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

I justified the price of buying an Engel cooler (Yeti's are for frat party butts) just for 1 summer of buying ice lol
I also bought those Engel ice packs and holy shit my beer almost freezes. 7 days later and the beer is ice cold

 

One entire can covered it decently. In retrospect I would have probably removed the entire bumper, and not just the chrome shell- it would have been easier to get to the plastic trim clips with the whole thing off, it’s only 4 bolts. But I had no helper to assist in pulling the whole thing off. As it stands, not too hard to do.

Really pissed me off tho that someone must have lost bolts or stripped threads on the corner step pieces of trim, because they were glued on. Idiots.

 

Where’d you get the patch at?

 

https://www.yotahmclub.com/collections/embroidered-patches

 

I think this is the route I’m going to go for sure! Showed the wife yesterday and I think I’ve brought it up enough that she’s just accepted defeat on the situation. Probably get one after the NFL working season is over for me. Thanks for the recommendation!

 

After last year when we were in Wyoming and having to bounce into town every couple of days for ice my girlfriend got sick of it and bought me one for my bday. Easiest way to run it is to get a Jackery or other battery pack if you don't have a dual battery set up. Only down side is if its cold out and the fridge doesn't draw power for a couple hours the Jackery will shut down so on cold morning I have to make sure to turn it back on.

 

Drove it through the woods

 

Finally got around to cleaning my throttle body and MAF, plus an oil change. 156,000 miles of crud in the tb. Went from maybe 1300rpm at idle to ~600rpm. Didn't get a pic of the completely clean backside of the tb but I got before and halfway through.

 

Fluid Film!! Been meaning to do it for years and finally did it. Removed all wheels and spare. First time removing the spare sine I bought it new in 2013 thankfully everything went as planned.

 

Bilstien 6112s in front. 5125s in rear. Looks anout 3 inches in front 2 and a half in rear. Drives great. 33s on the way.

 

Not to the truck but for the truck. I received a 4runner jack as well as the safe jack extensions i ordered for it. Didn't want to dish out the coin they're asking for the stabilizing bases so I'm going to have to come up with something of my own.

 

I feel like I hit the jackpot, local place to me just only a week out. Primer and powdercoat good to like 6000 salt cycles, with a textured black that looks like the Rust-Oleum I use on everything else. If it were me, I'd get on the wait list and just hold off

 

the ice thing has been my main reason for wanting one. We are trying to plan a trip from LA up to Oregon next summer and really want one for that trip.

I don’t have dual batteries so was looking at the jackery for this. What size jackery do you have and how long will it run the fridge and on a full charge?

 

What size Jackery do you use and how long will it run the fridge?

 

Maybe I should have read all the new posts before asking the same question.

 

Received my DAC Tent and fitted for the first time ( midsize tent).

fits perfect with the snugtop shell and the UpTop Bravo EX rack.

Am having dual swing outs fabbed /installed so that will get my 35” spare tire out of the back, then will add a decked system to provide more storage and sleeping platform etc.

This will save on the price of an rtt ($150 vs $1-4k) easier to store (behind backseat - soon in the decked system) and the saving on the wind resistance/mpg

takes the short bed to 80”s in length of sleepable usable space

 

I purchased on of these to use with a new bottle jack I purchased. It is a base for a high-lift jack you can purchase on Amazon. Nothing fancy, but it works. I ground out a notch for the valve and handle.

$20 C&T Jack Base and Handle Keeper Compatible with Hi Lift Jack Accessories Handle Bar Protector,2 Piece,Off Road Base,Red & Black,Alleviate Jack Hoisting Sinkage

C&T Jack Base and Handle Keeper Compatible with Hi Lift Jack Accessories Handle Bar Protector,2 Piece,Off Road Base,Red & Black,Alleviate Jack Hoisting Sinkage

 

That's pretty sweet

 

Finally finished sound deadening, speaker upgrade and figured while the doors were off I’d reinforce the passenger armrest with some plastic weld. Girlfriend always complains that it feels like it’s going to cave in when she gets in and out of the truck, numerous posts on these cracking through, quality control issue...
I never put weight on mine so I only did the passenger.
Also installed some installation in all the doors skins, for some reason mine was missing some from the factory.
Figured adding it would only help with the sound-deadening/and resulting quality of sound.

PIONEER 8" Slim 700W 2 OHM SUBWOOFER
Adapter harness for woofer:
Metra 72-9300

JBL GTO939 6x9
Adapter harness:
Metra 72-8104
Speaker adapter:
Metra 82-8146

JBL GTO629 6.5
Adapter Harness:
Metra 72-8104
Speaker adapter:
Metra 82-8148

Subaru Tweeter Kit by Kicker H631SFJ101
FOR OEM JBL systems
Tweeter Adapter Harness:
AHH-4442 x2 Order from https://www.autoharnesshouse.com/
Toyota connector (OEM)
90980-12304 x2
Female terminals:
Part # CONN-11856 X4
Order from https://www.autoharnesshouse.com/

Noico 80 mil (2 mm) 36 sqft

Road Kill RKFR69 3 Piece Foam Speaker Enhancer System Kit for 6" x 9" Drivers

Road Kill RKFR6 3 Piece Foam Speaker Enhancer System Kit for 6" & 6.5" Drivers







Hell of a lot of work but it sounds great and I’m happy with it!

 

Thanks - I have been thinking about a rtt but saw where others were using these in conjunction with their toppers to essentially get the same result. Yes a rtt. Is higher up and you have the bed for gear and refrigerators etc. i am not to that extreme yet so this fits my scenario etc.