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

I plastidipped mine, but didn't take it off. I taped off the plastic on top and took the plastic piece on the bottom off. Then after doing it, I realized the plastic then looked like crap compared to the rest of the bumper, so I taped the tailgate and the lights off (as seen in the picture) and put a couple of coats on the plastic to make it look better. I did it over the course of the day to let the separate coats dry.

 

Rear diff breather behind taillight, put on a sticker, and then cleaned it out for a 3.5 - 4 week road trip we're leaving on today

 

I hope there's a trip report in the works. Safe travels.

 

It took me about 20/25 mins to take the bumper off you don't need to drop the hitch the bumper will slide off with the right bolts.Yep dipped it that was actually the longest part dry time.

 

Put more gas in it than the tank is supposed to hold...

 

Got rid of the stupid Salex organizer and replaced it with a napkin tray. So much better.

 

I don't know where or why, but i heard you aren't supposed to do that for some reason

 

I did this same mod. Nice and organized... until about 6 hours later it looked like this:

 

This one. Not sure who makes them

http://www.amazon.com/6-Compartment-Counter-Top-Barware-Dispenser-Organizer/dp/B000HOCFMA

 

Pressure buildup in the tank. The tank can hold more than the advertised capacity to allow for expansion.

 

It also means you depleted most of the gas out of the tank which isn't grand for the pump.

 

This, too.

 

I need to get out of the habit of driving on the bottom end of my tank. I used to fill up every week and it was never below half, but now that money is tighter, for some reason psychologically I feel like it is cheaper to drive it to and past the gas light each time. Maybe because I drive less when I know it is almost out of gas to try to stretch it to payday.

 

My rule is 1/4 tank. I never go below 1/4 tank just in case of emergency, caught in traffic, running late for work, etc., plus it's bad for the pump.

 

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I try to do the same

 

That won't fly with a ScanGauge. That thing is pretty dumb. You have to re-calibrate it every time you fill up when your tank is not pretty much empty.... and you calibrate it by using a full tank of gas.

 

1/4 tank means time to fill up to me. That's like a gas light to me. Only once have I let gas light come on just to test his far it can go.

 

I drive it to about 1/4 tank most of the time and then fill up. This week I've been rolling around with an extra 10 gallons of fuel in the back seat though. Soon to be an extra 20 gallons in the bed once I check out of this hotel room.

 

Did this yesterday but added a front parking/spotting camera and wired it to an AirOnBoard switch.





Also swapped out all my silver trim pieces with black ones.

Before:



After:



And finally installed the heated mirror kit I got from a member here.



Today I'll hopefully get my rear wet okoles on.