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

...and now I can keep my cargo dry. Tri-fold tonneau was $217 on Amazon for a long bed with a 4.5-star rating, plus free shipping with prime. Install was easy. We'll see how happy I am as it goes.

Here's my album since I bought it:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/l0kBTVb7cYURQe5i1

 

Installed my HS-toy055-3al setup and now the front is saggin. Time to take care of the front.

 

Put extra weatherstripping under the front corners and along tailgate top or it will leak, I guarantee it

 

Replaced the factory donuts with new tires that actually make it look like a truck now



I installed them myself using a Harbor Freight tire changer:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xbMjAaJw4fY

 

Looks good man, Video I am sure will come in handy for someone buying one of those tire changers.

 

How do you like that tire changer?

 

I like it. In the last month I've done 4 car tires and 4 truck tires with it, and it's paid for itself twice over already. Once you get the hang of it, you can change a tire in about 15 mins.

Sadly, even with the motorcycle-specific attachment, it doesn't fit the rims on my bike

 

How'd you balance?

Matt

 

Costco for $20. Brought them the tires off the truck and was in and out in 10 mins or less. Might try out the HF bubble balancer some time so I can just do the whole thing at home.

I've heard other people have good luck with beads, bbs, and whatnot in the tire, but I tried the beads in my car and they did absolutely nothing so I didn't even bother this time.

 

Made some brackets for my basket to attach to the OEM rack.

 

More pictures! lol. I keep wanting to put a basket on my cap. I have no rack so basically intend to just mount it directly.

 

Looks good but I would reverse the direction of the bolts so that the nut and the extra length of the bolt face upward, not downward. The end of the bolts look VERY close to the roof and any flexing from a load might cause damage to the paint.

 

Updated the build thread thing and did some more work over the past few days installing lights. I'll drop a link if anyone wants to see them in action... I really like them!




Running them with a six switch box from Speedtech Lights ($20 on Amazon and the switches light up... I'm easily impressed). In addition, the controller for the traffic adviser to the rear is just forward of my shifter (not impeding the throw at all).

Ready for the ESPR at the end of the month!



https://youtu.be/sZzkhsTmW6E

 

New shoes (falken wildpeak at3w @265/75r16). New Light Racing UCAs. New front bearings and new passenger hub.

The tires have much better road manners than my old grabber at2s.

 

No idea, you could call ziebarts of Spokane and see if they'll tell you the brand.

Rick

 

Wet day for Cecil

 

Here is how mine looks now.

 

Hey audio gurus. Im planning to deaden my roof here soon. Got the deadener and all that. But have been tossing around the idea of acoustic "eggcrate foam" in between headliner and deadened roof. To help with my dome light bouncing and rattling. And as extra sound and heat insulation, opinions?

Have a super loud system and thats why im asking.