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

not yet i had to leave to go to the beach so its sitting in the garage rt now i'm going to hit it with pretty much everyhing short of a sand blaster when i get home

 

I have the same color and decals. Have procrastinated in application and wondered how the black would show up. Stealth. Bronze would look pretty badass if tippy had the wheels to match.

 

Consider the weight of 40 liters of fuel, the two cans, and the carrier on your bumper. I know you have a strong bumper so it may not be a problem.

I recommend getting a "MFC cap wrench," easily found on Amazon and the like. If you can't source one, let me know and I'll order one and forward it to you. When the fuel expands inside the can the cap is very difficult to remove by hand and the cap wrench gives you much more control so you don't end up covered in fuel.

If you decide that you want more cans, get in touch with this guy as he has brand new ones regularly. I don't know if he will ship to you and what that would cost.

http://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/scepter-fuel-and-water-cans-for-sale-or.751819/

If he won't ship to you, you can have them shipped to me and I can forward them to your address.

 

Top pic is my first effort at mounting the fork rack. The bottom pic is the final product cept I may switch out the hardware.

 

I was thinking about bronze also. Might go that route if I decide to plasti dip my wheels bronze like I've been pondering..

 

The plasti dip turned out pretty good on the grill.

 

What did you do with the switches that you removed to fit the Switch Pro?

 

Went to Sears Saturday and picked up a 26gal craftsman compressor that came with a driver and ratchet. Should make jobs much easier! Also because it was Memorial Day weekend and i'm a vet they gave an extra 20% off the compressor and 40% off the other items I bought. Perfect timing.

 

Do take a look at the build threads for @GHOST SHIP and @Crom! These guys both have lots of good pics and advice.

Not hard really, but not quick!

 

What lift do you have? What wheel size?

 

I'm running a 3" adjustable bilstein lift with eibach coils up front. 2" deaver aal in the rear. 285/70r17 scs wheels and they are 8.5" wide. 5100's all around

 

What tail lights are those? Doesn't look like pink over reverse lights

 

I didn't like the white in the decals, so I took them off my truck and went with an all black cheapo decal from Amazon. Here is a quick pic. Maybe this will help you decide.

 

Finally said screw it and ordered my Husky Xact Contour floor liners today, hopefully UPS doesn't drag their feet! Been wanting these for awhile!

 

Why have I not seen your truck before! It's tits!

 

You guys have some sweet rigs

 

Thanks for your tips and your kind offer! I'm already looking for the cap wrench and will ship it to the hotel in SA... I'll be there for a meeting in two weeks.

As for the weight of both cans, I already thought about it and since it's my DD I think it will be better to just have one can the whole time. Maybe I'll design something to put the other when in need!

 

It looks like these http://www.ikonautoparts.com/spyder....html?osCsid=cb188f127205f6f0653e2371b034d5c9

 

Aside from de-badging, I also installed my Wheeler Coils in the front and their multi-leafs in the rear. Per Wheelers, their branded coils (black) are Eibachs with the same specs as ToyTec (silver). I would say the advertised lift height of 1.6 for a 4x4 DC is spot on but even with the 1/4" lean spacer, the driverside is 1/4" lower in the front and rear than the passenger side. I'm looking to replace the lean spacer with the 3/8" spacer from Wheelers to even that up. The Eibach coils are a little stiffer than OME's but ride feels good. Tried the multi-leafs with and without overloads for a week and decided to take the overloads off. With the multi-leafs, no bucking like single AAL when going over bumps. I was just glad to get rid of the Off-Road coils.