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

any chance you have a pic of the sliders from the side?

 

I concur on the powder-coating sliders business.

 

But....but why? Why not an LED?

 

I like the body kick-up at the end.. Looks good man!

 

Got rack?
18' lvl's on the rack and 50 2x4's in the back.

 

I bought them on Amazon.

 

What do you need an 18' level for?

 

Picked up some drywall this morning and redid a wall... Long story.

 

Pricing out winches. Any suggestions? Looking for something that isn't overly expensive but yet works effectively. Found this guy on Craigslist.
https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/for/6139948145.html

 

Did you paint it at home?

 

How much did that cost you?

 

That would not do much to a truck, that size is for ATVs & Side by Sides (barely)

 

What would you suggest?

 

Rule of thumb is 1.5x vehicle weight. Taco is +/- 4k so start at a 6k winch and only go bigger if anything. I don't have 1 so no brand advice here. Maybe post up in the armor sub forum?

 

Laminated veneer lumber

 

Hate to burst your bubble, but there's a few things about that. To start it's an atv winch only rated for 3500 lbs. You want to be 1.5 x your gvwr at the minimum. Secondly it's a Badland, they are cheep Chinese junk sold at Hazard Fraught. I recommend doing a lot of research on winches before purchasing one. Search this site and other forums, as well as Warn, Superwinch, Come Up, if you want quality. (some folks have success with Shittybilt) You'll probably want something around 9,500 lbs. IMHO Badland, is a bad choice. A winch isn't something to skimp on.

 

I thought about LEDs, but after reading all 27 pages of this thread, it seemed that regular halogens have a better beam pattern.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminated_veneer_lumber

 

Replaced radiator bushings at 30k miles. I used the universal kit from Energy Suspension, with the large part on top.

 

Replaced the map and dome lights to LEDs. All originally bought from superbrightleds.com but the dome light it said would fit my '14 was too big so I went to AutoZone and bought a 6000k LED bulb. Probably not as bright as the first but it's brighter than stock and the white light gives the interior a cleaner look and feel to me. Very easy and cheap mod!