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

Some minor Christmas add ons. Added “the gashole” from Meso customs, and made the Tacoma Attic from Blue Ridge fit my ‘12 (designed for ‘13 and after). Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Removed rear bumpstop spacers, adjusted some options on my alarm from the laptop, tweaked the headlights a bit and most importantly, washed and waxed.

 

A little Christmas present for myself and my truck, I ordered a Coastal Off Road skid plate kit for it https://www.coastaloffroad.com/product-page/2nd-gen-tacoma-skid-plate-set?v=f0961954f8bb

 

New aluminum skids to replace the old steel ones. Not as strong obviously but so much lighter. Merry Christmas TW!

 

CBI sliders finally came in

 

Man I keep seeing your truck on here and I gotta say I’m jealous. That’s a beauty right there. Is that the original paint? Very clean and simple build, but just right man. Everything complements each other and works together nicely. If I was you I’d pat yourself on the back. That is a nice truck you have a lot of reason to be proud of it. I wish I lived in a nice climate and could have a truck that clean.

 

Who makes this gauge? Does it just plug into obd and read from computer? I like it and wanna get one for my truck. I have an 08. Does it only work on the newer ones?

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/scangauge-or-ultragauge-or.643286/

 

Yeah those temps are fine, thermostat opens up at 180 so you may even see it break 200 barely in summertime with some heavy use.

 

Those look great, good to know you can get them for 2nd gen double cab long bed.

 

Other than the thiccc fog xmas was great this year! Hope everyone had a good safe holiday

Upgrade for all four lights





And a Plano for my roof rack from my sis

 

Yes.

Ideally, you don't want to turn sharp while in 4WD, especially on hard (high grip) surfaces.

 

Thank you sir! I've been doing alot of maintenance since purchasing it 2 years ago and had alot of time to think about my mods. I am not quite done yet though.

The paint is original, I do buff/polish/wax it twice a year and keep to try and keep it in good shape.

Ive spent more time doing maintenance and ensuring the truck is in top mechanical shape. I've gotten to a point where the real fun stuff can start! I am quite proud to see how far it has come. It was a highly neglected vehicle.

It'll stay clean for a few days tops. In my line of work and my weekend hobbies, a clean truck is quite rare for me haha.

 

I was concerned as I was parked on snow covered ice. Barely made it to my car without falling. It only did it the one time, so I think I might have had a spot with a lot of sand or fresh salt.

 

Boom, no more other brand lights! Rigid SS pro series in the flood light pattern. These combined with my basic bitch new method wheels should make me king of tacomas on Instagram

 

If all your work is done in a parking ramp, where do you keep all your tools?

 

Gurl you cleaned up on XMas day!

I went with TRD Pro for my new wheels, but also considered Method and SCS. Definitely show an after pic!

 

Yup I got pretty lucky. The wheels are for my birthday/Christmas presents since they are pretty pricey. I wish I would have gotten lighter wheels, the methods weight in at 29 lbs, and the tires are 54 pounds. It will add about 6ish pounds per wheel/tire combo. I have the trd pro wheels for my girlfriends 4runner in my room too. After pics wont happen for awhile, I have to powdercoat all of the bolts and buy two more wheels lol

 

I've tried the spray, but no result.
Finally I've released the belt (but no removed) , and tested the pulleys by hand, one by one,
and easily found the damaged pulley (it was the Belt Idler, passenger side).
I always have 2 o 3 spare pulleys.
the bearings wear out very soon with all the dust here.
I took the opportunity to clean and re-paint the skid plate.

 

Beautiful truck. Definitively love the DC long bed, with its genuine front and bumper, all stripped down and simple.