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

Lol! Damn 2 million miles is a lot of damn miles.

 

Been working on a homemade setup for my traction boards to fit in the bed and under the bed cover. For less than $20 I think it turned out good.
I used some T-bolts, to run threw the bed rails, a 1/4” thick piece of steel, some spacers, and carriage bolts etc etc.

 

I was religious about getting the aimed just right to be nice to oncoming traffic. Never get flashed for blinding other vehicles.

 

4 Trips to the moon, and only that much maintenance? No wonder they got rid of space shuttles….

 

Changed rear differential oil, engine air filter, cabin air filter, and engine oil at 128,541

 

I gust keep hearing The Fall Guy theme music!
https://youtu.be/yAIDqyi2XsM

 

Today I gave the truck a toe alignment. I also mounted the in cab winch rocker switch with a sturdier version that I found off Amazon. My original cut wasn’t the best so this holds the switch better.






My macs spare tire strap came in so I mounted the spare in the bed with that. Still some adjusting to do to get it even but happy with how sturdy it holds it. The quality of these straps are beyond what I expected.

 

Dang that looks good gonna check them out
Why not a regular ratchet strap? I’m using a husky one right now
Looks like the right hook is connected to a bed stiffener

what is the top and left hook connected to?

I tried mounting mine behind the cab with two bed cleats but somehow they loosened…

edit: I see now right part is hooked to a d ring by the stiffener
I also have a bunch of d rings, maybe 6; sprinter van d ring mod and OEM bad mat with hole cutouts

 

I appreciate it. I added some tie down points for the other sides to attach to. I used a regular strap and the wheel moved around too much for my liking. With it set up like this there is 0 movement.

 

Another busy day. Started by reinstalling the mudflaps after giving them another coat of paint yesterday. Then I installed a power tailgate pop & lock.





That reminds me, gotta get an exhaust tip at some point.

 

Next I rebadged the bed sides and tailgate since I didn’t like the naked look the truck came with (I guess they debadged when repainting it and left them off). Was gonna use OEM decals and even ordered a pair (or so I thought), but was surprised when I discovered there was only one in the package. Decided to cut my losses and picked up a matte black TRD OR decal pair on eBay for a quarter of what I paid for one OEM decal. They go well with the matte black emblem overlays I also installed today.

 

Finally I did a test fitting of my RPT1s before my install appointment tomorrow. I noticed on Saturday that the wheels have a 110.5 bore instead of the advertised 108.5 so the hub centric rings I bought wouldn’t work. I was able to find a set of 106/110 rings on Amazon with next day delivery, and got them just after lunch today. However, when I tested them in the wheels they hit a lip on the bore (it steps down in diameter to 109-ish at a depth of 8.7 mm and the rings are 10 mm thick), so they didn’t sit flush. I ended up filing down the outer edge of the rings until they fit.

 

This is exactly what I want to do to mine. It is just lazy on the part of Toyota to do pop-rivets. Plus, I also plan to remove the bed and clean & paint the frame. Riv-nuts will make it easy to do so.

 

how come you went with their twisted hook option vs. flat?

 

Looks great! I gotta check those out, been looking for some good seat covers.

 

I went with these cause I felt it best for my situation.

 

How do you like the pop & lock so far? I’ve been thinking of adding this to my truck.

 

been wanting some hood struts myself!

 

Installed the scosche wireless charger. Plug and play kit. Goes in the same cubby where the 3rd gens have this feature from the factory