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

Anywhere special that you grabbed that from, to match the openings on your rack? Or is that just a generic opener?

 

Walked passed it at home depot. Over with door hinges and stuff. 5 bucks and some misc hardware from the garage. Works great. Got lucky with the openings being pretty much perfect.

 

Booooo, post pics from KOH

 

Dipped my shift knob. Just wanted to see how it looked while I wait for my AJT Design V3 shift knob.

 

Finally installed a dash cam. Bought Dongar technologies cable so I wouldn’t have to run a long wire around the windshield. My backup cam still works with this unit.

 

What’s the name of the dash cam you have? Looks pretty slick.

 

$220 Garmin 010-02062-00 Dash Cam Mini, Car Key-Sized Dash Cam, 140-Degree Wide-Angle Lens, Captures 1080P HD Footage, Very Compact with Automatic Incident Detection and Recording

https://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Key-Sized-140-degree-Wide-Angle-Automatic/dp/B07R638L8N

 

Wheel bearings and brakes today! Had these things sitting around for about a year and a half now. Finally decided to do it since developing some new noises. 3 out of the 4 brake pads looked fine. The 4th seems to have something going on. Not sure why it got so rusty.

Also want to bleed the brakes and get fresh fluid in there. I'll wait on some help for that though.

 

So today I did the locking bed storage mod. It took like 20 minutes and I got to use the bed outlet.

 

Are those Powerstop? I just picked up some disks cheap from a local. Did my breaks less then 2 years ago so now I'm going to be in the same boat. Waiting a couple years to install.

 

I believe you have the left rotor on the right side and the right on the left side

 

this was a stoptech kit

 

nope, it’s correct

 

the sticker on the rotor literally said Left and Right.

 

Just looked it up. You're correct. Stoptech's venting makes them correct while most other brands are the other direction

 

No worries. Appreciate you looking out

 

No problem. I've been a suspension tech for 40+ years and that's the first I've seen that. I've never run Stoptech tho. I have the Powerstop brand which is the other way.

 

As of yesterday the bank no longer owns my truck. That last payment is a good feeling





Next step it's time to re-gear.

 

Congratulations.... Best mod ever...

 

Yeah, I quoted myself to keep things in context. Weird flex, right?

Anyway, while I just haven't been able to make it out to the mountains for some nicer pics, I did get a little driveway time.

Here's the panel. I need to re-fab the filler trim panel behind the switch panel to properly fill those gaps. I have no idea why I didn't use the cupholders themselves (which fit perfectly into that gap) as a template but I do have more ABS and a head to get it done... now... I found a nice switched source that clearly would go to a switch by the driving lights on a more equipped vehicle. It's nice because it turns off all the 'always-on' blue marker lights and voltmeter as soon as I open the door along with the rest of the switchgear. I could avoid illuminating the switch markers (the thin blue illumination at the top of the switch) but I've found it is much easier to keep them glowing to find quickly and hit the correct light switch).




The larger square illuminates when the switch is flipped, and I don't think there's any way around that except to get into the switch itself and disable the LED. The switch panel came with some decals to put over those (some glow) and I suspect I'll be doing that at some point.



And this is generally how it looks to my eye when I'm driving.



The panel is solid, being framed in an aluminum plate with countersinks for the fasteners at each corner. It's wired through 15A circuit breakers which can be reset with the little nubs. There's two USB ports, a 12VDC port and the voltmeter. Handy, though the voltmeter isn't all that accurate run from the wiring I chose; close enough for my needs though and it wasn't worth the trouble of running a wire directly from the battery. It isn't the greatest switch panel ever, but for the money I can't complain and it can be configured a few different ways; all the switches, outlets, and the voltmeter can be flipped around as needed.

Here's the overall light assortment on the truck. Two fogs up front, ditch lights at the lower corners of the windshield, the spots in the center of the cap with the floods bookending them. You can make out the side-light side-shooters and then there's the one light bar at the aft end of the rack.





This shows how the wiring was routed up to the top of the cap. All the connections are waterproof, with some quick disconnect waterproof connectors for the light bar and the basket for quick removal of either or both as necessary.



And a view from the rear to show off the light bar.



So there ya go. If you didn't catch the first post (quoted) it goes into some detail on the quality of the lights, patterns, color, etc. They aren't going to compare to BD, DD, or KC lights, but then again I'm not racing and they light the hell out of the areas I'll be in and meet all my needs for the speeds and visibility limitations of my intended routes. I expect that one day I'll treat myself to way too much light for my needs, but for now these will be just fine and they aren't breaking the bank at all. If you go to my build thread, I've listed all the lights to be found on Amazon.