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

Anytime-on fog lamps mod with yellow Hella H11 bulbs.

 

Finished the weekend (MGM)HLM project. Welcome to 2007, me.

Really appreciate the help and offer. This wasn’t my first rodeo with headlight restoration. I was going at them with 100 grit at one point to no avail. They were toast. You would probably think twice about buying undercarriage parts from the rust belt, but I didn’t think twice about buying used headlights from a vehicle that came from a much, much sunnier place. Live and learn. I ultimately cooked up the set that was on my truck and combined the two. The house now smells like the Dollar Store.

 

I put her to work

 

Didn’t do anything to the Tacoma but I did get my ol lady good with this prank!
https://youtu.be/f0feFpYdv4E

 

Had to call in calvary due to me being a broke di$%.

 

First warmish day since getting my truck and I spend it clay barring the entire truck. Probably had never been done.

 

Put new avid off-road bed racks on and got the old tent put on top.

 

Ooohhhh yyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh she lookin real good

 

sucks for me

 

Managed to finish priming my bumper. Still have some panels to make for it yet.

 

Appreciate it buddy.

 

Installed my FJ CSF radiator finally...


Going to need to fab some protection for the corners...

strong warrior names

 

OME AALs done, and added 1 of 2 of my 4# ABC extinguishers with quick release mount. Putting one on the passenger side later this week.

 

Finally got around to fixing my wiring harness on my fog light, left connector broke and had condensation in the housing. Dried the housing and added a new connector. I also went on Amazon and found battery powered LED light strips for my bed set up!

 

I finally replaced my foggy headlights with EBay headlights. I sealed them up good with silicone, double layers since I read they’re a pain to install. Install wasn’t that bad. It took almost an hour to do the first one and a half hour for the second one. The Black framed headlights look super good on my black and silver truck. Now my truck looks like it only has 21,000 miles. The driver’s side light looks just as crystal clear as the passenger side. It was just a reflection I guess.

 

Finally got around to replacing my stock bump stops with some SuperBumps after purchasing a pipe wrench.

 

Just dug my ScanGauge out of my toolbox, dropped it in and programmed the XGauge for the trans temp. Haven’t decided where to stick it yet, trying to figure out if I can keep it there without drilling a hole or having cables running over the console.

 

Finally bit the bullet and made a drawer system in the bed of the truck. First off, Home Depot for supplies!


Got a bunch of wood (4 sheets. 2 sheets of 3/4" ply and 2 of 1/2" particle) and 6 1*10*6ft common lumber boards. Beyond that, picked up fasteners and angle aluminium. All in at this point a couple hundred bucks.


Cut the wood for the bottom around the wheel wells and the factory d-rings. The board against the back wall is also a support.


Next, cut down the common boards to the right height (8 3/4in), made the frame, pocket hole attached the boards to the front board in the previous picture, cut the top sheet, and screwed them into place.


Built the drawers (19 1/2in wide and full bed length). put temporary blocking boards on each side... this gets addressed this weekend, and it did LOL.


Took out the side plates and made one piece drawer fronts. The red handles were temporary.


Here are the drawers fully extended. No additional changes at the time of the picture.


Disassembled everything this weekend. Hit all the wood with Flex Seal, ditched the webbing handles for cutout grips, attached the aluminium angle to the front to protect the top edge, and put a bedrug mat on the top. Currently in talks with Bedrug to get a piece the material in the exact size as the top. The existing Bedrug will be cut to fit the inside of the drawers. Also, fitted and installed turnbuckles to all 4 corners to the d-rings to hold it in place (safety first!). As for the bottoms of the drawers, they slide on flat aluminium bars that are adhered to the bottom wood panels. each drawer has 8 furniture slides on them. Slides perfectly with weight in them. Also, the drawer fronts gently press against the tailgate carpet for a tight, no rattle fit.

The only thing I need to do at some point it hole saw the front corners for a little more access to the front corners. Honestly, it's not that big of a deal at this point in time.

-PyroTaco

 

Finally got my @ragofabrication bed stiffeners installed this afternoon!
Note my high-tech "spring loaded center punch"



A bit of paint sprayed in from the back


And a coat of fluid film over the bolts after everything was tight

 

I need to do that my bed is starting to look like a fat chick sitting on a bar stool