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

Change the engine oil, filter and then the cabin air filter.

 

I'm looking for how to check if your cruise control connector is energized before purchasing all of the parts. I read it here somewhere, someone used a paperclip to get the 'cruise' to light up on the dash. Any help appreciated!

 

Depending on your state and insurance, In MN we get 2 replacement windshields a year free. I brought my Subaru in for a detail once and they filled my chips without me asking about them and sent the bill to state farm.

 

Rear drive shaft took a dump on me, decided to break while driving to work. In for the back half of the rear drive shaft and some ujoints. I need to do a carrier bearing drop or maybe add shims under my leafs for a better pinion angle.

Been touching up where ive bedlined on the truck and hunting for new wheels/tires while playing with crypto currency to finance them.

 

Finally arrived!

 

Removed factory side steps.

 

Nice two-tone!

 

What snorkel are you pimping??

 

Airflow with an Amazon head. I hated the shape of the airflow, wanted a squarer one

 

Seriously... I got tired of CD’s and no auxiliary port (screw aux cords anyways) and got a plug-n-play Bluetooth unit that plugs in the back of the radio. Now my CD2 button is Bluetooth that auto connects to my phone, all with the stock radio.

 

Took the night off to get some stuff taken care of and treated myself to a drive in the woods.

 

07 Tacoma 4x4 matte black paint, 160,000 miles.

 

I like the paint job

 

Is that a factory paint job?

 

Thanks. Custom paint job with red pin stripe separating colors.

 

Question: what is the best way to remove fine dust that's coating every single inch of my Taco?
(light-hearted diatribe to follow)
I am bummed, the lowlife that sold me the truck failed to mention he had been driving behind a Winnebago thru Baja California with the windows down collecting half of Mexico's mineral resources since 2014. I may be overexaggerating a bit. I am finding fine dust everywhere. You might be thinking, SaintTaco
didn't you notice the dust? I retort, NO, He did a mighty fine job of cleaning the surfaces that my peepers could observe. Take a look-see at this pic.
Can anyone guess where the first pic is from? my neighbor thought a Sirocco had engulfed our street, but it was only I blowing dust from under the dashboard. I've learned many lessons from this purchase.

 

Shop Vac, leaf blower, power washer for anything hidden on the exterior. And lots of wiping

 

That is nothing lol. But, what I did personally is step 1: shop vac all the loose stuff. If you get a rigid from home depot they sell an auto detailing kit which includes a nice small nozzle to get into tight places and the orange hose provided is infinitely better than the crappy hose included with the vac. Once you are done with that, you are going to want a bunch of CHEAP microfibers. Ones that you are going to use once and toss em. Then just lightly spray some soapy water and start wiping it up. In hard to reach or sensitive areas you can spray onto the microfiber first. An alternate to soapy water would be any generic APC diluted at least 1:1 with water or even more water.