What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Not a fan of those terminals with a million connection points on them.
Would be better to just run the mil-spec battery terminals and then connect everything to a distribution point.
Here's what I did which has been working well.

 

I’ve been running these and am pretty happy with them. Even have a set screw to keep them from rotating or coming off the post.

$70 GP SAE 6 SPOT BATTERY TERMINALS HEAVY DUTY

https://www.amazon.com/GP-SPOT-BATTERY-TERMINALS-HEAVY/dp/B076C46DP1

 

That's what I have now. But I have the like 3 fat gauge terminals running to it and a couple small ones. Boots are useless now haha

These look promising. Anyone else running these?

 

Ok. Double take and I like the power buss. And how you notched the front for your ground.

I think I'm pulling all accessories and running a buss bar... if I can find it a home.

And i know someone will ask lol
Power
2nd battery
Power to blue sea fuse/power block
1k watt Amp
Yesau
And headlights i think is the last one.






Anyone know if/how we can get rid of that damn evap carb crap? I miss that space being open like my 01 had.

 

I'm running them as well. Added them when I did the second battery, since they came from the same guy doing the battery group buy. They've been really nice; no complaints at all.

MOAR Power, More Redundancy – Dual AGM Battery Install

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Ya I feel ya on the EVAP stuff. Takes up a buncha room that could otherwise be used.
You could possibly mount it on the lower inner fender apron like where I have my winch isolation relay

 

That's clean af. Great work!
I wonder if those will clear the battery cage in the bay. I'll have to do some measuring.

 

They will clear the stock battery hold down, not sure about an aftermarket cage. I don't have a great photo (that I can find at the moment) but here's a mediocre one.

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Oh, yeah, mine will need to be flipped.

 

I gotchu!

i didn’t take pics of the install because I spent over 1.5 hours trying to brainstorm which was the best route to take to hide the wires so I could never see them.

This is the kit:Govee Interior Lights for Car,...

$20 Govee Car LED Lights, Smart Car Interior Lights with App Control, RGB Lights with DIY Mode and Music Mode, 2 Lines Design LED Lights for Cars with Car Charger, 12V

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q6CPQK4?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

basically I bought this one after seeing that it didn’t need an app to operate(one less thing), and that I could cut the cigarette lighter part so I can have a positive and negative to hard wire.

for starters, I placed the whole unit under the driver seat. This includes the control module to change colors, turn on/off/ and to to flash with music. This is a pretty large module and I didn’t want to stuff it under the steering wheel.

from the module, you have 4 lights with different wire lengths. The first light, I basically glued on under the driver seat so light shines out to my feet and pedals. I went with this route because I put an led light under the dash where it’s most commonly put and the light output was minimal when you’re in driving position.
Anyway, there is another light connected to the driver side light that I glued on under the seat and I ran that wire to the back of rhe cab(still gotta extend that wire abd mount it where it want!). The second two lights, I ran under the driver seat, and took apart the the little cubby in the back(storage unit) and snaked the two passenger side lights through that cubby and over onto the passenger side seat (under it). Then I placed one light facing the rear passenger seat (used zip ties so it’s suspended in the air lol), and ran the other light all the way to the front of the glovebox like under it. I then spent a good amount of time debating where I should put it abs tested how the light Angles effected everything.

So that’s the light install. Then I just sliced into the the auxiliary outlets (one of two) and just used the red wire for positive and grounded it on a bolt. This way it only turns on when key is in the ignition.
Hope this helps

 

You will never have a perfect tune until you replace the stock ECU

 

14mpg sucks

 

Maybe it’s the pic, but your battery looks small. Is it the proper group? What’s it. CCA?

 

Haha, phrasing!

Group 25
880cca
Odyssey extreme

 

I have the same setup, only my switch died... The solenoid switch still works just fine, I just can't control it from the cab.

 

I averaged 12.1mpg over 1900 miles over the weekend

 

Well I feel better about myself now...
15.9 mpg

 

Damn

 

Have you tried the negative battery terminal on the battery?

I had an issue pop up where it didn't want to start. Wouldn't even click the engine... but gad dash lights etc.

I've got new bigger alt, Big 3, 2 batteries, new starter, etc.

My problem ended up being corrosion between my post and my clamp. Cleaned it up, everything is good again.

 

35’s+4.10+Heavy weight truck+SC=12.1?