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

Took my passenger wheel off to try to get the stuck bolt from my bump stop that broke off. Extractor isn't getting it so I'm gonna have to go get some different drill bits. Also been hearing a odd sound from my drivers side front and I'm pretty sure my wheel bearings are shot. And of course we leave for Wy in 2 weeks from today. I got a lot to do now.

2 hours of drilling and I finally got that damn bolt out of there! I had the driver side soaking in PB Blaster for a week and hit it several times today before I got at it and it came right off! Took me about 10 mins total for the drivers side. I am a dumb ass though and had turned it about a half turn tight before I realized it. I am so glad that didn't snap off too! Duro bumps are installed!

 

Just installed some Kings.
Over all took about 5 hours to do all 4 corners, taking my time. I still need to do the leafs but but ran out of time.
The free air lift jack came in clutch. Worth every penny I didn't pay for it.

 

Finished the front suspension today. New lower control arms, sway bar end links, and tie rod ends. Last week was front and rear shocks and upper control arms.

 

Finished up the rear seat delete in my access cab. Made a mount for my AR and a custom mount for my co2 tank for the tires

 

Never ending. Hydraulic assist is mostly done. Need to change one of the fittings to a 90*. while I wait for that I'm going to start the FJ case/twin sticks.

 

New Poly Sway bar bushings from Energy Suspension along with Sway bar end links. Last things to change in the suspension rebuild is the UCA. I will probably stay OEM UCA since Im not going with much of a lift. The new end links really tightened the front end up.

 

I have the same one with red trim… love it.

 

Good day today. Drilled out my broken bump stop bolt and installed Duro Bumps with no other issues.

Installed some OG fab molle panels

replaced both passenger side window strips that where showing age.

Did the fog light anytime mod and adjusted them.

Cleaned my K&N air filter

And dropped the spare to make sure I can as well as made my techdeck work with the new head unit (kinda) for now.

 

Side note anyone ever notice these on their horns?

I took them off and they are louder

 

Couple questions, where’d you get the trim for the window and also curious what you took off to make idiot alarm louder

 

Installed ARB compressor

 

A wash and somewhat detailed.

 

Installed a new In House Fabrication
Stainless Steel Snorkel brought to the states by Sloop Imports! I waited quite a while to get this one and I am glad I did because I’m really happy with it. I had to modify it a bit because I have an AFE CAI instead of the stock air-box, but it wasn’t too bad.

 

Start of a long weekend solo off roading camping trip. Left a friends house in Dixon, NM this am. Drove up to Colorado and did Hayden Pass in the Sangre De Cristo mountains (pretty easy and a little bland)


Then did a trail south of Salida called Sand Creek/ Badger creek . Quite easy and really bland. Do not recommend.

Hit a grocery store in Salida then headed up Aspen Ridge. There’s a maze of bike trails up here and I may have accidentally went down one for a minute and had to use my winch for the first time when my tire slid off the path and I got hung up on my driveshaft. All good though, got back to the main trail and found a sweet camp spot overlooking Salida. Got dinner made and the tent up just before the rains came.

Currently sitting up in my RTT, listening to the rain.



The next two days will be finishing Aspen Ridge to Buena Vista, then head south and west and squeeze as much of the Colorado Backcountry Discovery Route as I can.

 

Hopefully it's not bland.

 

I’m spoiled and have done a fair number of cool super scenic CO trails, most in the San Juan’s (black Bear Imogene etc), Pearl pass and Schofield pass in crested butte, red cone, radical hill and a few others by Breckenridge.


So you know… less than spectacular is bland.

 

Perception is perspective. Or something like that.

Enjoy your trip.

 

Well, finally broke my cherry on Fathers Day 2022!

 

Oooo I like that. Might have to rework mine.

 

New wheels.