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

Haha! My daughter loves working on projects with me. Just got her a new hammer today.

We have these floor mats all over the den. Saves the kids when they Hulk Hogan all over the place so they don't eat shit!

 

I hear ya man! My two are on a running on the couch and bumping into each other sort of kick. Oh well! They'll learn their lesson... sooner or later... hopefully... maybe.

 

Hey, changed the spark plugs finally, the truck has 155k km, and It looks like the plugs may have not been changed since factory (can they last that long?) The driver side ones were still ngk and the passenger side was denso, and just look at that gap! (The new ones are 0.04 )

 

And I thought mine was really low.

 

I gained at least 30HP.

 

Figured. But for real, does it do anything noticeable?

 

Installed my Bilstein sway bar relocation kit. Seemed to work great in my five-minute test drive. It moved the sway bar forward so it stopped rubbing the bottom of the coil.

 

Mine did the same thing. Lol! I don't feel any exhaust coming out of my trucks flange so I haven't touched it but it does still leak condensation there.

 

How does the TRD Catback sound? I'm trying to decide between that, a Borla, or an MBRP.

 

129K on mine and never been changed, I got it around 3 months ago and haven't had the chance to change them yet.

 

Most Tacoma owners complain their K&N air filter made their truck lose gas mileage, made the engine louder, with no noticeable gain in performance.

 

Good to know.

 

Installed Thinkware's U1000 Front/Rear Dashcam setup.

 

I've heard the TRD Tacoma exhaust and they do sound much better than non-TRD.

I installed a Flowmaster 40 Series. I did a huge amount of changes prior to driving the truck (except for 5 miles when I bought it) si I can't blame my mileage loss on only exhaust. It's definitely louder inside the cab and outside. Because of the quantity of changes I can't comment on any performance changes either. I like it a lot.

 

I'm not necessarily looking for super loud, just a more aggressive note i guess. And any perfomance gains i can get.

 

I haven't heard one person say they lost gas mileage. The only thing that happens when the conversation comes up, is people argue back and forth about Dry vs. Oiled filters. Claiming the oil damages the MAF.

 

I've designed 11 new Tacoma parts in 7 different colors/finishes.

31 Different pieces of hardware are required in 6 different colors/finishes.

Once I figure out the size of the cardboard box required for each part and what packing materials will be needed I'll be ready to figure out my costs of each part.

Damn this is a TON of work.

"Acme"... remember Will E Coyote and the Roadrunner? Lmao! Once I figure out which company I'll use for each I'll correct the company names.

 

Hows the picture quality?

 

Flowmaster 40 is quite a bit louder than the TRD. The Flowmaster also has a slightly deeper tone than the TRD.