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

Greased UCA and LCA bushings.
Checked torque on UCA and LCA bolts. They were a bit loose.

No more squeaking from the front end till after the next wheeling excursion which may be this coming weekend.

 

Right now it's just a ratchet strap to the tie down and through the hold on the side. I'm going to mount it to the tool box once I get it mounted.

 

Check your radiator body mount bushings if you haven’t replaced them. The OEM ones suck, especially with a steel bumper. Caused me lots of headache and squeak hunting.

 

Measured up the new bumper that is going to get made up.

 

my carport has a small sign inside that says

"If you are found here at night...you will be found here in the morning"

 

Has anyone used these lights before?

 

I left mine off. I dont do any offroading so theres no need for the extra weight.

 

Inspected my brakes.

My drums were difficult to remove. There’s a lip on the outside, is this normal?

 

You say drums, but that looks like a disc? But yeah, either way there would be a small ridge developing over time where the pad material contacts the metal

 

It’s a drum

 

Ohh I see it now. Not a super great picture, so at first it looked like a rear disc lol

 

Having a manual is theft security itself in way. You probably heard bout the jackass in Montgomery county that tried to steal a car only to find out it was a manual... LMAO

 

Went full retard and ordered 80 grade 10.9 yellow zinc'd bolts for my Ray10s. Gotta keep up appearances for the functional mall crawler.

 

I want to do that to my Methods.
Now If I could only find ET lug nuts that are also yellow zinc.

 

Now you got me flexing my Google-Fu. My office is down the street from a large metal treatment company. May have to bring in a set of lugs for a "concept" job. Thankfully the owner is a big car and motorsport guy as well...

 

My short throw shifter helps even more. Even when you tell people how to get into reverse they still can't do it. Though at this point I'd be pumped to never see my truck again

 

I'm sure the tuner crowd might have something. They love anodized tidbits like that, but I honestly haven't done the research. For all I know, they might be easy to find.

 

I'm just a dude, playing a desert dude, disguised as a mall crawler dude.