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

Not sure if this is the place to ask, but will a cat-back exhaust from a 3rd gen go on a 2nd? Or too much trouble?

 

Fixed peeling clear coat

 

Looks good. A lot beefier than the Husky work light from Home Depot.

Seems like Harbor Freight doesn't sell the light anymore.

 

the top picture looks like that raptor liner

 

Correct it is raptor liner. Top was before it was untapped.Bottom it all done. Had it priced to paint but couldn’t justify over 5,000 on a 2005 model.

 

This is exactly what I am thinking of doing eventually. Mine's got a lot of paint chipping off it and really can't justify the price for a paint job either. Was it fairly easy to do? How long do you have to let it dry for?

 

Bed liner has been such a nice feature when offroading. No more pin stripes.

 

What kind of hose did you use for your cowl intake pipe?

 

Installed my @MESO dual brightness dome. Even on the low setting its bright AF.. the pic is altered I took some of the brightness out of it just so you could see it.

 

And that's another reason for it as well. And no more wash, wax, polish, blah blah blah. spray it down call it a day. Really the only downside I've come across in my research online, is people talking about selling it down the road. But I don't plan on selling this thing. Its already 10 years old with 120k on it. I'll drive it until it dies.

 

Sanding was the worst part. That took about 3 evenings after work. Spraying it is pretty straight forward. I sprayed it on Friday and let it sit for the weekend. Could have drove it sooner if needed.

 

Not too bad. Looks great!

 

I did mine with Monstaliner about 6-7 years ago. It took 1 gallon per coat. I'd recommend 3 coats if changing to a lighter color. Rolls on. Including prep it took me 4-5 days and I let it cure for 2 more days before reassembling everything. http://www.monstaliner.com/

 

If mine wants a wash it better pray for rain...

 

Didn’t need any other pieces than this. Just drilled a big ass hole in my cowl and routed this to it.

Spectre Performance 9751 Black 4" Air Duct Hose

$40 Spectre Performance 9751 Black 4" Air Duct Hose

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OMM7HM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fab_OXKHFbV82TPM7

 

I live in California and park outside... There's no reason for me to wash the damn thing. I'll come back in 30 minutes with a layer of dust all over it.

 

since the day I got my general grabber ATX’s there has been a hop or a shake at 42-47 mph, I immediately noticed it. I’ve narrowed it down to the tires. They have been balanced and re balanced and road force balanced and rotated and balanced again. I did a diff drop and pulled my driveshaft. Almost changed the u joints and center bushing but I figured it was easier to swap wheels first.

And naturally I’m past the warranty on the tires with general. It’s my own fault I should have acted on it sooner. don’t do what I did

 

And today after about 60k miles of needle bearing roaring....I finally did the ECGS clamshell bushing. And HOLY CRAP I should have done it a long time ago.

 

this literally describes my experience with Hankook Dynapros so that is good to know. Will need to do the same experiment with my fiancé’s four runner then thanks for the response. Unfortunately I have been dealing with this for almost 1 1/2 years now lol.

 

Same. Been messing with it for a year. My wife’s 2020 4 runner has 1200 miles and I stole the wheels off it. I jacked up the rear from the diff and I could see the hop in the tire. I didn’t actually measure the runout but it’s not good. Hope you can figure it out.