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

Installed ECGS bushing this morning

Fresh oil in the front diff and transfer case.

 

Lot of awesomeness in this post....

 

Did some cleaning today

 

How did you tackle out that job

 

Brushed off dirt, and used WD-40 and 303 with shop towels.

 

once ive read somewhere that its a good practice to use a protectorant like aerospace 303 on those CV Boots and steering rack boots it repells water and keeps them from cracking and getting dried out

 

Cleaned some more.

 

You motivated me to buy my first bottle of 303. If my truck looks as clean as yours I think I found a new fav product. Thanks!

 

Thanks! WD40 on metal surfaces and 303 on rubber/plastic should work.

 

Fixing to wash it.

 

Detailed the truck and put on my toyoda sticker

 

Installed 885’s and 5100’s.

Before

After



Took it for a quick drive and was really impressed handled well and all the drive line vibes I had were gone!

 

Quoted you in Barcelona thread. Sweet taco! That's the same I think I'm going w/ a long w/ 5160 in back & @Blackout14 5+1 leafs

 

Semi monthly lube of UCA bushings. Wanted to adjust King shock, as well, but clearly this is best done with shock removed. What a pain.

 

Dig the blue!

 

Man am I ever jealous of those of you who don’t have to deal with. Winter, snow, salt and rust!!!

 

Thanks man! I have Dakar’s in the rear. Had to keep the cost down and this was the general consensus on here.

 

Well, my lights didn't come like they were supposed to, and my roof rack is still being built.

So.... I stitched a leather steering wheel cover on. Took freaking forever, but looks and feels great. Plus, it has little dimples that match the 2nd Gen dash.

 

Finally found time to continue on with my drawer slides project. Have the whole system built, coated in flexseal, and being used for a few weeks, it was time to figure out how to keep things from sliding around and remain organized.



Out came the sheets of chloroplast and Bobby pins to hold it all together. I measured the inside dimensions of the drawers which was 17 1/2in wide by 70in long. For the height I wanted to remain just below the top of the drawer sides and settle on 5in tall. Using these measurements and keeping in mind the orientation of the flute material of the chloroplast, I pulled out the drywall t-square and the box cutter with a fresh blade and went to town.



I made the long sides first. Due to material orientation needs, I had to split the sides into 2 pieces. No big deal as they got bobby pinned together. I made dividers at 17 1/4in wide which gave a firm fit even prior to pinning. As for pinning, I pinned on the top and bottom of the chloroplast to make the dividers lock into place. Another option I'll look into at a later point in time is using landscape staples so I can change the dividers quickly. However, the current way works just fine for my current needs and was extremely cheap.

For the eagle-eyed out there, you see there's another sheet of chloroplast on top of the bedrug. This material wasn't used just yet. The whole purpose behind the build is to allow me to store items while on pyro shoots and to also assist with the upcoming move from California to Florida in July. The second sheet will allow me to make additional dividers if need be with the remaining remnants being recycled or donated as an art supply. Hope this helps someone with ideas.

--Pyrotaco