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

After having all the parts for the MESO BD3 3rd brake light sitting on my bench for over a year, I finally got it installed this weekend.

I was proactive and went a head and replaced the back housing and clips with a new OEM one. Getting the old gasket off was not too bad either.
Also, the new back housing came with a new O-Ring in the front as well, which made me feel a bit better that the MESO housing would have a better seal to the back housing.

Even the little yellow Nylon nuts have a small gasket on the back to seal against the truck




I was a bit worried with the bolts that hold the Rock Lights to the housing possibly cracking the housing over time or while running them in, so a few days prior to this (so the RTV could Dry), I first took a 4mm x .7 bottoming tap and tapped each hole, but did not go through the back. Than I put Black RTV on the back side around each of the locations




Wired it up using some T10 adapters and assembled it to the truck, sorry no pictures during this process as I was pressed for time getting everything installed with the wet Black RTV Applied.

I used small rubber washer under the head of the 2 bolts that hold the BD3 housing to the back housing that goes into the new yellow nylon nuts into the truck. Than put small dab of black RTV over the head of those bolts (Yes, was paranoid of something leaking)

Put lots of RTV on the though holes for the 2 remaining lights as I put them into the pockets and ran the 4mm bolts in

After Light was installed, and check everything worked, put a bead of black RTV all the way around the housing to seal between the truck and the housing. I Used painters tape on the truck and on the housing to keep the bead clean and small.

The lights are brighter than what the pictures shows. Sorry, no night time pictures.

 

I replaced my rusty bolts that hold the bed cubbies in with Stainless Steel replacements and use Anti-seize on them when installing. Though I need to paint the cubby doors now

 

I broke this wire when I put my headliner back in. Does anyone know what it is? Or where to get a replacement? It goes to my dash cam. The other end is USB.
Thank you!

 

You may need to go through the maker of your dash cam for a replacement.

 

They told me to kick rocks

 

What brand is it? I've never seen a 5-pin to USB. Are you sure there's nothing else in between?

 

Keep us posted on their durability, pls! Looking at these but concerned about the return on investment!

 

Installed a scangauge. Going to be towing a 7x14 box trailer and wanted to keep an eye on the trans temp. Also see the speed difference. I have 33" tires so the speedo is off by about 6%.

 

Seicane. Nothing in-between. Just the DVR, the 5 pin male to 5 pin female and then the USB.

 

@Ghostship made me some bed stiffeners for my upcoming SP X1 camper. They came out perfectly how I wanted them; simple and plain. Super stoked on them. Sergio provided all of the bolts, nuts, and washers. Installed them yesterday and super stoked. Sides were extending out about 1/8" to 3/16" and they sucked them in to vertical.

 

Finally had time to get the new wheels mounted

Before:


After:

 

Cleaned the radiator today with Arm n Hammer and a hose. I was really impressed w the amount of gunk that came out. Since I had time I detailed the wheels. I'm going to remove the MGM grey stickers from the TRD logo.

 

Just finished installing Joying Head Unit
Apple CarPlay works great
its all i need!

 

Gotta love bronze wheels..... Looks good....

 

After driving my truck home yesterday after cleaning the throttle body and again this morning, driving to work, I no longer notice lag when I step on the gas.
Butt dyno feels the same however.

 

Thanks! I love them even more than I thought I would now that they're mounted on the truck.

 

Didn't feel like hanging out at the local coin-op wash, so I took the truck to a car wash/detailing joint and the professional power wash technician went HAM on my hood. Getting the whole hood redone on their dime, at least.



Also put on new wiper blades and unsuccessfully checked several stores for jackstands. Apparently that Harbor Freight jackstand recall has resulted in a shortage of them on store shelves...

 

How difficult was the install? I just ordered a Dasaita 10.0 waiting on it to come in. Read through that bible of a thread and am dreading the install lol

 

I had some leftover Dynamat taking up space in the garage. Headliner was pretty easier to take off. More of a pain to get back in but not hard to do.

 

So just to be clear…….you bought a kit, refurbished the lamp, resealed and re installed……
Good on you, looks great, but more work than I want to do……d2 kit no longer offered by lightwerkz