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

Cleaned it good after a 2,200 miles trip around Lake Superior....

 

Finished my sliders today

 

^nice!!

 

Installed some Firestone Air-lift bags.

 

Fully detailed/wash/wax/engine cleaned and installed the Ultragauge.

 

New tires.

 

Prepping the truck for a Sierra run to Laurel Lake 4WD trail near Mammoth Lakes! Woot! Forecast calls for snow flurries! Need to get some non-freezing windshield fluid....

Installed a small Wagan 200w inverter in the ash tray cubby to charge camera batteries, iPod/phones, etc.

Changed the oil and filter.

This is only the second time I have done it on this truck (1st gen).

FYI new 1st gen owners, the first time I went through the wheel well to get the filter, similar to my old 93 pickup.

This time I took off the skid plates and got the filter from underneath. I think coming from underneath is easier and faster, FYI.

I had no idea what kind of oil was in the truck when I bought it, but I put in Mobil 1 full synth on the first change. This second change is 5k miles.

Also grabbed an oil sample to send to Blackstone to see:
1. What is going on inside the engine.
2. See if the synthetic knocked any crud loose.
3. See how well the Mobile 1 full synth held up (at 5k) and start examining the possibility of longer oil change intervals (7,500 to 10k, eventually).

 

Bilstein 5100's at 2.75 and AAL

 

detailed the interior

 

blacked out all emblems myself took grill to get done by a shop white like my tacoma black pearl center came out clean now i have him doing side mirror whhite as well .

 

couple days ago replaced my right cv, changed diff fluid and added diff drop

today, doing some work on my front bumper im building

 

Chopped my Exhaust and modified my rear flaps

 

painted the entire front grille barcelona red but forgot to put white primer over the gray paint... came out way to dark have to live with it until i can fix it tomorrow after work.

 

Big rig shifter

 

Added EGR inchannel vent visors today.

 

Gave it a good hot bath

 

through the wheel well? that must've been hard.
kinda sucks having to take the skid plate off, but it's worth it having that 'protection'.

 

X2...Plus Waxed it with Meguirs NXT (new Wax) Very Nice, even my wife noticed a difference

 

I took mine dirt biking. Before that, I debadged it. Maybe I'll paint 'em black or not.