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

RAM Mount items got delivered today. Gonna have digital maps after tonight! Yes, I am keeping the paper maps in the truck.

Last of the lift kit hardware should arrive tomorrow and Monday as well!

AND...a grand expedition has gotten itself in my head. The planning for next summer starts now!

 

The taco got a new windshield today! old one got a crack in it and needed replaced. Its a win win because my old windshield had nicks and scratches all over it due to years of weathering....shes getting a strip put back on Friday 5%

 

And i thought my 4500 mile trip from KY to Utah was long enough.

 

Depends on how good ur tires r, if they r still in good shape, I would go with lifted spindle kit for the front ( about 500 ) with the rest I would get leafs for the rear so u don't have to use blocks, that should leave some for longer shocks for the rear

 

Yeah, its a beast. All of the metrics are just staggering once you realize Alaska is just amazingly huge...

~7200 miles, $2000+ in gas figuring 16mpg, $4.50/gal, ~14 days of driving, the list goes on.

Convincing my boss to let me disappear for 3 weeks is gonna be fun though...

 

Picked up the truck from the shop today. 5100s on all 4 corners, toytec ebaich coils. And 4x4 OME dakars on a prerunner

 

Looks good! Hope you don't plan on doing too much hard riding on those Eibachs. Broke both coils on mine and replaced them with OME

 

Nice! This is the route I'm thinking too. 4 banger?

 

I won’t Be jumping any ramps or anything too extreme, but I do hope to use it on some trails. Fingers crossed they work out.

 

Nah, V6.

 

Just know that whoever installs the dakars is going to have to mod your shackles, hopefully they will know how to do it.

 

No jumping here either, just trails. Both sides, both lower part of the coil.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/medlinarounds-black-tacoma-build.162090/page-9

 

I actually just got a set of Cooper at3 4s's. Took them for a spin on some "moderate" trails according to Alltrails. They did well, and aired down the ride wasnt bad. Which leads me to the dilemma of lift or rims next...

 

Is this with all Dakars ? Because I plan on getting leaf springs that will allow me to not use blocks when I lift, my budget is hard to come by and need to know all that's involved because it's also my daily and can't have it sittin waiting on parts or some special mod, thx for your time and efforts

 

Had the holes in the front bumper from the license plate filled and whole bumper sprayed.

 

@HawaiianSON Where is the red circled end of the spare tire strap bolted to in your bed?

 

Just did the MAF and throttle body cleaning since it was a rain filled afternoon. I definitely noticed a little something extra when I took it for a spin afterwards

 

Got my seat spacers cut out today! UPS brought my fan and switch for my attempt to cool my A/C when at idle. Rain in the forecast for the rest of the week so fabrication will have to wait.

 

With the A/C on I do too & I can't find it!

 

OME does not make dakars for 2wd models. The fabbing shouldn’t be too bad, it only costed me $40 or so bucks more. The guy had to drill out of of the stationary bolts and put in a bigger bolt through the Dakar bushing. Hard to explain in text and hard to see on the truck unless you knew.