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

Did you finish up with all the rewiring?

 

Thanks - but I'm all set with the ones I have for my AC. I do recall seeing - I think on a post here somewhere, some that had 'Tacoma' on the side, looked pretty sharp.

My truck has these 2 black plastic clips of some sort - maybe to secure the factory mats in place?

 

rotate and balance at costco

 

Test drive and a cold beverage

 

One of the perks about owning a regular cab. Floor mats are relatively cheap.

 

Waiting on some wire and terminal tools, should be here within the hour. The rest of the harness clamp should be here Wednesday and I'll pick them up Saturday.
I can tape the harness fully today and have it ready for install maybe next weekend, weather permitting.

Scratch that. Amazon pulled up as I was typing this.

 

If I ever think about trading or selling I give it a bath and add something to it! I feel like I have a new truck!

 

Here is a picture of the drawer and table/cover it comes with..

 

The complete setup: I shared some pics a few weeks ago but the tray wasn't completely put together (under tray toolboxes, folding sides, ladder rack etc.) Now it is complete.. for now.

 

Used it the last couple of days to haul several things, new patio furniture, new (to me) snow blower, bunch of rubber mulch for a new backyard play set, new solo yukon fire pit. This year is the year of the backyard oasis.

 

Nice backyard setup. My deck is sort of like my living room this time of year. Looks like you get some shade depending on the time of day, I have a shade sail over mine. I kind of wish 10 years ago when I bought a replacement snow blower that I got a 24" model with at least 2 speeds. Have a 22", 1 speed.

Hauled from scrap wood from my son's house last weekend for the wood stove. I'm used to having a full size 8' pickup bed, but my Access Cab will be fine. The way I look at it is I drive to work more often than I haul things. Getting over 20mpg, not bad for a truck this size IMO. If capacity/length of the bed does become an issue, I guess I can consider one of those extenders (not sure what they're called) that flip down from the tailgate.

 

I have a second story deck with a retractable awning over it, but the patio is being setup so when our girl wants to play on the play set, we can be on her level down on the patio. There's a hot tub and outdoor fan/mister setup in my future, I believe, which should make it that much more comfortable. I tried to float the idea of a sail shade but the wife nixed it. Also previously I had an electric thrower, but it's a pain to try to haul around electrical cords to do a couple of my older neighbor's driveways, so now I have the big boy setup. I got it from a guy today for $320 during our neighborhood yard sale. Said he used it a handful of times in PA but hadn't run it in years. Once I got some fresh gas in it, it fired right up - the electric start is amazing for that.

 

Took awhile to get ready, but I rolled out to Brute Force Fab yesterday.

 

Had a 28in troy built two stage. Made easy work of the snow, especially when it was wet snow. Had it for 18 years. Have fun with it.

 

A retraceable awning is nice - once the shade sail is up of course it's up for the season. Better to actually watch kids than depend on a camera. Also a good reason to get outside. Wow for $320 - that had to be a $650+ snow blower when new! I really wish I had electric start, I think 3 times the pull cord on mine broke.

If, for some reason I had to bring the snow blower somewhere, I do have a couple ramps for the truck that I've used for the lawn tractor.

 

VLEDS:

- V6 TRITON AMBER 3157CK (DRL)
- V6 EXTREME AMBER 3157 (Rear turn signal)
- V6 EXTREME REVERSE LIGHT 921 (Reverse)

 

That is lunch !

 

Funny and familiar. 2 weeks ago I had a thought of maybe selling my truck that I rarely drive. Now I am scheduled to get the hood and roof repainted to rid it of the chalky white failing clear coat. That will rejuvenate my ride so I will drive it more. Next is installing the hood struts that are collecting dust in my shop. Also found some 3rd gen Off Road coils and struts close to home. Now seriously shopping head units and a tailgate handle with a rear camera. That seems to be the thing owning a Tacoma. One day you consider selling and the next day you are throwing money in it to keep it. It's like breaking up with a girl and then buying her an engagement ring.

 

Hahaha, except the Tacoma doesn’t turn crazy!