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

Oil change, tire rotation. Dash cam. Right rear drum was tight pulled if off and right rear brake was almost to metal. Crazy, only 57,000 miles. So got shoes and installed right side, going to do left tomorrow. I will snap some pictures of the dash cam install tomorrow. Works pretty sweet. I had trouble with the right rear when I first got the truck brand new. pulled the drum off with about 2000 miles on it and the FWD shoe was just hanging no keeper spring to hold to backing plate. Took to Toyota and they said they fixed it hahahahah. Maybe I should not trust Toyota with my brakes. Drivers side rear is about 3/4 shoe left, but still will replace.

Be Safe All,

Dan

 

that looks well done. How did you apply the scotch guard?

 

Thanks! I swear by this stuff and have been using it for years. It's good for any interior or exterior plastic/vinyl. Best part is that it's not greasy at all. I buy direct from meguiars because everyone else jacks up the price.

https://www.meguiars.com/automotive/products/meguiars-supreme-shine-protectant-g4016-16-oz-spray

 

Group buy link? I might want to jump on the next go around

 

I changed my spark plugs...
and got a bed mat.

 

We have some more exciting stuff coming up, too!!
https://explore-overland.com/shop/o...yota-tacoma-sliders-2007-2021-xpl-vrl-tyt-tnd

 

Installed LED interior lights. What a difference

 

You got a lot of nerve talking to me like that Griswold

 

Currently $1 cheaper at Walmart.

 

He wasn't TALKING to you.

 

I’m thinking... hybrid front bumper for a 2nd gen! That I don’t have to ship?

ooooooooh, I’d probably hop on that as soon as upstate ny thaws out.

 

Mayyybbbeeeee. Yeah brother the shop is in Chadwicks, NY. You can get your stuff and hit a trail w the guys.

 

Looks great! I recently got them in black and love them. Installers had the lugnut torque all over the place, and I felt a wobble. Once I re-torqued everything they've been a dream.

 

Yeah, they had me sit in the truck while they did everything. I kinda groaned when they did like a dozen uggaduggas from the impact gun on every nut and then went around with a torque wrench.

 

The reason I asked of you personally owned a pair of those headlights is because "internet". I can read a review on a part that involves wiring and the review will have a complaint about wiring and that review will mean absolutely nothing to me because at least 90% of the population doesn't understand wiring anyway. Same for people's mechanical ability but with a lower percentage number. I have no idea of the person's abilities that wrote the review. I bet you that more than half of people can't figure out how to disconnect a Tacoma rear light/trailer harness plug but they'll complain about that plug being defective because it's stuck together. I'm always reading comments on TW of people having difficulties installing a grille. I completely changed my views on other's opinions of parts when I installed a spacer lift on my truck. When my truck had a spacer lift its ride quality improved because I knew it's not a block of aluminum that makes ride quality bad it's the upper ball joint running out of travel, but read TW and a spacer lift is the second to the worst thing that can be done and it's ALL BS written by people that don't understand how their truck works or they're rewriting what they read (like you did) with no personal experience of what they're writing about. It's 100 times worse when the person that's doing the writing is a respected member of the community (like you) that they're writing on and they write a review about something they have zero experience with because that will make more people with zero personal experience of the part regurgitate what that respected member wrote.

A investment has nothing to do with the amount of cash spent. An investment can cost $1 or billions of dollars. A investment implies a gain of something, it could be a gain of cash return or performance of a part. Why would I seriously consider a person's review of a investment on something they don't even understand how it works?

 

I just ordered this fender liner set off of Amazon. Anyone have any experience with them?

 

For $10 and whatever the template was my brother @geekhouse23 got Im doing one piece liners.

 

Thanks for posting these. I love these wheels...and the price point.

 

While I understand your point and agree with it, your points don't negate crashngiggle's very valid point. Just sayin'...