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

starter? alternator? how many miles do you have? I wanted my dealer to replace the starter, but they didnt update me at all. They just told me when it was about to be done. Could have been that I had to remove almost all aftermarket parts, and I dropped it off like this:

 

how do you adjust when the hole is behind the resi elbow?

 

That’s where the short one comes into play. I slip it in between the tower and the shock and put it in the hole. Then tap it with a hammer to get it to rotate a little. Then use the long tool for the rest of the rotation.

 

Fina-fucking-lly changed out and greased my pins(added another up top) and replaced clips. Wow it’s quiet when changing between Drive and Reverse! Greased my UCA bushings then installed custom remote reservoirs for my TRD Baja Bilstein coilovers:

 

Nice! I gotta make one of those. I think I just marred up my top ring right when I installed them

 

Like this, except I welded the piece of punch into a 10mm. It does fuck up that one hole a little since it is aluminum after all, but it doesn’t bother me. I don’t recall the size of punch off the top of my head. I think 5/16.

 

My buddy helped me, he's pretty good at it, and I'm really not. It's surprisingly difficult until you have the right touch. I love that I did it. Muted the red a little, and added protection for when I put surf boards on the rack so salt water isn't getting everywhere. Everyone is always concerned that wrapping the roof in black is going to cause the cab to get really hot... I haven't noticed any increase in heat at all.

 

Probably haven’t noticed since red is the second worst color for heat absorption. Great look though. Makes it stand out.

 

Oh no! Lame...

 

Swapped out the sketchy aftermarket, vampire tapped cruise control clutch switch for an OEM switch. Now my cruise is all OEM and doesn't cancel when I hit a bump.
If anyone has to remove/install theirs, it's much easier if you loosen the fuse panel and get it from above:


It's nearly impossible to do from beneath.

 

Is this custom? I'm willing to buy a set for my front and rear, except with Miller.

 

Hey..did you leave ur truck in the rain? it seems to have shrunk..

 

How're those delta joints doing for you? I have the regular uniball UCA's but have the DJ retrofit kit ready to install whenever the original uniballs start to wear too much.

 

It’s just cold out, ok? Grower, not a shower.

 

How much did you end up raising the front?

 

I’m not sure, I didn’t measure. Approx 2”

 

Have you driven it since raising the front? Any alignment issues?

 

When I installed the new coils I had no preload on, so the front was stock height. Then I raised it back up a bit. My alignment is all fuckered so I will do that when I install the Alignment cam delete bolts.

 

It's so stubby.

 

So far the names I have for it are Bob, The Chode, and Taquito.