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

Im really into sea turtles, like sea turtle freak living in Colorado. Originally it started as a color match to my mountain bike which is exactly the same as the green on the truck and then when I was thinking about what to do with the topper I got a crazy idea to custom wrap a shell, purchased the vanity plate first and just ran wild with my innerchild. My three passions in life outside of my wife and furbabies are tacomas, scuba diving and mountain biking, I feel like this truck is a extension of that. Here is the 2005 4x4 tacoma before I started modding everything on her, shes been real good to me. Definitely keeping her for life.

 

those look perfect.

 

Put Spidertrax wheel adapters on.

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After:

 

I bought a 2012 a couple of weeks ago with 140k miles. The spark plugs were toast. The gap should be 0.042" and all were burned up and measured 0.075". One day I will do a full check of the coils. When plugs burn down that far it causes extra heat and wear on the coils. Front brake pads were original. So before I drove it another mile I drained the engine, radiator and overflow. Put new plugs, new coolant, new hoses, new serpentine, drained and filled differential, cleaned maf, replaced radiator cap, replaced engine and cabin air filters and, of course, new brakes. Been driving it a few days and runs fine. Still to do is transmission complete flush and fill (at dealer), drain and fill power steering fluid, drain, flush and fill with new brake fluid, clean the throttle body, and then more mods after that. Haven't even washed it yet. I can say, knowing that the original fluids and chemicals break down over time, that every fluid drained looked amazingly clean. Some people say don't fix it if it ain't broke. I say fix it now so it doesn't break.

 

I use my hands

 

Picked these up today off of a guy on FB for a really really good deal. Left UCA after I cleaned it with some Goo Gone. Right UCA of how it was before cleaning. The guy said they had about 35K on them. Should I replace the uniballs in them?

 

Couldn’t help my self
but copy the new tundra trd tail gate lights

 

Added some storage for medical supplies and miscellaneous stuff.

 

I would while they are out. Put some icon delta joints in there.

 

Got around to mounting the front bumper I picked up from @jberry813. Huge shoutout to him for a great deal and also just being a cool guy really stoked to finally have a solid front bumper. Thanks Jason!

 

Thanks

 

Kicker CS upgrade. Huge discount at BestBuy rn

Was trying to put in Access Cad speakers but yea… not trying to run wires right now

 

Thats a clean look! I sometimes wonder if Im going to miss out on having a bullbar. We will have to do a red/green christmas photo shoot haha

 

I like this look a ton! Great job!

 

How surprised were you to see that nonsense? I was speechless

 

Thanks man, I think that could definitely make the yearly TW calendar

Much appreciated

 

yea dude! I knew they were bad, but when I took them out it hit another level of nonsense

Sitting in truck now listening to music. I hear so much more of every song. For ~$80 you can’t beat this!! Can’t even turn it up to max anymore, feel like I would blow the speakers ha. It also funny to think how an amp would make it sound so much better and tweeters to replace oem

 

I put nice speakers in the front and couldn't really notice a difference. Amp, head unit, and actual rear speakers are on my to do list

 

Replacing speakers helped a lot, adding a Kicker Key 180.4 really woke things up. I think the DSP does as much good as just adding power.

 

I noticed that hole when I took my rear cab door out of boredom one day. I was thinking 8" or 10" sub on each side built in to the doors