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

I had the light bar sitting around for a few months now and decided to use what I got. Prinsu rack is on the list just not in budget. Maybe in a year or two.

 

I was running out of day light for any good pics. Maybe when I get home today I'll post some.

 

that looks clean AF. nice truck man. what is on the left side? a pull out awning?

 

Yeah 4foot x 8 foot arb awning. Might get another gun case for the other side and then my maxtrax. Then I'm set.

And thank you for the compliment. I'm really happy the ways it's turning out

 

you keep your gun up in that? that would be too much a theft hazard for me to be comfortable with that. looks sweet though.

 

So I've finally hit 1,000 posts, non bs thread posts I might add.... does that mean I'm TW legit now or what?!?

 

5k is the new standard lol

 

Fab Four Vengeance front bumper with a 20" BlackOak light bar on my 2012 Tacoma.

 

I wax my truck 2X per year...usually in April/May once the temps allow and again in late September in prep for fall hunting & winter. Only had a little bit of this left (it's worked very well for me over the years).



So after reading all the good things about synthetics, I decided to give this a try this time around.

 

I have been using the same non-synthetic wax on mine 2 or 3 times a year. The only issue is that my Taco is black, and carnauba leaves white residue around trim, badges, and stickers. It's a pain to get it all cleaned up. Does the synthetic have this issue?

 

Finally... Got my "most waited" sticker. Thnx @tcBob. After all, u didn't forgot me.

 

Mine is the dark Timberland Mica, so I get that residue as well if I don't wipe it off well. But I take my time and get it all off. I've never used the synthetic, so I can't say yet if that will do the same.

 

Picked up a set of 5100s today and aal! Oh and can't forget the krispykreme doughnuts!

 

Going to pick up my Brute force hybrid bumper for the powdercoater as we speak. So pumped!

 

Washed it...



Then did the front mud guard delete mod and managed to break all six plastic rivets. First two by accident, last four by frustration.



Still trying to find time on a weekend to remove the top OL leaf on my Dakars to make the stance juuuuuuust right.

 

Hahaha. I could. I don't think the rear ones look that bad, and they don't get in the way like the front ones did. I'd remove the back ones the day I decide to do some actual wheeling.

I also have this weird moral issue where I would feel bad about potentially giving people rock chips on the highway. I don't even know if that's how that works. I probably just need to give fewer fucks.

 

Just googled the Alberta laws:

Mudguards
64(1) A motor vehicle or trailer must have a part of its body, a
fender or a mudguard that covers the width of each tire.
(2) The body part, fender or mudguard referred to in subsection (1)
must be above each wheel and
(a) extend downwards at the rear of each axle or axle group to
at least the centre line of the axle, or...
[yadda, yadda, yadda]
​

So I could actually trim them a fair bit. That said, this law must not be closely adhered to around here, and have never ever heard of anyone getting a ticket for it. Probably one of those things that a cop would only ticket you for if you're being a total dipshit.

But yeah, I'll leave them on until they need to be off. My front mud guards actually caught on a tree stump and stripped a bolt that was holding the bottom-most corner of the fender flare. I noticed it was loose when I was taking the guards off, and it wouldn't tighten, just slipped around. So yeah, easy decision there.

 

Yeah, you never know when an officer is having a bad day!

 

I took my fronts off and left my rears on. I too left them on for that weird moral reason lol
I know I get pissed when I catch a rock so I don't want to be the one throwing them.

 

Here's how short it is trimmed to center of axle in front.......



....and this is rear trimmed to 13" off the ground which is how high the front turned out after trimming to center of axle. Rear goes down past the center of axle a bit doing it that way.




Still there, still do something, just not as much as before but they do not flap or fold backwards at highway speeds and look more appropriate. A compromise you can use legally.