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

Just in time to party if gonzaga wins

 

Be careful in the rain. I've got Nittos on my truck and traction is crap on wet roads.

 

Thanks man! It's a repair kit I sell at work (so it was cheap lol) it is the Rema/Kex brand, so it's good stuff. I sell a ton to tire shops. I like the Arb kit a bit more I think, but for something that I don't use very often it'll work just fine.

http://www.kextirerepair.com/product.php?pid=781&cid=166&sid=51

 

Got my truck back from the stealership yesterday. $1700 later. Had a new water pump put in, new belts, and they resealed the timing cover. Saved myself some extra money by telling the guy that I didn't want any bullshit like charging labor time to replace belts when they had to take the belts off to get to the water pump anyways. I feel a lot better that I'm not leaking oil anymore.

 

Don't take this the wrong way ... I am not busting on you ... I'm about to do something I hadn't in the past.

I looked into this after the front transmission seal had to be replaced while still under 3yr/36,000

For $1600 I got 6 year/50,000 "bumper-to-bumper" from USAA ... $0 deductible per claim. ... I plan on picking this up in June ... just before my 3/36,000 expires.

I know that hindsight is 20/20 but it may be something you may want to look into.

 

Just Finished some Maintenance.

1• Installed 6 New OEM Denso Spark Plugs.

2• Cleaned Throttle Body and Mass Air Flow Sensor. Replaced Mass Air Flow Sensor O Ring.

3• Installed New OEM Air Filter

4• Insalled New PCV Valve. Had to Spray Penetrating oil on the Old One Before it Broke Loose.

5• Topping Off The Battery With the CTeck Trickle Charger.

The Truck Runs Like New!

 

Holy hell. Thanks for the info lol I will definitely be looking into that. People can give me better options all day haha I won't take it as an insult. Thanks man

 

Would like to know what parts you used and how you wired it.

 

Rokblokz shorty mudflaps.

 

Drove through a mud hole next to the movie theatre parking lot.

 

after 7 years of ownership, i debadged the emblems

 

Was it a PITA with it being so old?

 

Just did the same thing with the same trailer, leaving Monday morning for Whidbey Island

 

What did you use to clean it up?

 

Installed Directed 620v Viper electro-luminescent logo badge and viper smart key.

viper logo badge install instructions
Flashing Electro-luminescent LED indicating your vehicle is protected by an Alarm system. This can be used with or without a full alarm system installed. It features only a 2 wire installation and has its own built-in transformer. This piece glows in an Aqua Blue color and flashes at approximately 1 flash per second at
a steady rate.

It can be hooked up two different ways. You may connect the black wire to the ignition of the vehicle and the red wire to constant 12V power to cause it to flash anytime the vehicle is off. Or simply change the connection so that the Black is hooked into your starter kill or ground when armed output on your alarm system . It draws an extremely low amount of power.

 

I know wrong thread but I'm kind of in a time crunch for an answer.

Does anyone know what thread size these bolts are? They're the bed tie down bolts. I took one out but forgot it at home and I'm already at Lowes now. Thanks in advance!

 

Got a picture of it mounted? I just got a Viper system installed (love it) but I was curious about this.

 

Added my stickers

 

Kicker hideawayin my AC

 

Changed the oil and greased 10 zerks.