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

How were the groups your Taco fired?

 

Nice and tight!

 

Plenty of forethought... I'm pretty sure it's an active decision to make owners not do things themselves, in order to have it brought to a garage, or better yet, a 'stealership'.

 

Took a 2 hour ride to the great state of Delaware to pick up my Mobtown Offroad hybrid bumper. It will be a few weeks before I get a chance to get to painting and installing it though.

 

2011 124k, hoping for many more. $3k owed to the bank then hopefully driving my dream truck for nothing more than gas money and regular maintenance. Hasn’t been easy as a full time college student working part time for almost minimum wage, but fingers crossed that this truck will be well worth it. Hasn’t let me down so far!

 

Got some free clearance today

 

Got the bumper just about done. I have a whole new respect for working with round tube. Notching this stuff is HARD. It took me so many tries to get just those two side tubes correct. That’s number 5 and 6 on the truck and each one cost me $12.50 in material, so I had to toss $50 worth. I still had a lot of gap to fill with weld.

 

I heard you could notch it with a hole saw.

 

Not the lower parts of the tube unfortunately due to the winch plate.

 

Dirty 30 @30

 

Before




After

 

It is a good feeling when you buy something for your truck and Install it. It is a much better feeling when you create something in your mind and then spend time fabricating and install it. Your truck looks great. Props for all the DIY

 

I would prep that top and hit it with 3 good coats of spray or roll on textured bed liner and be done. Just my .02.

 

I just put in one of these today. But the problem is the unit isn't centered properly and I can't figure out why. I mean, it's all bolted in properly, or seems to be, using the OEM brackets. It's shifted to the left, so I can't get that black bezel thing to fit over the unit.

Here's my solution for USB connectivity. I put it right under the left-side passenger vent. Drilled a 5/8" hole and used a deburring tool until a tight fit was achieved.

 

I have to hold mine center while tightening or else it gets cocked to the left. Also do you have a link for the usb port?

 

Thanks I'll try that right now actually. Here's the USB port:

$8 BATIGE Small USB 3.0 Male to Female AUX Flush Panel Mount Extension Cable for Car Truck Boat Motorcycle Dashboard 3ft

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078LMBQM6

When popping off that piece below the vent, there's a connector with some wires mounted in a dummy bracket. But the dummy bracket appears to be exactly centered, so I drilled a little pilot hole right in the center and then got my 5/8" bit. I used a deburring tool to shave off more and more until it fit. Seems like a pretty tight fit right now. Could potentially loosen over time.

 

Also did the plugs, cabin filter and oil change today. 30k miles.

 

Flawless. Thanks again!

 

What have I done? Not much except stockpile projects that I’ll finally start getting to this weekend

Including but not limited to: sound deadening, new Plano cases on the rack (one of the old ones started leaking), radiator bushings, @MESO Roof molle panel and starting to determine my solar panel set up.