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

that's definitely super weird that those holes are new and you have no clue how they got there.

 

Yeah, the only reason I even noticed them was because @Motofox pointed them out while he was under the passenger side helping me with the driveline. The only places the truck's been parked for an extended period of time in the past few weeks are the parking lot at home, the (mostly empty, card key-secured) parking lot at work, and at a campsite a couple weeks back.

 

A couple more shots of the back revamp..

A little recap: Added BAMF leaf hangers, newer used set of Dakars with a new AAL with new energy suspension bushings, new Archive Speedbump bumpstops, Archive shock relocation and new King 12” 2.5 shocks with adjusters.

 

Oh and you cant really see em here but added double shear limit strap eyes. Limit straps on order..

edit: and added extended steel brake lines from Wheelers

 

I’ve had struggles with this before. You were fighting the c-clip. I have found that rotating the axle a bit will help reposition the c-clip & this makes it a lot easier.

 

Yesterday I installed a set of @mightytacoman exhaust cam gears, fixed my valve cover leak, and cleaned up my throttle body while I was in there. Test drove it today. Wish I had done this a long time ago, the engine feels much happier.

 

how many miles? Top end looks clean

 

147,000. I was pretty happy with how it looked.

 

That worked for my PS axle... But the DS axle was a giant PITA at every angle. I went through the entire 360 degree rotation more than once at ~30 degree increments. Still took a butt load of force and a few broken tools to get it out. That C-clip can be a bitch.

 

Got a new set of tires on Friday. Great improvement from the bald ones I had before!

 

I love the "floating/hovering LED shop light" mod you have going on.......very futuristic. J/K....

 

Kustom!

 

Let me know what you think of these.
I put these on a couple months ago and haven't noticed any difference.

 

Installed an OME carrier bearing drop kit. Was having a slight shudder at take off after installing my AAL. Did a quick test drive up/down my street and seemed like there was improvement. I'll be driving more today for work so i'll get a better sense if its working.

 

my brakes were so wore out before I put these in I seem to notice a difference already, but mine were getting pretty toasty so anything would have been an improvement. It seems to have more stopping power in the break in process of power braking, but who knows

 

I have had the same kit installed now for about a year. I did it along with stainless extended lines at the same time. I have noticed a slight improvement in daily driving but the biggest improvement was hardly any brake fade on trails. Overall pretty happy with my kit and will be doing the same when it’s time to replace. My truck is also pretty heavy, so for them to make any difference I was happy.

 

why you go BAMF hangers over Archive? Just curious.

 

When I installed mine it was because Archive had a design flaw where the shackle could flip to the bottom of the hanger but I think that's been fixed

 

I have had mine for a little over a month. I did follow the suggested break in process and have noticed a big difference...especially when towing my trailer. In fact I hauled a heavy load home from Dallas Oregon through commuter traffic in Portland and was really glad I’d made the switch.

 

Flux Capacitor delete

i guess the exhaust coming from the holes is what caused it to look like its got burn marks?