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

Finished up my retros the other night and just got the truck cleaned so it was time for some pictures. These turned out better than I expected. Extremely happy with them. 10 hours of hard work pays off!! Thanks to @kiahb12 for answering my questions and the tools ha.
The yellow spot on the second pic is a light reflection lol

 

Time to enlist helpful advice.

For those who have changed their own spark plugs what was the cost and difficulty of labor?

Also noticed my leaf springs are easentially straight. Should I upgrade, if so what are good suggestions?

I dont want to change my ride height, just want to stay the same. I have the TRD OR suspension from a third gen.

 

Got the rears on this afternoon. The old ones still snap back to their original position. That's impressive considering they have about 150 K on them!

 

Been attacking a CEL and aftermarket header HO2 sensor issue that I realize is a bigger issue that the previous owner led me to believe (don't worry, I underpayed)
Either way cleared 4 of 5 codes with this stunt

hit a milestone (km-stone, eh) or, a satisfying number, i slept thru 300k..

and caught this gem in traffic

Give yourself a few hours, and prepare your knuckles for some good scrapeing.. cost will be $20-$30 for the plugs, and 5-10 for some antiseize, but follow some of the guides on here and you should be fine

like this one
how to spark plug change

google "how to change spark plugs tacoma" and browse the tacomaworld hits.. apply this theory with all questions.. gold

 

Follow the how to. It's not too bad on the 4.0. I can do mine in about 45 minutes with no knuckle scrapes. Nowhere near as hard to do as a 93 Dodge Intrepid!

 

Pretty easy, overall. Just take it slow and steady, and don't force-turn the spark plugs in to avoid cross-threading. Give yourself an hour or two if it is your first time. Cost-wise, I think I bought everything I needed (tools, new plugs, etc) for probably $100?

Adding a new leaf will be the cheapest option if you want to upgrade your leaf springs. Should help it ride a little easier. Are you carrying anything in the back?

 

Finally loaded her up for the first time in a while and got some saddle time.

 

Just my spare tire. The wheel is about 28 pounds with a 255/75/17 BFG Mid Terrain tide, but I do pull a trailer fairly often.

 

I imagine a AAL will help soften the back a bit, but others with more experience might be better able to make recommendations.

 

Pulled the 3rd. Yay, another one down!

 

Im 17, only took me about 30 minutes. Its super simple, but I have also been working on cars since I could remember. The whole process is very simple overall though, just pay attention to detail and be sure not to cross thread or over tighten

 

How many have you burned through, do you rebuild them yourself? What's your ratio?

 

This will be number 4. EGGS has done them all. One under warranty.

 

Hey guys, in need of some help, looking for these connectors, they are for the amber parking/marker lights in the headlights. All I need is the male connector, the end that holds the light, apparently it is a 'Koito' manufactured part, only number I could find on it is the number '1'. I could really use some help here, the part looks like this, this is the closest I have been able to find thus far. Thank you in advance! https://www.ebay.com/itm/WY21W-Ambe...ash=item4d1e7d7177:g:yj4AAOSwgGFadBiC&vxp=mtr

 

I noticed the little strip under your head light. Is that a daytime running light? I have not seen that before.

 

These spark plugs are the easiest I've ever done. Probably about 25$ for spark plugs and 5$ for anti-seize. I think I did mine in about 45-60 minutes. Torqued them in and everything lol

 

What did you use to fill the clip holes?

 

Finally got to doing my diff fluid at 40K, man was my rear diff like silver paint! Front and T-case werent too bad. What else... used CRC battery cleaner and anti-corrosive stuff to get rid of the acid crud forming on the terminals.

 

Lots of people I know have blown through many ECGS diffs...

Seems to be a common thing with them