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

Hauling scrap wood to the lumberyard for disposal.

 

Washed and waxed mine yesterday as well... Needs a clay bar and probably some actual paint correction, but it’s already entirely too hot for all that this summer!



Also finally got my useless TRD stuff from the April 40% off sale! Still waiting on the backordered radiator cap though.

 

That amount of camber will definitely not cause abnormal wear.

 

That's how/why I got the 13" all-terrain antenna.
Also Brian where did you get the tpam from? I wanna get one in the near future...

 

Expedition Essentials makes it: https://expeditionessentials.com/pr...-mount-2tpam-2012-2015?variant=12587926421585

 

Very Nice!!! catchy username "Not that there is anything wrong with that"

 

I run almost -2 camber on one side and -1 camber on the other side (something’s bent lol) and regular rotations will prevent major inside wear. Even with that much camber I don’t get TOO much uneven wear.

 

Used it to help my mama sell her things at the swap meet on this beautiful Southern California day!

 

Saw this at 4wheel parts in San Jose this morning

 

Dry

 

Thanx.

 

Put a shift boot today.

 

Truck is lookin great!

 

Here's something I finished up this morning that I will share.

In the cab, I have switches for front spotlights, ditch lights and a 40" lightbar on the roof. I also have switches for front and rear cameras, seat heaters, GPS power, air compressor and air horns. I also have an unswitched DashCam. The cig-lighter power supplies for the GPS and Dash-Cam are connected to cig-lighter sockets hard-wired behind the dash.

The thing is, I added these things one by one over the course of two years and everything was a mish-mash of unlabeled wires running in every direction; all tapping power off of the fusebox. It was a mess.

I decided I needed to organize things so most of the devices would come from a single power source and have enough current available without popping fuses.

Solution: I ran a 10-gauge wire from the battery, through the firewall and to the area behind the dash, ahead of the floor console. Since I didn't want everything to continue to run with the ignition off, I ran the 10-gauge to a relay. The relay (not pictured) is triggered by a small wire coming off the cig-lighter (which, is only powered when the ignition is on). Then the power coming off the relay runs to this six-tap buss bar.

And then each device takes its power on a separate fused tap from the buss bar. No muss; no fuss.

P.S. Don't ask me where I got the buss bar ; I don't remember. But any fused buss bar should work.

 

Hit 125k

 

Washed truck. Top and bottom.
Prep work for Fluid Film tomorrow.
TOMB

 

Just finished installing a Balls Out Off-road Ram Mount that I purchased from another TW member a while back and finally got some time to install it. I modified (ghetto rigged) the the wireless phone mount I had to work with the A size Ram Mount. I think it tuned out pretty good and its super solid.

 

Thanks brother! Black looked great for about an hour and then dust and pollen coated it, all while it was still parked in the driveway!

 

These are running off of a bridged Alpine Power Pack and the stock Entune + stereo

 

Checked the torque on my u-bolts.
Taped the harness (CH4x4 lights) every foot so I can route it and then tape the loom after I get it where I want it.
Ordered a steering wheel (factory) and some of the black parts from this thread: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/feeler-interest-gauge-for-12-15-blackout-interior-parts.449999/

I'm replacing almost 100% of my interior so now would be a good time to install these pieces.