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

Small victories here, got the steering wheel controls to work!! Previous owner did a good job with a nice head unit and upgraded speakers...but what person wouldn't put the extra couple $$$ to have the use of the steering wheel Volume and Channel buttons.

Cabin filter and engine filter replaced, rattle can spray on the door sill where they wore away the paint. After that cures I might add some PPF.

 

Tuesday night I changed the wheel bearings pads and rotors and have driven the truck every day since with no noise. This morning as I was backing in to a parking spot at work, I heard a clunk and scraping noise from the front end. Upon looking I noticed the caliper was rubbing the wheel. I crawled under to see that one of the bolts was gone and the other was loose. I know I tightened them cuz I was using my breaker bar to loosen and tighten.
I pulled one from the skid plate bracket to hold til I get home and can get a new bolt.

 

Did you torque to spec?

 

Didn't grab the torque wrench for them. I did for the wheels.

 

Oil change with Mobil 1 and a Toyota filter, tire rotation and greased the driveline and front end. It was my first time changing the oil as I had been leaving it up to the local dealer. However I found out they weren't rotating the tires or doing the driveline/front end greasing as I had been lead to believe when I first started taking it there. Guess that's what i get for not doing it myself.

 

Well. Something is in my calipers...great.
Sounds like nails on a chalk board when I’m braking

 

Hit this on the way back to work...

 

I was away on a trip last week and didn't have my waterport with me. I kept using bottles water to cook with and clean fish guts..solution..

I installed D rings in the bolts for the cubby..

 

Trying this out for the first time

 

Installed some TRD seat covers and cleaned the engine bay.

 

Those look good what brand are they?

 

TRD accessories. Used to be able to get em from the dealership

 

Removed my firestone ride rites and stock leaf pack, swapped in a leaf pack I got from @Age315.

 

Yep...Toyota. You can get them new on eBay...about $170 or so. I found these used on Facebook Marketplace.

 

Good deal I’ll have to look them up.

 

Looks badass ,How’s was the install do they just pop in or does it have an adhesive?

 

https://youtu.be/vSBPd7oB2DQ

 

Sweet!

I finally got an Instagram account after much debate.

@sasquatchtaco


CC: @Skierrichy

 

Eventful day. First road trip with Rosie. Drove up to South Lake Tahoe for our anniversary weekend. Truck did great coming up the hill.

Went out to a couple lakes, including my first off-road trek... Bumpy as hell, but I loved it. Wife didn’t at all (likes the destination though). Three year old slept through the bumps.

Rolled 95k about an hour ago. Not bad for an ‘08.

 

I drove it to hang out on the Colorado River with my TTC peeps.

(Highway pic courtesy @MattCowsmasher )