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

Nice but too crooked for my OCD.

 

Bestek 500W DC to AC inverter installed under the rear seat, passenger side. Wired direct to battery via 10ga wiring and a 40a fuse. More convenient to use for charging stuff inside the truck than the factory bed outlet. I was gonna do the TW mod to use the factory inverter at 400W all the time and add the OEM 4Runner plug to the back of the console... but this was cheaper, offered more outlets, and a higher output. The Bestek inverter is rated pretty much as "best" in low power inverter comparisons (though for some reason it isn't available in black...grr...). $39 on Amazon. Total with 15' of 10ga wiring and some assorted nuts, bolts, and electrical connectors was about $55.

Clockwise from upper left:

1) seat bottom is removed and the plastic cargo tray is pulled out, drill 4 holes, inverter is then bolted to the existing metal subframe. Oversize nuts are used as spacers to space the bottom of the inverter away from the carpet 1/3" or so to help keep it cool.

2) (photo is sideways) Close up of inverter face; 2 15a 120VAC outlets and 2 2.4a fast charge USB outlets. The USB outlets are always on, the AC outlets are controlled by the switch on the far right side.

3) Inverter tucked under seat.

4) Seat bottom can still fold forward over top of the inverter, there is about .75" clearance.

 

I was looking for a bracket that keeps the light below the top of the mirrors.

 

When I saw they had a Low Profile bracket, I knew that's the one I wanted. I'm not a fan of light bars or big LED lights. Just wanted something subtle that didn't stick out like a sore thumb. I occasionally do night rides in the trails, but my biggest reason/selling point for getting any kind of LED lights was for my rides home from work. It's usually 10pm and it's all two lane roads and I will be able to see Bambi easier now. Win Win

 

Funny this happened to you also. I have the exact same jack as your old one and it crapped out as I started my lift. Fluid gushing out of the pump. I had that jack for 30 years also.
Now I bought the 2.5 ton aluminum from HF. Great jack so far.

 

Put gas in the tank ..............again

 

3quarts of the good stuff in the rear pumpkin

 

CBI rear bumper?

 

Probably some one else's alignment results

 

I built these Bed supports

 

New wheel bearings upper control arms and 2018 OR coilovers. All this after a mishap with a UCA bolt sliding out. Good thing nothing broke. And it's really nice to just have parts on hand.

 

No sir it’s a 4xinnovations!

 

Got my Off-Road one step closer to being a Sport with some 2012 mirrors. Scored a set of OEMs for $50. They were originally silver though. Still need to wire up the blinkers.

 

How you gonna wire those up?

 

Gonna give this try. Never wrapped anything before. Any advice?

 

Don't overheat it or it'll tear or permanently stretch, don't use a bare credit card on it or you can scratch/tear it, and use a little bit of heat to get any wrinkles out. I'm not sure what the best way to cut it around the cup holder and tray is. Good luck!

 

Truth. I downloaded those results from the darkweb.

 

Thanks! I have enough for two tries haha
Not sure about the cup holder either but we'll find out when we get there