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

Mine will be with me for the rest of its life. I bought it for my retirement.

I have rushed it and need to slow down

 

Yesterday was the first rainy day since I chopped my fenders. I still have the stock air intake and was worried about sucking up water.

Working my way up, I drove through more and more water testing to see how far up towards the air filter box water could get.

I ended up driving through a couple puddles deep enough to launch water out of the wheel wells and send it cascading onto my windshield. I checked the intake and the only water I could find was in the little bowl inside the fender. No water inside, no water draining out of the intake in the engine bay (there are predrilled holes) and the filter was completely dry!

Nothing inside of the intake past the red arrow was wet.

So far so good

 

Nice! Ive never seen that before

 

I pulled my intake back through my engine bay, installed I pre filter like this over the tube and popped it back into place.
K&N 22-8038DK Black Drycharger Filter Wrap - For Your K&N RU-3050 Filter

$29 K&N 22-8038DK Black Drycharger Filter Wrap - for Your RU-3050 Filter

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008KWP5VE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_zpT9Bb1BQQCCT

 

Thanks I’ll check out that link

 

You installed the filter and the wrap? Or just the wrap

 

Just that wrap

 

Gotcha

 

ordered this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Soft-Black-Leather-Wheel-Cover-for-Toyota-Land-Cruiser-Prado-120-Lexus-LS400/123048244133?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

first nice leather cover 2nd gen i have seen that wraps all of the wheel.
not a "perfect" fit, but is only slightly off. you will not notice once stitched up.

put some leather conditioner on it last night and this morning has the perfect "tack" that a leather steering wheel should

 

Camped out at Tennesee and did the Tail of the Dragon Run!

 

Used vinyl wrap to tint the side mirror markers and third brake light. The cold didn't help with a steady hand so the cutting was a little rough. I'll remove the mirror cover and make it cleaner if the vinyl doesn't hold up over the winter.

 

Well did my ADS coil overs with resi’s, Dirtking uca’s and Icon RXT’s out back. Absolutely luv this set up.
Also just put some 5100’s on my buddies 2015 this morning pre turkey dinner style.

 

Nice job WMG. That was me who posted this mod and glade to see that you also see a value in it. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...gen-tacoma-today.6499/page-8064#post-18416668

 

Finally got around to adding some white plexiglass backing to my aluminum light bar cover I water-jetted last month. I like the fact that it defuses the light should I decide to turn it on and only the Toyota shines through.

 

Rotated tires today.

 

Got my locker installed and finally got my truck back on its own weightStill have to change the carrier bearing after test driving it and needs an alignment bad...lol

 

Discovered a nice oil leak gathering on my skid today. Not sure where it’s coming from yet.

 

Painted my fogs yellow, inspired by the Subaru rally look... Next up: painting my wheels bronze to complete the look!

 

Swapped in the TRD Pro exhaust. Love the note. It's exactly what I was looking for! Not too aggressive until I want it to be. Stock DCLB exhaust is available for FREE to anyone willing to pick it up.

 

It came out being a little pricier than I had anticipated but it's a full system, here's the rough estimate:
Air Compressor - $275
Air tank - $42
Hoses and fittings - Aluminum plate custom cut ($20), M8 nuts and bolts and plethora of rubber washers ($20), 2x Viair leader hose ($20ea), Viair manifold ($20), Air hose accessory kit ($20), brass fittings (3x$5 elbow + $12 viair fit kit + $5 misc = $33), air regulator and gauge ($18), SPod wire adapter ($25), and plus whatever other wiring needed. = $196
Total roughly represented = $513

There was no welding needed, just some precision cutting for the aluminum plate and holes to bold into the rear seat brackets for Double cab. Everything else I bolted to the plate or rear firewall.