge or if i should go back to black.

 

I prefer black and match the other badges.

 

White truck white badge. IMO it works.

 

Picked up my sliders from the powder coaters!

 

@wade9986 any trouble with alignment at 2.5" and are you using stock upper control arms? I'm doing mine this weekend and haven't decided 1.75 or 2.5. Where are you in Florida? If close I'd like to possibly see your stance.

 

I think the white looks pretty sharp on your white truck

 

Been working on a rear bumper over the last couple days.. Satisfied so far

 

I like the bumper.

How about some details on the build?
Is it from a cardboard pattern or from a cad drawing plasma'd on a table? I see a nice radius break on the length but the short pieces are different looking bends. I dig individuals' builds and would like to hear more on the build from thought to reality.

Sorry, I've worked sheetmetal for 27yrs, just got home from work, sat down, and saw your bumper. Looks really nice.

Let's hear some details......

 

Today I added a trasharoo and a rotopax!

 

Installed my Relentless Fab IFS skid, and oil pan mid skid today. Up next, Transfer case skid. Sorry about the lousy iPhone pics.

 

Thanks
I was able to get most of the center section done with just a tape measure, but for the side plates I had to use foam board for mock up. This was all hand cut with my plasma cutter, but I'm getting everything in 2d cad to keep the option of building more.
All the bends were done on my pressbrake, and you have a good eye. The side plate bends have a slightly tighter radius.

 

Stay white badge.

 

Mounted bed bars and the rear bumper. Re sprayed the sliders and threw a new shovel and axe back there for good measure.

 

You have a nice press brake I see. Is this at work or in the home garage? I have to admit I've done projects on brakes with petty crappy dies that leaves dimples and such.

Now that I'm in a Tacoma maybe I'll have to find myself another shop with a GOOD brake for my own projects. Not the worst reason to guide a career, eh?

 

You have a nice press brake I see. Is this at work or in the home garage? I have to admit I've done projects on brakes with petty crappy dies that leaves dimples and such.

Now that I'm in a Tacoma maybe I'll have to find myself another shop with a GOOD brake for my own projects. Not the worst reason to guide a career, eh?