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

Well, here it is...and my truck loved the Atoto A6 Pro!

 

yup did this to mine also, no recurrence of the buffetting/kazoo sounds

 

I did the same thing a few months ago, forgot to post after a while that it did work. I've only have it happen maybe 2 times with some serious crosswind and going 75+ mph

I don't know why I put it off for so long, such an easy fix. I guess I never thought about it until I was in the middle of a road trip lol

 

Exhaust reroute & magnaflow 18” muffler install by Scottsdale Muffler (great exhaust shop) (even though I have a skid plate covering the low hanging exhaust, it rattles against that skid since I’ve smashed my muffler a while back. Just need to throw my skid back on now. Very happy with the reroute and the muffler sound though it’s quieter than I anticipated. The whole job was only about $250 from them. 10/10 would recommend.

 

Paid it off

 

There are a lot of vehicles these days that are designed not to offend anyone and end up pleasing very few. A lot of manufactures are terrified to make a bold statement! I love that my 2nd Gen just has a look that's all its own!!

I like mine so far. They could be better on wet pavement, but that's not really why you buy them. LoL

 

To be honest, I wouldn't want this on a truck. It's not pretty and has some "love taps" I bought it strictly for a camping trailer........that being said, everything has a price

 

Yeah i feel like they would be like the KO2s, everytime i would take off from a stop light my tires would spin on the painted lines.

 

Here’s the pic from when i got to work this morning

Haven’t measured it yet to see what the total gains are but I’d say it’s a solid 2.5-3in up front and about 2ish in the back. now to order the tires, get her aligned, and then troubleshoot the vibration from 15-50mph...the fun part.
Correct me if I’m wrong, Im thinking i need to start by getting the driveline angles all back to normal. I have the cb drop kit, as well as the diff drop kit, i ordered one of those magnetic digital angle gauges to start the process and see if i need to get some shims for the rear end or use the diff drop at all.
Just from the research I’ve done though, the needle bearing is what I’m thinking is giving me the issue at the moment, the vibration is like a 1second on and 1second off (give or take depending on speed) but it’s consistent, and when i pop it into 4wd the vibe goes away

And im sortof leaning against going with 285's and dialing down a tiny bit to 275/70/17's in the Falken Wildpeak AT3ws. I really dont want to do a CMC, and I think by going a little bit smaller and slightly skinner, I should be okay. it comes in a C-load so thats the happy medium I was looking for with both strenth and highway driving, but damn at 57lbs each i thought it would be a little bit lighter, but it aint bad. im open to anyones thoughts on this vs the 285's

 

CB drop helped my vibe, but the fact that it goes away in 4WD for you indicates your front dif needle bearing may be shot. replace with the ECGS bushing.

 

yep so far all signs are pointing that direction

 

Gust of wind got some spray on my window. Pain in the neck! At least I got it done before salt on the roads

 

lol I meant you fiberglass one

 

Oh, that one is staying with me
I do have a white ARE that needs a side windoor. You can have it. I was about to toss it b/c I need the space for the camper one.

It needs some work. I would say keys, windoor, and the other one needs to be put in, and clamps. Look at the threads I started. I had 3 at one time, pics are in there.


https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/sold.560831/

 

I figured yours was staying looked at your build, and realized you’d put in some work on it.

I remember I messaged you to check and see if you had anymore, I’ll pm you ive been looking those windoors are expensive id looked at some with broken ones but time I put a win door in it wasn’t saving money

 

Does that just fit in the rubber cup holder?

 

No doubt. By the time you fix everything, you'd be close to a used priced one. This one is for someone that has time to fool with it and wants to search for cheap parts to be honest.

 

How did you wire the grill lights?

 

I tapped them into the door locks on the fuse block.