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

I suspect real wheeling or real desert go fast shit does it. Heavy batteries does it. Big tires hitting inner fenders does it.

And I’ve begun to wonder if my poly bushings added to it too.

to be fair I only have a group 27 battery. And it happened to me. Both sides actually. 6” cracks drivers and passengers side.

 

I thought the same thing about the Energy Suspension bushings since I didn't notice cracks until after the install...plus I've hit the inner fenders quite a bit.

 

Me too till I took the BFH to the spots I was hitting.



last time I took her out, no more rubbing

 

Looks like a load of crap to me...

 

CMC!

 

Painted & installed anti-tweaker device from TW member @christian06 to protect against tailgate theft.



Uni filter mod on SAI.



Finished up installing new stereo Pioneer DMH-W4660NEX and blackout dash pieces.



Installed and hardwired Blueskysea B4K dashcam.

 

I’ve seen that logo........what does it mean or represent? Tacoma in Japanese?

 

What did you use?
You had to remove whole light ?

 

Got some D-ring shackles and threw on an amber light bar.

 

https://www.toyoheadquarters.com/threads/the-toyota-logo-history.353/

 

Looks like it's a bit busy in there. Would've it helped if you used these two terminals?

 

Going to clean it up a bit, definitely. The main goal was to get it in. I wish the main posts were pushed further back and those "auxiliary" terminals were spaced further apart. I have a couple of other things to do on the negative side to clean it up a bit. I had to space the terminals around those auxiliary terminals so nothing was touching potentially causing issues.

Timing was against me yesterday and a few other things needed tending to.

 

$6 Mothers 05100 Mag & Aluminum Polish, 5 oz.

https://www.amazon.com/Mothers-0510...t=&hvlocphy=9003931&hvtargid=pla-404900476440

$26 Mothers 05146 PowerCone 360 Metal Polishing Tool, Single Unit

https://www.amazon.com/Mothers-05146-PowerCone-Metal-Polishing/dp/B001MXTOKQ

It was easier to do off the truck because I used a powercone.

 

just gotta work the occasional removal into the routine. I get at it once a month. I keep a recovery point in the hitch as well. There’s a road by my house I travel a daily and there’s often someone that got a bit too wide and gets sucked in the drainage ditch. Poorly engineered road. I like being able to throw a strap on there and not have worry about getting a shackle and pin out. And I like having something in the hitch.

good to know about that fix with the pipe, tho.

 

I get it, I run a beaver tail (

$162 SmittyBilt BEAVER STEP FOR 2 HITCH - SB27046B

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004K23KQ0/) for three reasons - 1) a step into the bed, 2) a lashing point for any recovery straps, 3) a radiator stopper if I get rear-ended.

I take my hitch lock and over-coat the locking tab and key hole with grease every six months or so. Just recently I noticed the weather cap popped off the key end, so I wrapped it in butyl tape to seal it with the grease inside.

 

Went ahead in threw in a second trans cooler

 

I used a 1.25" pipe and snapped that old lock right off. Those things are completely useless if it's that easy to bust 'em. My hitch assembly is getting rusted so I plan to take it off this summer sometime and paint it up.

 

not as busy as it could be-just finished my relocate- at least now the weight is off my front fender 31m = 71lbs?

 

yup. Like bike locks...they protect you from the impulsive/opportunist, not from the pro.

Thing is even with a good lock, that shackle is simply threaded on there....

 

Yeah if somebody wants it, they're taking it.