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

@Discount Tire Discount Tire Direct. I have gone through them 2x already and both the customer service and reliability has been top notch.

 

Couldn't afford a PRO. Had to go with the "OffLoad" model.

 

Added a blue decal to my wind fairing


and big shout out to @Strictlytoyz for installing my suspension!

Old vs new

 

I second this! I always use Discount Tire! Best customer service out there, best prices (they will price match anything) and free lifetime rotation and balance of the tires.
I ordered rims and tires from them for my Subaru back in the day and I don't know if I selected the wrong bolt pattern or if they just sent me the wrong ones but I called them up when I realized, they sent UPS to pick them up next day and ship them to Chicago (closest place that had the right rims) I had them back by the end of the week with the right rims with mounted and balanced tires free of charge.

 

Love this blue theme on the white truck. Looks killer dude!

 

1. Changed rear diff fluid
2. Changed transfer case fluid

 

Used 4H for the first time this morning in the snow. Pretty pleased with it.

 

Why no front diff case?

 

I use tires-easy.com. They have good prices and they also come to your door usually within 2 days of order.

 

Tinted my Rigid Fogs.

 

Looks good what fender flares are those? Do you have a side view of your truck?

 

Thanks! I think they are bushwhackers. They came with the truck when I bought it so not completely sure and haven't seen any markings. A few photos in my gallery here is some though.

 

Finally did plugs at 11 years and 82k miles, they looked good although gap opened up to .060+. Replaced with OEM Denso a dab of anti seize and torqued to spec. Maybes I’ll get a smidge better then 15MPG now!

 

Looks good I have an 05 impulse red double cab and been thinking of black flares.

 

Glad to hear they've been working well for you. What did you use as a reference to set the light adjustments to? It would be nice to have a blank wall in the garage. Unfortunately the front wall in my garage has the house door and all sorts of cabinets, slat wall, work benches, etc. The outside of the garage door would work OK I guess but it is winter here. I'll have to checkout some videos. I watched some back in March when I started this project but it's been awhile. I think they recommend marking the tops of the hot spots for each of the original lights to use as a reference. Is that what you did?

 

You know, I didn't realize until afterwards that I put both of them in upside down... They were such a hassle to get in that I decided to leave them. The only issue is the light shines upside down now.

 

What kind of clamp are you going to use?

 

Drove back from the Tri-Cities (Richland, WA) today after a four day weekend drive to deliver some heavy and some light and fragile gifts to my kids. Freezing fog for three days to Richland-Bend-Richland, and no fog today, so it's a great start to the week with nearly a thousand miles added to this Taco. A new tailgate anti-theft device from Chris, and the Weathertech front mats arrived while I was gone, so I'll have those to work on this week. Great weather, and it's been a while since I'd seen the Columbia River, my kids and new dogs (including a 9-week old heeler-shepherd cross pup brought home yesterday by my SIL while I was there to dog sit the older rescue Belgian Malinois). Hank the cow dog will be a good addition to their household. (They're still trying to talk me out of the Tacoma... but they can't have it yet.)

 

Threw a pair of bumper covers on my pops truck. This was the final stage of trying to cover up a bit of damage from a dickwad hit and runner.

I got a chance to murder some chrome, so that was a bonus





After doing a few mods to his 3rd gen I've noticed that adding aftermarket parts to it is waaay easier that a 2nd gen. The amount of plastic everything is ridiculous... Dare I say it?

 

Thanks, I see that! Some of the bushwhacker flares do not actually bolt in. Some bolts are faux, just fyi if you go that route.
I'm not a big fan of the flares but they do aight!