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

Started some easy mods to my little 2Gen 5lugger...

Before


After


Tires and wheels: 235/75 r15s, painted grill and emblem, cleaned and renewed front bumper, polished headlights, added toolbox for storage. A good weekend...

 

Mine is also a CH4x4 switch.

 

Won’t work on a 2012+. You’ll have to either use a 03-09 4Runner Switch, Hilux Switch, or a Tundra Switch.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/rcbs204-4x4-illuminated-switch.68173/page-155#post-16596601

Just order, follow the instructions, and you're done. Though when you take the switch apart don't lose the little ball bearing. I almost lost it.

 

Christmas light mod.

 

Also curious about deets.

 

Yesterday I changed the spark plugs and the serpentine belt. I cleaned the MAF and throttle body as well as the engine bay. I greased the drive shaft and drained and filled the transmission.

In the process of draining and filling the tranny I stripped the plug/pan and went ahead and ordered a new pan, gasket, and plugs/washers. Always something.

 

Got home the other day and heard a hissing noise, did the 360 around the truck and found this fucker in my rear tire. Brought it to Big O to get patched and plugged for free.

I get home today and I don’t know what compelled me to look at that same tire, but then I found the bastard child screw in the same damn tire. How is my luck so bad?

No hissing so I’m thinking that it didn’t poke all the way through.. We’ll see here in a bit if the tire is still holding air.

 

Haha I brought it to Big O and they did it for free that’s the only reason. Man card remained in back pocket. About to get the screw driver out and try and take that little guy out and see if she’s losing air. Also adding the tire plug kit to Amazon wish list tonight lol..

 

Swapped out my homemade grill light mount for a BAMF unit. Beefier and the lights aren't bouncing. Perfect clearance on against the satoshi grill.

 

I added a piece of felt on the top so it would fit better in the cd slot.

 

U-Joints. Fuckin U-Joints man. Had about 70k on the U-Joints in my Tom Woods 1-Piece DS and wanted fresh ones for a cross country trip coming up.

Went full redneck style. Vice, pliers, hammer, and a socket.


5 out of 8 trunions had severe needle bearing wear... like bad.


Slapped new spicer greaseable U-Joints in there. Also put on my LCA and Diff Skid and am prepping the ARB cooler for install. Pictures of all that junk later.

The truck drives so much smoother now. No more ass vibes (through the seat) at freeway speed, no more metallic pings from the DS when I shift, no more gritty up shifts. The 6 speed shifts like glass now. I had no Idea the gritty shifts had anything to do with the U-Joints. Lovin it.

 

Did a cmc and added front bumper reinforcement plates from sos offroad to my buddies 2013 double cab.

 

Also got my Baja designs dome lights installed in my hood

 

Must be the day for it, I installed my own tho!
Fabbed up a replacement crash bar that will eventually be used as the base for a bumper and a host of other products.

 

I might just have to do this

 

Led swap on the headlights. Holy shit what a bitch those are. That little spring that holds them in can fuck right off

 

If it fucked right off you wouldn't be so upset......but amen broham

 

Painted my new rocksliders

 

Nice. I ordered both of those during there Black Friday sale.