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

My @CaliRaisedLed light bar was flickering on and off on it's own...
I think I found the problem. The relay seemed to have got water in it. The 30A in-line fuse did not blow but it sure melted. Glad I caught this in the act or the truck might have melted away...

So I snipped the relay off and wired it to my switch board and put in a 30A fuse.

Fuse is not blown.


Melted fuse.


Melted in-line fuse.


Relay was the problem?


Wire now run to the "20A" placeholder on the left but put a 30A fuse in place.
I don't like how these switch boards pre-labeled all the fuses. They are all wired the same so the size of fuse doesn't matter.

 

Finally got some nice weather. It was about 37 yesterday so I was able to install my DD SS3 Pros last night. They are crazy bright!
Low beams
SS3 Pros
Then found a cracked steering boot on my new rack I replaced last August

 

SDHQ are no joke! I could probably stand on that bracket.

 

Who makes the pods mounted on your bumper?

 

This big ones or the fogs?

 

Yea I've also had an issue with my 52" Caliraisedled light bar. Long story short, like 3 years ago, the light bar was on for like 4 hrs (snow wheeling at night) and the relay melted. Had to buy a male and female relay connection and rewire the thing. Bout a week ago, had an issue where I was using the light in the snow and after I turned it off, 4 lights on the bar were still on. I think water might have gotten in and caused a short or something. A few days after, the light bar dried out and it works just fine now.

 

wow. That's... some flex.

This is mine (no flex)

 

Is that thing made of rubber?

 

So here's my dumb question of the day. Replacing LCAs soon.. are these cam bolts enough for both or do I only have one side here?

 

....... do eeet

 

one package per side. its 2 bolts per side. So your package there will do one side of your truck.
I just replaced mine a couple months ago and I ordered one kit not thinking I need 1 kit per side. You arent alone only getting one haha

 

My wife and in-laws surprised me with front & back WeatherTech floor liners for my birthday. They fit great and after only a couple Michigan winter months, they were needed as salt was started to accumulate outside the edges of the OEM rubber mats. I do a lot of outdoor recreation (xc skiing, snowshoeing, fishing, trail running, surfing, kayaking, hunting) so these will be useful year-round. Pretty stoked.

 

Yes exact same thing happened to me! There were like two sets of 2 LEDs that were flashing on and off. And the switch was off.

 

OK thanks, that's good to know. I kept wondering if that was right or not. Glad I checked before I brought it in and they looked at me like I'm an idiot.

 

Dang! I'm going to have to get those!

 

Like I said, inexpensive - I shoot for inexpensive but functional and try to avoid "cheap" outright. The biggest thing is that the coating on them will very likely be chipped in shipping. It's a known known.

 

The big ones

 

Added some seat covers

 

Thats only for one side. Where did you order yours from? I am looking to replace my LCA's soon as well.

 

Cams

$34 MOOG K100128 Alignment Caster/Camber Kit for Toyota Tacoma

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HCQ5NYS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

LCAs

$115 MOOG RK621293 Front Right Lower Suspension Control Arm and Ball Joint Assembly for Toyota Tacoma

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q0COECM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

$104 MOOG RK621294 Front Left Lower Suspension Control Arm and Ball Joint Assembly for Toyota Tacoma

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q0COF08/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Heard good reviews here about the Moog LCAs so went with them. Amazon tells me those cam bolts don't fit my 2015 Taco so now I'm wondering if I bought the right part.

EDIT: After doing a little searching, it seems those cam bolts will fit.