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

Love the rear bumper! Who makes that one? Never seen that before

 

Colorado needs sea turtles too!

 

Did the spark plugs. All Denso pulled, so good to know somebody did the plugs before me at 150k. But they were all at .050+, so good I changed em. Gapped all to .04-.041.

only problem is the fouling on them. It’s an 05 so I am worried about head gasket failure. Previously owned a Subaru with bad head gaskets and I always saw white plugs. But I was used to seeing more white on the threads than these.

Am I reading too much into them, or do I have a problem?

 

Thats what i use. I also take the engine shroud off (5 minutes), makes it a lot easier. jmop

 

I know what you mean, take the engine shroud off, two nuts, makes the filter more available jmop

 

Added a flat panel tailgate cover and a pop n lock color match. No dremel work needed like others have posted in the past. And I bought a used Jumping Jack i found on Offer up. Got a steal.

 

Added a hitch I picked up from a local member


Also did the break in cycles for the new gears

 

Color looks fine, if your gasket is leaking to the point it affects plug color you will see other symptoms.

An oil analysis will also tell you.

 

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