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

It was sarcasm

 

The measurements are not supposed to be equal. It's supposed to have a shorter measurement in front than the rear. I think it's a 1/8th inch difference. Modern alignment machines measure it in degrees.

 

Installed the @MESO customs map lights. Can't wait til the domes are back in stock!
Also ordered bed stiffeners finally.

 

I set the toe to 0. I should have specified that when I was explaining the process.

 

You did, it was just worded differently.

 

I have the Nova series on my '14 and I love the output. They are bright, I can finally see further down the road, and the beams have a clean cut cut-off. No oncoming vehicles have flashed their lights at me, as if I was blinding them.

 

6 months later and well worth the wait!

 

Made up an air distribution block and ran the line to the rear fitting on the truck. The front bumper fitting had already been ran. Now I can keep a shorter air line to air up the front and back separately. Also prepped the rear and of the truck for winter.



Changed the rear diff oil and added a Lexus drain plug so that I don’t have to keep chiseling the stock bolt to come off from dragging her ass around.

 

what rear bumper are you running there? Looks great

 

I appreciate it. It’s a warfab high clearance that I had them add side tubes to. Awesome company and great products. It’s took quite a bit of abuse already.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...atic-transmission.63851/page-96#post-26557411

 

Changed the oil with the usual Mobil 1 5W-30 full synthetic, OEM filter and new OEM drain plug washer. Washed out and dried my afe pro dry filter. Swapped my summer wheels/tires (TRD beadlock/Wildpeak AT) for my winter setup (Tundra/Cooper MS studded).

Sadly it looks like my power steering rack is leaking a little at 155k miles.

 

I did absolutely nothing to my Tacoma. It’s his rest day

 

Went to a taco meat …hoping to see more function then strobe lights

 

Cheers

 

Your truck is the only one that looks like it’s ready to eat a trail. The rest are Bro Trucks

 

Replaced the dreaded coolant bypass pipe. Not as much a pain as I anticipated and saved the cost of a shop doing it.

 

to OP or anyone else; is it worth getting that exhaust?
Is that MBRP? Which one?

After installing my WarFab Phantom rear HC (looks awesome!)
my exhaust is looking crap.
TRD catback, bought lightly used, had an exhaust shop weld on a

$112 Vibrant 1141 2.5' Ultra Quiet Resonator, Silver

Vibrant 1141 resonator to reduce drone
Even worse, it's too close to the 33 spare, so I pulled the spare rearward a bit and wrapped the tailpipe in header wrap.

I heard MBRP sounds like shit,
and was thinking of having an exhaust simply chop the above TRD shorter (tip goes away)
plus maybe a reroute by the transfer case for clearance while they're at it

Not sure what's better or cheaper
Given that it was only like $60 labor to weld on the Vibrant, it might be cheaper for custom than an MBRP...

Not sure if there's a negative side to exhaust fumes regarding where they are routed. Like if it's cut as close/long as possible to route away, vs. the axle dump design MBRP has

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re: lexus drain plug, why not get a rear diff skid?

 

For the exhaust, yes it is an mbrp. Here is the link to the exact one:

https://www.stage3motorsports.com/s...staller-series-3-cat-back-exhaust-system.html

I really like the sound of it. It has a nice deep tone yet not too much. It does have slight drone on highway but not much as far as noise bothers me with vehicles so I would be a bad judge of that lol.

In regards to your comment about a diff skid, I have not gotten one due to how much clearance is lost at the bottom of the diff. The reason I went 35’s is to gain clearance in these areas and with the diff skid I would just lose that gained clearance. The bottom of the diff is very solid but the only part I was having problems with is the bolt which hopefully I have resolved. I believe @EatSleepTacos made a little mini skid for his drain plug that doesn’t sacrifice clearance and eliminates the drain plug issue.

 

Yep, a circle of 14 gauge tacked on in a few spots solves that. The back of the axle housing is relatively thin which is why I have a weld on diff diaper, but no clearance lost with that at all.