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

Mine fit pretty loose right from the git go...put a smidge of clear silicone sealer on the knob where the shaft goes in....no more problems.

 

I didn't know that. Thanks for the correction. You taught me something.

 

You're very welcome! They can be found on Amazon for around $50. Warn makes one.

 

yeah I figure I'll spend about $120 on supplies and save myself a couple hundred buckaroos.

It seems like this is the easiest way to get a black one too, which is what I have.

 

What did you do to strip the chrome?

 

I think that's what I'm going to do as well. I can just lightly pull on them now and they slide on and off

 

Ha, thanks! It's got its share of bruises here and there but I do my best to work'em out when I can.

 

The stealership wanted several $100 to fix my leaking return line.. WHO would've thought I could do it myself in about 20min and less than $20!!!!!!!Looks like I'm not contributing to the next ''ground breaking''

 

I've never had a group of strangers celebrate with me so much like the time I posted that I paid mine off. It really is a special feeling. Keep going! You're almost there!

 

I really don't have an issue with my local dealer doing some work, but I try to do most of it myself. Everything at a dealership requires at least 1 hour of labor (@ $120 per hr), $50 worth of "shop supplies", and another $30 to dispose of those "shop supplies" in an environmentally safe manner. Years ago one of the cup holders in my Ranger broke and the dealership replaced it under warranty. The balance was zero to me, but the invoice they sent to Ford had $100 worth of parts, labor, shop supplies and disposal. I mean WTF?

 

Took a drive up to Sos concepts to pick up my ifs skid. This thing is beefy. Got the first coat of primer on it



The weather is amazing today, wanted to feel the wind in my hair, so I took the Jeep

 

Love the bubbler mod!

 

If you don't learn something new each day, then you wasted a day!

 

Just ordered all my radio stuff today from HRO!

Going to run a Yaesu FT-7900R with a Diamond NR-770HB dual band antenna via a

$40 Larsen NMO-K 3/4'' Permanent Hole Mount with 17' RG58A/U Cable and UHF Male PL259 Connector

Larsen NMO-K cable setup. Going to fab up a little bracket out of angle iron that bolts into the track slots of my Prinsu.

As much as the dual recieve and crossband features of the 8900 are, I decided to keep it a little simpler knowing how I plan to use the radio.

 

That is a good setup mine is basically the same but I am running the FT-8800.

 

I looked at the 8900 HARD (they don't sell the *800 models anymore?) but I don't think I would use crossband, etc. I do wish the 7900 could do dual receive, but I'm sure I'll live.

 

No, Yaesu does not make/sell them anymore. You might find a a new one still in stock somewhere else or find a good deal on a used one.

 

I did do a (cursory) look before I bought my 7900 but couldn't find one for a reasonable resale.

 

You still can find them new. I just looked on Amazon. $370 delivered by the 7th if you have prime.

 

Scangauge or ultraguage which is best? Can you just order one or does it need to be vehicle specific