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

Mine aren't even married yet so you got me beat LOL. The youngest decided to do it the old fashioned way and get married first the oldest daughter who knows?

 

Swapped out my cs047 dakars for some el096. Really feels better with the weight. Think I may start looking into raising the front up a bit.

 

Mines been married 2 years. My youngest wants a baby she can go visit. She better get no other ideas soon.

 

You can use a couple boards, sandwich the aluminum flat bar between the two boards, squeeze it tight in a vice then use either a wood block and a hammer or just a hammer and bend the bar over until you get the desired angle. It might be easier to cut the aluminum to the desired length after it has been bent. Also, you might want to use some MAPP gas and heat it where the bend will be. This will make it much easier to bend and reduce the risk of the aluminum cracking at the bend. Sand, clean, self etching primer, the topcoat color of your choosing and you are good to go.

 

I clamped it to a 2x8, and pounded it with a mallet. Aluminum is soft, and bends really easily.

 

Plasticoated my wheels. They've taken a fair amount of abuse over the years on trail . Figured I could cover it up for now while I figure out the next step for tires and wheels.

 

My vote is white wheels

 

Girlfriend and I are going camping next weekend and we usually sleep in the bed of the trail, figured it was time to do something about the knee killer tailgate ridges.

First step was cutting up a harbor freight foam floor mat and hot gluing it into the indents, then covered it with their solid tool drawer liner. Like $15 in materials and I have 3 of the 4 floor mats leftover to put in front of the tool bench. Quite tickled.

 

Vinyl wrapped the hood and roof flat black. Also plastidipped the badges.

Grill is next, and some new headlamps, then rear bumper. I read that the black hood adds about 13 hp. Couldn't find any solid data on blacking out roof and badges though...

 

Mounted a Roam 6.5ft awning purchased last Black Friday for some upcoming trips.

 

Got the Hi-Lift mounted.

 

Installed some @ragofabrication bed stiffeners. Awesome company to deal with! Great product, quick shipping, and free candy! First side was a pain in the ass because I can’t follow directions, but knocked out the 2nd side in 15 min.

Also threw together a cargo shelf... I was just planning on mocking up a 60”x 20” shelf out of some spare wood to see if one of those hitch cargo carriers would fit and decided to just go with it.

 

Welcome to TW!

 

You 3d printing or cutting out on metal?

 

Finally got the solar hooked up right. But..... my battery was drained so it’s slowly bringing it back to life About 14 hours at a time.

 

https://dieselleds.com/

 

Wheeled it

 

Ebay, about $30. If you're careful and pay attention, you can get some decent stuff on Ebay. The middle where the gear shift goes is simply cut so it hangs straight around it. It comes with a bunch of elastics sewed on and metal clips, you get to find places to hook them on, they can be squeezed shut with pliers. Gotta cut the seat belt holes yourself but that's easy. I supposed I could stitch around the holes, but they aren't fraying so far.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Pc-Brand...Truck-Seat-Cover/313054493472?epid=2256534610

 

Wow...you might want to source a new-ish inside door panel now, before they get hard to find, and keep it for later.

Hey...that sew-on steering wheel cover would do the same thing for that handle. You could fasten a piece of thin leather or rubber over it and secure with velcro. You could even cut it so that there was extra material draped over where your elbow rests. Replace as necessary.

 

Those decals look amazing! Where did you get them?