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

LOL, if you want it to be a one beer job, you better drink half of it before you open the box

 

You can drag anything out over a few beers if you put your mind to it and go sloth speed.

 

Looks good. I had my roof and hood painted 33 days ago so itching to do a hand ceramic wash and wax on mine. Trying my best to wait 1 more week but it is extremely difficult waiting. I haven't washed it in months because the paint was flaking off so bad. The body shop did a soft wash after paint but it has not had a full detail since September. Still looks surprisingly good.

 

That's my plan then. I mean I'll have to have a beer while testing the windows to make sure everything functions properly.

 

Of course. Lol

 

Took out the dash trim, spray painted the silver rings, replaced the cluster plastic with a brand new one, used the Protech Screen Protector on the new plastic, although there is an air bubble right in the middle that's annoying the hell out of me, hopefully it works itself out!

 

Wired the switches for the front, rear and ditch lights. Now to install the panel.

 

How closely do your green ones match the green switches in the truck?

 

"a beer while testing the windows" should be "a beer while testing each window" or "a beer for testing each window up and a beer for testing each window down". Might as well make a party out of it.

 

driver side on the left: left to right is front to back / passenger side on the right: left to right is back to front

roughtly 30k miles in between; concerning? last time i did this i might have put too much anti-seize reason why it is greasy. the electrodes look dry though.

 

I feel like these are a lot brighter and I’m pretty sure the lights are on full time. I’ll have to do a better comparison once it gets dark.

 

Installed Cascadia Flipster V3, a necessary evil. Looks pretty good.

 

Rare look staring straight in the face of a nasty gremlin.

 

Just got these coilovers. Bilstein 5100 extended length shocks with Eibach 700# coil spring. Ordered from Fat Bobs Garage, $981.00 shipped, installing later today, will post more pics after install

 

That looks clean, I need to redo my switch wiring. I added them over time so its a rats nest, theyre all labeled and color coded but the wiring is horrible.

 

Thanks, looking forward to that. The color is the only thing holding me back from making a purchase.

 

OK, coilovers are in, went pretty smooth!! I was able to get them done without so much as removing the wheels. Unbolted, worked the old struts out, slid the coilovers in, torqued, done. I was glad I did not have to remove the ball joint, control arms, etc... Sits a little higher in the front with the 700# spring, but after a quick test drive, they seem to be settling a little already. Might have to adjust the ride height down a bit, but pretty much a bolt in upgrade! Now to get the alignment done...

 

So no sway bar to deal with. Surprised that went so well. Hoping my swap to 3rd gen coils/struts goes that easy (I do have to drop sway bar).

 

Yeah, I deleted the sway bar long ago, will never go back. It brings the suspension to life off road, not much more body roll at all. I probably would not even have notice if I was unaware it was removed. I actually picked up some used 3rd gen struts as a quick fix until I found the coilovers I wanted. They bolted right in, no issues what so ever

 

I did the tweeter switch and the driver side has no sound but the passenger side sounds great.