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

No, I welded all the holes shut and used body finisher to smooth them out, and then bed lined the truck. I also welded the antenna hole shut. More details in here.


https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/diy-bobbed-second-gen-tacoma.668822/

 

Yes, 100% bolt on.

 

If you can, can you post a good pic of how and where it mounts?

 

Yup sports, turned them on for the first time in the dark and will say I’m fairly impressed with the output.

 

thank you

 

oh wow I'll check thanks, the tether straps are secure and tight but you may be right.

 

Not tacoma related but wondering if anyone had any idea what these are?




The first item was just tapped into the OBD connector via 2 wires (1 red 1 black) the second was tapped in to stock wires on different plugs (4 wires total 1 red 1 black 1 green 1 yellow)

 

Not making a judgement, but I have been driving MN winters for over 60 years & have always felt placement was a big factor in sand bags, i would place one bag in front and one in back of each wheel well, and two crossways the front of the box right behind the cab, i used mostly 80# bags and kept them from year to year. again not saying yours isn't correct, just saying what worked for me, I sure understand your reasoning As far as strapping them down, i've never had them move

 

GSM tracker, probably a repo device.

 

Tube sand, that I can find, only comes in 60lb increments. I have always placed the weight right over the rear axle, the actual position of it inside the box doesn't matter a bunch to me. I run five bags, by the time they're all in, they fill the box anyway.

Whatever works

 

Gotcha I just saw the device on the first picture says imetrik locate I'm assuming that's the tracker not sure about the second one though. It's attached to a light which has an on and off switch in on mode the light flashes in off mode it stays on steady. Would that be the alarm? It's a used car so not sure if I should remove or not lol

 

New seat covers

 

Sitting in bed on my phone, I'm not entirely sure from the pictures. It has a min and max potentiometer on it and double wiring, can you trace those to splices or a connector?

 

Done a lot recently!

2nd Gen Tacoma Overland Build - Built On A Budget
https://youtu.be/Krxrx599b9w

 

Yeah it has a minimum and maximum dial on it like car amps one end goes to wires that splice into the factory wires and the other end plugs into a light. I just took it off and the car still acts the same locks and unlocks with the key fob turns on and off its a push to start nissan altima not sure if that helps.

 

My suggestion would be to get the actual wires it splices into and look them up, that would give you some clues.

The other one I assumed GSM tracker because it has an IMEI number. That means there's either a physical sim card in it or a virtual one assigned to it. If you own the vehicle, take it out, if not, leave it be.

It's a common install to recover vehicles when there's non payment and people are trying to hide them.

 

Yeah bought it off a used car lot. I'll look up the wiring schematics thanks man appreciate the help.

 

http://www.2040-parts.com/imetrik-imetrik-locate-s-gps-car-tracking-module-100-10106-007-i1317635/

It's a tracker.

 

Last tank of gas filled up on stock gears. 5:29 nitro gears + REM treatment + front harrop e locker here I come!

 

I was planning on installing new front/rear shocks, new coils, an AAL, and new upper and lower control arms this weekend. Stock-style replacement arms, Dobinsons shocks and coils (~+2-in.), and Wheeler's 3-leaf AAL.

I intended it to be a nice slow two-day project, but we are getting rain down here in Southern California, which nixed Saturday. But it looked like it would be clear today, so tried to kill it all today.

I ended up running out of time--was losing daylight and the rain started coming back in. I didn't get to the rear, but I got everything installed on the front except one of the new front shocks/springs. So for the next day, I guess I just have some SUPER Taco-lean: +2-in. on the DS and stock on the PS.

Don't worry, not driving it anywhere like this. It's just going to sit for another day, but it does look pretty silly for the time being.

Goodies:


Old components:


Shock/coil comparison:


New components installed:


And the temporary super lean: