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

Knew that color dirt looked familiar, my whole undercarriage is stained lol

 

Not a Tacoma, but I started this 1st gen 4Runner project last month. Pulled it out of the desert, and getting her back on the road.

 

I did consider getting the foam cell kit but I had loads of other maintenance bits to attend to so saving 500$ with the nitro gas made it easier to give my Wife the total. For my uses I don't see there being a huge performance difference. I could just hit the entire wheel well with a rattle can, something flexible enough to stay on the springs.

 

Did you just measure, tape and Then cut with a jigsaw?

 

I sprayed under there for 10 min. You can never get it all. By now, its hard as concrete and require a hammer to get if off.

 

You've got to love the south! I lived in up state SC, wore that mud like a paint job. Stained all the black bits on the Trailblazer I had.

 

Yep, I've even ran a sprinkler under there but it's just impossible to get it all. Anything rubber especially, it's all orange

 

Milestone

 

Added these pods to the bumper today. This is just as great as how I pictured it in my head.

 

Firstly, those look great. Secondly, that's a lot of money in individual light bars. Thirdly, please replace all your hardware with security bolts. It would be dead easy to unbolt your lights, snip the cable, and swipe them.

 

First, thank you. Second, yup. Third, it's garaged 90% of the time, plus I live in a nice area. If they get stolen, would be quite a bummer.

 

Lol measure.... probably should have done that

All I did was take 1" painters tape and lined it up with the body lines of the fog lights continued that line all the way around the fenders. Then I took another piece of tape and matched the outer body lines of that lower cowel thingy-ma-jig (the official name of it lol) and then cut it with my dremel on low speed using a rotary saw blade. Then repeated that same process on the other side.

 

This whole build I've been like...

 

Ok that made me chuckle pretty good.

 

Ah, I've been thinking about adding a sub for awhile now lol

 

I'm getting close to that. Will probably miss it.

 

I guess one pro of being on lockdown this wk is time to work on the truck. Cut the exhaust just pass the rear axle which really cleaned up the back, re-dipped the grille surround after 5 yrs (which has aged pretty well!), and added some ditch lights with amber Baja S2s

 

Best "mod" I've done yet. Swapped out the 265/65/17 HT grabbers for some 265/70/17 Goodyear Ultraterrain. I almost fainted when I saw them, really transformed the look of my truck. Next stop, rims. Maybe a 2 inch lift eventually, but will probably do my clutch first.

Before:


After:

 

Seat spacers installed today - noticeable difference just in a short trip around town but I'll have a 3+ hour drive Friday and some light off roading all weekend to check it out. Then a 5 hour drive to Durango next week so they will get tested!

Also found out I will likely be driving a 30 hour round trip for work to Boise area and back. Going to take my personal truck so I can break up the drive with some side trips along the way so those spacers will be awesome if they work out. Probably hit the sawtooths and high unitas along the way for some short backpacking trips.

 

I feel like they could have done a better job integrating it a more subtle way. But what do I know.

Subs are bangin. Highly reccomend.