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

Got some scrap aluminum and made a mount for the ml-acr. Little cad cam here a dash of tig welding and a few curse words later its done.

Now I just need to wire it all in.

 

The what now?

 

Laser Cannon in the 40w range.....duh! F those road deer!!!

 

Lol it's just a dual battery relay/isolator.

 

Snuck an oil change in between this stupid ass weather.

 

dayum you could eat off that engine bay

 

Replaced the fog lights and turn signals in my ARB bumper with Rigid D-SS Pro in Driving configuration LED pods. Then slapped on some amber covers for driving in snowy conditions.

 

DIY hood struts!

Super happy how they turned out. I initially installed 100 lbs struts but they are way too overkill. I am replacing them with 40 lbs ones right away. Hopefully they are much better.

Here are the parts:

C16-08316 20" 40lb Per Gas Strut Shock Lift Support for RV Door Bed Storage Truck Tonneau Cover Camper Shell Rear Window and Other Heavy Duty Box Lid, Set of 2 Vepagoo

20" struts

$15 ARANA 10MM Ball Stud Mounting Bracket for Universal Gas Struts Lift Supports Shocks Spring Prop Mounts Brackets Silver 4PCS with 16 Screws (Only Fits 10mm Ball Head)

10mm ball stud mounting brackets

You could use a little longer strut if you want the hood to open higher. I wasn't interested in this because my ditch lights are close to hitting the windshield with the hood prop rod.
These are installed just like Spiker.












The driver side strut does have minor contact the fuse for my subs but I'm not worried about that.
The strut also slightly touches the brake fluid reservoir when lowering. Also not worried about that.

 

You stole my reply!

 

Sometimes I do

 

Lift complete! Eibach stage 1 (no sway bar relocation) and 2 inch Wulf AAL.

So happy with the ride and can’t wait to get out on the trail!

 

I've been thinking about doing a 2 inch lift on mine but I have no idea where to begin. I've seen people doing a lift getting drive shaft vibrations and stuff and I'm a little discouraged from doing it

 

Do your homework prior to lifting like measuring and documenting your DL angles and post lift vibrations are easy to rectify.

 

You shouldn't worry to much most of the time you can do 2 inchs with no problem and drive vibs can be fix fairly easily with carrier bearing drops, shims or you might not need anything. the bearing drop is 2 bolts and takes 2 sec

 

I forgot about these. Last week I went out in the snow to play a little. I'm impressed, it didn't want to climb these two banks but a little momentum, locker and a little right foot climbed right up. The road was pretty much ice and the snow was pretty deep so I really didn't think I would climb it.

 

MN in the house!

 

Chased down a rough idle. New spark plugs, cleaned MAF sensor, cleaned throttle body, and recharged k&n air filter. No more rough idle

 

Oh dear, don't use those evil Iridiums! lol I recently changed my factory plugs to NGK Iridiums. I'll need to get after the MAF and Throttle body here soon too.

 

Made an appointment for 4.56s and a rear ARB. Unfortunately they're booked out until the last week of April so I have some waiting to do.

 

Nearly wrecked my Dad’s taco today (no fault of my own), check out my cat-like reflexes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb7CLTEtjtM

My Taco is being worked on presently, knowing my luck I would have nailed this turd if I’d been driving mine.