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

Over the weekend I was able to finish deadening and then close cell foam on the floor. It was still cold this weekend so I was running the truck most of the time to keep it somewhat warm in there. It says you shouldn't apply in less then 60 deg but it still went on with no issues but what a PITA. I still need to do the back wall and C pillars for now then I can build my rear platform.

Also took it for a short drive and my drive shaft vibe is way worse! I crawled under there and I guess after sitting for a week the u joint totally gave up now. Going to replace it tonight.

 

Who's products for deadening?

I need to do this, always like to see pics from others. Helps me plan.

Thanks for the picture.

 

Installed interior LEDs last night (dome, map, and mirror lights). Sooo much better.

 

I got 2 boxes of each and used almost one full box of the 80 and about 3/4th a box of the 150 on the floor. I 2 boxes of each should be enough to do almost the whole truck. I'm going to do the ceiling and doors later this year.

Noico 80 mil (2 mm) 36 sqft (3.4 sqm) car Sound deadening mat, Butyl Automotive Sound Deadener, Audio Noise Insulation and dampening

https://www.amazon.com/Noico-deadening-Automotive-Insulation-dampening/dp/B00URUIKAK?crid=H840ZVRARV0B&keywords=noico&qid=1648569940&sprefix=noico%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-3

$50 Noico Red 150 mil (4mm) 36 sqft (3.4 sqm) Noico Liner Car Heat and Sound Insulation,Heat and Cool Liner, Self-Adhesive Closed Cell Foam (PE Foam)

https://www.amazon.com/Noico-Insulation-Self-Adhesive-Deadening-Material/dp/B07TKXMPH7?crid=H840ZVRARV0B&keywords=noico&qid=1648569955&sprefix=noico%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-4&th=1

 

Thanks

 

Southern style off road.

 

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Ordered my C4 fab hybrid bumper. Since I have a prerunner that doesn’t actually drive on anything rougher than washboard or dry, slightly rutted roads, may just get blocks for now for a cosmetic lift—then replace the shocks with coilovers when they finally die. Trucks gotten stuck just once, and airing down rolled me right out, so I’m not stressed about clearance.

 

I have that same seat cover, it's great. Has protected my rear seats from the dog and the kids (constantly dropping food or jumping the the truck with tree sap on their pants lol).

One thing I will say is that if you machine wash it, that rubberized backing tends to come off a little bit with each wash. That being said, I've washed mine 5-6 times so far and it's still holding up well, no plans to replace it anytime soon.

 

Yep, we have the same one in our Forester and it’s been great. Good to know they’re (kinda) washable! Last time it got too stinky we just got a new one lol.

 

Subaru’s are prone to stinkiness! I’ve owned five of them, and the only one that didn’t smell like old tennis shoes was my WRX because I kept it clean.

 

Finally finished boxing the frame.

 

thats some purdy welds there.

 

We've got two right now. The Forester is admittedly a little stinky because it's my wife's car. My STI on the other hand is pristine. Kind of a less extreme version of this:

 

Welcome to TW! Sharp truck!

 

I did another thing. Picked up the Dana 60 for the Suburban SAS project. It took 4 of us to load it up.

 

here’s a pic from the impound today

tires are in pretty good shape still, probably around 10,000 miles. I saw around a dozen cars lose control during the hour I waited for the police to arrive.

Chick slammed into the wall like 50 feet in front of me and got picked up and left, came back when the cops showed up and got arrested for a dui.

thankfully it was only me involved in this. Was slowing down since I saw a bunch of brake lights and started sliding at probably 35-40. Took the concrete guard rail pretty much head on.

I walked away fine and my buddy had a knot on his head. I’m definitely buying another Toyota after this. Enterprise has me in a 2020 zr2 Colorado while it’s being sorted out and that thing is pretty sweet though lol. I’ll probably get a turd gen at this point.


Gonna be listing a bunch of stuff on here soon (roof rack, wheels and tires, interior stuff, etc)

 

I think I discovered my truck being prewired for turn signal lights. I checked my door, and to my understanding, if you have 5 wires it means it's prewired but I had heard some other cases that you need to check an additional an additional harness in that routes through the door for two additional wires, and I appear to have them. So tomorrow I'm gonna go hunting at some local salvage yards for some TRD mirrors! Mine are smashed to hell anyway. More mods... More money...

Can't decide if I should still get some TRD seats. Just had my SR5 upholstered with new foam, but it leaves me to wonder what could be desired...

 

You should throw them under the Tacoma

 

Replaced my blown u joint last night. Finished with about 5 mins to spare before it started raining. Glad I had ordered an extra also. I didn't want to pull the whole drive shaft to replace it so we just took off the back flange but when we were reinstalling it under the truck 2 of the needle bearings fell in So it took 2 extra caps from my spare to make 1 good one. Now I need to order a couple more spares and check the front driveshaft joints.