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

Brought home a new front door. Was not expecting it to be skidded vertically, but made it work.

 

3lbs of weight reduction......



Frame caps

 

Today I changed the spark plugs @225xxx kms
I also installed a hard mounted 4 pins trailer plug on my bumper

 

I have no clue. 22" front center of hub to fender, so I'd guess about 2"?

 

Decided not to sell for now. Moving to Colorado soon. Build is finally complete

 

Headlights and grille arrived. Also relocated trailer plug after sitting on the bracket for almost a year.

 

Tinted the windows, vent guards and ditch lights

 

Yep, was the last thing I needed to fill up my buttons.

 

I have no idea, maybe laying on it's side. I didn't want to lose that space so I never tried it out.

 

Been working on finishing up my 90K service over the last 2 days. Oil change, air filters, spark plugs, drain & fill coolant, clean MAF & TB, new PCV valve, greased driveshaft, & rotated tires. Hopefully change out the diffs & transfer case oil mañana. Time for now

 

Let there be light! Installed bed lights on my Taco! Love the outcome!

 

Took a chance on this Amazon offering.​

High Mount LED 3rd Brake Light Third Light Brake CHMSL Center Light for 1995-2015 Toyota Tacoma (Black Cover Smoke Lens)

$27 High Mount LED 3rd Brake Light Third Light Brake CHMSL Center Light for 1995-2015 Toyota Tacoma (Black Cover Smoke Lens)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GYJ73LG?_encoding=UTF8

The biggest job is the clean up of the old seal material and adhesive left behind on the paint.

One thing I can recommend in perpetration is to find and purchase a black or appropriate colored replacement torques head screw about a 1/4” to 3/8” longer than the factory.

This is really the only thing I don’t like about the light kit. It comes with generic wood Phillips head screw or a machine screw with backing thread that looks very plain compared to the design and color of the light itself. I will be replacing mine first stop at a fastener store next week.

The only thing other than that that I can offer that might be considered an improvement of value would be the use of the foam backing gasket center punch out that would normally be discarded. Here I used it to wrap around the extra wire to act as a possible preventative buffer in case there might be vibration and or tapping sound from the extra wire laying in the mounting relief.



Before

The punch out of the foam gasket is being used as an insulator.


forgive the poor quality of the shot it got dark on me.

 

Finally tied in my more functional rock lights other than the ones in the wheel wells. These light up the rear of the front tire and the front of the rear tire much better.

Just taking care of the little things until this URD clutch kit arrives at some point. Still haven’t heard anything back from them.

 

Maintenance days are the best days. I love doing maintenance, it's a rewarding feeling to take care of your stuff. Makes me wanna do some stuff to my truck tomorrow.

 

Lies. Builds are never complete.

Something new will come out or you’ll change your mind about something eventually.

you running stock gears? I was super on the fence between 285/70r17 and 285/75r17 when I got tires last year. Still kinda wish I had gone 75 but figured I was killing gas mileage enough on 285/70s.

looks awesome!

 

I saw a post somewhere on here after asking you saying that it will fit sideways

 

I am. I'm planning on 4.88s, but I couldn't just not install these. And honestly I don't notice much difference at all from the 33s

 

Installed some air quick disconnects front and rear. Planned on using the same setup in the rear but ended up over torquing it and snapping the fitting. I’ll have a replacement shortly.

 

2012 AC 42k in Iowa
Browsed forum yesterday to see what owners are doing to fix the tailgate slam. Decided to try something with materials I had on hand. Used 30" long x 1" strips of heavy equipment inner tube and strap clips from a car seat to make. Got the used inner tube from a tire supply dealer. Drilled holes in clips so I could use existing bolt and tailgate screws. Took some testing to get the tension right.

90% of time I drop the tailgate to remove my fishing gear. This is going to work! Near soft landing without much bounce. Nice assist to lift and latch. I use this inner tube for many other purposes, tie-downs, storage box straps, material straps. Heat and cold resistant but not UV resistant for very long. Free! Straps fold up nice and I can still access tonneau cover release lever. Shot a phone video, maybe it will go on YT.

 

What did you go with? Any experience with BluePit bearings?