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

Thanks so much for the advice. I've never been in an accident before so I'm trying to figure it out.

 

I'll trade you.

At least a couple grand.
At minimum needs LF fender, hood, bumper cover, headlight (dark style Amazon ones)
plus side is this is your opportunity to get a steel front that may hold up better to a repeat of this event
I'd be worried about if anything underneath the visible external plastic stuff got messed up

 

similar to my collision. back in 2019 it was $3500

 

Get dash cam… helps validate BS claims people make.

 

Took yesterday off and spent the day with Travis ( owner and metal wizard) of SOB Fabrication in New Mexico . If your in west Texas, east Arizona, or New Mexico I highly recommend SOB fabrication for custom bumpers, sliders, whatever you can dream up - Travis can do it.

the PO installed a Brute Force Fab HC rear bumper w/o swing outs. I love the bumper but have always wanted swing outs to free up the bed of my truck from my spare and modular system to carry fuel etc.

So I took it to SOB Fabrication to have him custom build dual shear dual swing outs.

 

Wait… what? That’s awesome!

 

Looks really good... and really expensive looking too.

 

I drain and fill all my gear oil every 30k. Cheap insurance.

 

When I was climbing towers, our most often used motto: beat it to fit, paint it to match... hahaha

 

Wired up the DD 42".. installed grab handles from TacomaTwins..

 

Just at 97000 so I did flushed ps fluid and serpentine belt.
Did everything else but rad flush.

This is my 4th Taco- 98i sold, 2000 was a Toyo buy back, 05 they replaced the frame.

The front end of the this one has the most rust out of all of them.

 

Just started at Caliber on the autoglass side good to see we got a fellow tacoma guy with us. Been here 2 weeks and it seems like a great company

 

Not my truck but my fathers 3rd gen. He had a hit and run in a parking lot a while back. It's nothing too gnarly but the damge pops out like a sore thumb on the silver paint. They got the fender flare, bed panel and bumper cover. After years of me constantly telling him to get a dash cam... I think he's finally starting to come around lol... I have to add that he is a massive stickler when it comes to keeping his Tacoma pristine as possible. Respect..




Anyways, he's been bugging me to help him figure something out before we spend an outrageous amount of money to fix the damage. So I decided to try these paint matched vinyl stickers from Color Match Wrap for fun. Some of the damage is pretty deep so I grabbed a putty kit from Scratch Wizard to fill crevices so that the vinyl lays evenly. We'll probably go with new black bumper covers or find someone with an extra driver side chrome piece.



I thought this might help out other members in a pinch, so I'll update this post with my review of the products when I finish.

 

Just hit 100k on my truck, is that the mark for changing the belt? Couldn’t find an answer on that

 

These arrived today!!! New top hats for the new suspension

 

Swing out painted and mounted, with only a small hiccup when I realized that the 36mm socket fit a liiiitttttle too well

 

Got the new grill installed.

 

Less than 1k - for everything custom measurements and plasma table cut and hand welded.

 

Welcome aboard!
It's a great company to work for!

 

Helped a friend private purchase this absurdly clean 2010 prerunner TRD OR. Clean as an absolute whistle. Spacer up front, some 285/75/16 coopers & just unbelievably well taken care of. Just under 160k miles & $19k cash otd.