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

It'd look sick, but if you ever plan on a shell or a softopper you'll lose your view. With my softopper i lost most of my rear view capabilities. I recently installed the Vantop rear view system, and the only thing I dont like is how low the camera mounts (on the license plate frame). Headlights straight into the rear camera wash out the image. Another perk of your set up is if it is the type that is "on" when the truck is parked, it'll keep an eye on the contents of your bed and record if it senses vibration.

 

What's that little lip-stick camera looking thing in the bottom left of the picture?

 

Thats a microphone for an aftermarket head unit

 

I was getting annoyed that I could never find a great place to pack my shovel when we went camping. I usually just wedged it in between other stuff or just let it bounce around in the bed--but that got super annoying when we were heading out to more remote spots.

So I installed some Quick Fist clamps to fix the problem. Use stainless T-slot nuts and stainless fasteners to mount them. The brackets that came with the clamps looked to be mild steel, so I hit them with some primer+paint to inhibit corrosion. I really like them so far.

I used the remaining two stainless T-slot nuts (came in a pack of 4) and fasteners to mount some D-rings at the front of the bed for some additional tie-down points.

 

Got it, thanks!

 

Put some 3g takeoff wheels on my truck along with a MGM sport grille.

 

Looks good! Great idea! Did you just get those on Amazon?

 

Thanks. I've only used the clamps a handful of times so far, but shovel didn't move or rotate after hours of 75+ freeway speeds and some very bumpy desert wheeling. So I'm happy with them.

The T-slot nuts and fasteners are 304/18-8 stainless. Ideally they would be 316, but that would make them more expensive and unless they see a lot of salt spray, they shouldn't corrode.

The stainless T-slot nuts are from Amazon.

$13 T Slot Nuts for Toyota Bed Deck Rail, 4 PCS Stainless Steel Nuts for Tacoma & Tundra Cleats, Tie Downs and Accessories 3/8"-16 Thread 304 Steel

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DXJ9QGF

Same with the D-rings (given how cheap these were, I expect them to rust at some point, but I'll just swap them out if it comes to that, since they came in a package of 10).

$19 JCHL Cargo Tie-Down Anchors, 10PCS V-Ring 2" Diameter Steel V-Ring Bolt On Trailer Anchor for Cargo on Trucks Pickups Trailers Flush Mount TieDown Anchor

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MB985GW/

The metric fasteners I picked up from McMaster (but you can find similar ones on Amazon, or probably locally too). The bolts that mount the clamps to the bracket are M8-1.25 x 40mm, with M8 washers and Nylock nuts (all stainless). The bolts that mount the bracket to the bed rail/T-slot nut are 3/8-16 x 1.00" (also stainless). The 3/8 bolts are from Amazon.

$8 3/8-16 x 1" Button Head Socket Cap Bolts Screws, 304 Stainless Steel 18-8, Full Thread, Coarse Thread UNC, Allen Hex Drive, 10 PCS

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TRTRHWR

The Quick Fist clamps I got at Wheeler's. They come with fasteners, but I swapped all the fasteners for stainless obviously. Also note, I had to drill out the mounting hole on the brackets to fit the 3/8" bolt.

 

That is a pioneer microphone for an AVH-W4500NEX in dash radio with wireless Carplay and wireless Android Auto...I use the hell out of Carplay and the that Pioneer radio is amazing and has all the features you could ever want in a car radio. I could go on for days. I bring up cause I think everyone should know how awesome it is.

https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/NEX/AVH-W4500NEX

 

Vantop H610 dashcam/rear camera.

I cant see out the back because of multiple layers of tinted glass so the fulltime video feature is amazing.

 

That passenger side bank 1 downstream was a biatch to get off

 

painted the Oh SH*T handle bars today. look better all black.

 

what did you use for paint?

 

My only gripe about him is that the hardware is standard, really not a big deal but it means that you have to carry more than metric wrenches for your truck, that said I've got enough standard stuff on my truck at this point that I already have those in my toolbox but it's something to consider. Should need a 7/16 3/8 1/2 and 9/16 IIRC. (11mm, 3/8, 13mm, 14mm)

 

sem black satin and sem clear coat matte
this is the thread that has more info on it.
Paint interior panels... matte or satin finish | Tacoma World

 

Installed SOS Offroad recovery point

 

Do you plan to do the early years rear doors speakers or just run in dual channel?

 

got all the lights installed and the new switch pro 9100 doesn't work so gotta send back to factory to be "checked", until then all I got are head lights.

 

Installed my new Trailgate panel from https://aloffroadusa.com/. Goodbye knee busting ridges.

 

Got the ecgs bushing installed. Completed removed the vibes. Feels great driving around town again. Ordered some billy 5100s for the rear.