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

welcome to the club brother!

 

Relocated my diff breather behind the taillight, mounted my total chaos bed stiffeners, and got about half way with my bed platform

 

FYI,
For anyone who needs to remove adhesive from any surface, use Coleman fuel. I put that sh*t on everything. It doesn't attack paint or plastic. I have not found a material that it attacks yet. For those small price labels on the bottom of toys, kitchen ware, etc., it works perfectly. Just let it soak into the paper and it will lift right off. A gallon will last years.

 

Installed some Diode Dynamics SAE compliant fog lights. All of my other lighting is Baja Designs but I’ve been wanting something that I can run on the road as well as the trail, and for the price of these you can’t beat them. I also like how they fill out the holes in the bumper more than the previous Squadron Sports.

**I will also be selling the Baja Designs Squadron Sports with white combo lens to whom ever may be interested.

 

That's a nice stereo. Does it come with all the wire plugs to hook it up to the OEM wiring harness?

 

Best mod ever! Paid the remaining balance of my truck as of this morning.

 

Liberating feeling for sure! Congrats dude!

 

Took the LONG way home from work this morning to play in the snow.

 

Took the side steps off and the badges to prepare for some new black badges all the way around. Also took the foam filter out of the little plastic box and replaced it with the 1” breather filter.

 

Me too!

 

Replaced pass cv joint and changed front diff oil while I was there

 

Bought rock rails and a new slide and lock tonneau Monday.. hit a Deer going 45 Thursday morning on my way to work.

 

Newish gear I bought off of a 2022 offroad. It looks great!

 

After finally solving the mystery of removing the stubborn "you're going to break me" grille: re-located the Gentex mirror outside temperature sensor and wiring to the correct factory location on the support in front of the radiator. The clip on the sensor presses right into one of the holes that is already there.

Removed the mud flaps and R&R'd all the screws and fasteners with the correct OEM type. Almost every one of the clips was either broken or incorrect thus loose and with the rattles that come with it. I'm lucky I didn't lose one: they're expensive. I have been fiddling with them since I bought the truck last July. What a difference the correct clips make in the fit and finish of the mud flaps.

Rexka 20pcs Mudguard Panel Clips Fasteners 90467-07188 for Toyota Camry Tundra 4-Runner

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083M1H2C7?ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details

 

Added Bed Stiffeners. Opted to go on top of the bed rug. I just pulled it back and shave the backside of the rug down till it was wafer thin. It makes good contact with the bed and the side.

 

Nice! Those charcoal alloy wheels are a sweet upgrade from Gen2 steel rims. The only difficulty I encountered was in getting confused about offsets between Gen3 and Gen2, but I've been so encouraged by the "Forget about it!" advice, that I did and have, with the pleasure of my Costco Tire guys to do the winter tire swap (49.96) 4 tires/8 wheels from steel to the alloys (including aftermarket TPMS sensors and OEM black lug nuts). I'm happy with the set of four plus a single for the new spare tire. This week, Parker Toyota saw Barcelona Red for its first annual checkup, and the Parts Dept. sold me four oil drain gaskets, and added a fifth gasket (not spirits) to the plastic bag. And I had to stop as I left when I spotted the big steel Lab that was cut and welded by the North Idaho College Parker Technical Center students in front of the Sales side.
Black on one side, yellow lab on the other, one of two steel Labs was painted by Terry Lee, professional artist and sculptor so I'm not sure whether this one was painted by another local artist. The second was built up by the Industrial Milling and Machining program students with a wind indicator pivot to be placed upon a post at the new animal shelter in Hayden, Idaho in the future.

 

I pulled to close to my garage and bumped it now I have white paint on my Bull bar. Any way to remove this without hurting the black paint on the bar or should I spend the 100$ to replace it?

 

What a beautiful piece/work of art that is. Thank you for posting it. I wish it was in my yard! (from a past Chocolate Field Lab owner and a son who currently owns a Black 1-year-old)

 

Yup, it includes all the wring for the radio and steering wheel controls.

 

Just repaint your bull bar.