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

there are a few threads here on putting screen/mesh over the fresh air intake under the cowl to keep rodents out

 

Bruh you've been breathing that.

 

When I do mine I'm going to look at making it a product for sale on my website for those who don't want to DIY and want a more refined solution.

 

They are Toyota lights (TRD Pro). I ordered them through a dealer.

 

Air pump relocation mod is done for the most part. I’m thinking about turning the top of the pump counterclockwise 90 degrees so the hose doesn’t rub on the intake. I’ll also cleanup the hose from the pump to the valve.

 

Put on my new plates, clean k&n air filter installed (i keep a clean spare at all times), 5 tire rotation, torqued cam bolts, and tomorrow morning I'll do an oil change. It's was over 100 degrees here @ 10am so i called it quits early.

 

Was finally able to install OVTune. Hopefully I did everything correctly...

 

I used a generic armorall one from Canadian Tire, im sure they all work fine

 

Did some driving last night and didn’t seem bad, and check my last post I did that right after install and looks much better!

 

Luxx tail lights installed, definitely help modernize the backend

 

Let us know how you like it. I never see second gens doing tunes. Asked a TW tuner why and he said it is because second gens are more drivable from the factory than 3rd gens. I still would like all of the benefits of the tune.

 

Hit the interstate earlier and so far I've noticed the acceleration is a bit better and didn't notice as much gear hunting. An issue my truck had, not sure if it's normal, between 70 and 80mph my truck would sit at 3200rpm and refuse to shift. The tune seems to have sorted that out.

I have the premium fuel tune on it but have about a quarter of a tank left of 87, so maybe it'll be even more noticeable once that's burned.

 

Lift/tires?

 

If I'm being 100% honest, not sure on the lift. It had one when I got the truck and I've never cared to check. 33" tires.

 

Thanks. Lift and tires understandably robbed my truck of it's spunk and made already rough gas mileage even worse. Interested to see any change to MPG's.

 

Finally got time to fix my ditch light & and spotlight pod switches to illuminate the text when the parking light/headlights switch is on. Got the switches from https://tacomabeast.com/collections/toyota-tacoma-switches/products/toyota-oem-switches

Used a fuse tap from autozone to tap into the 10a Tail fuse to power on when lights/parking lights are switched on. The upper graphics shine brighter when you actually turn on the switches. I've ordered another switch to use as bar lights and will move the fog light over to replace the factory fog light switch that does not illuminate when turned on.

 

I used that kit over the weekend.. It really does make your headlights look new again.

 

Definitely will be checking these out. Thank you.

Thank you, love my Taco just need to get it driving right. Got alot of parts to replace just gotta find time.

Lmao yeah it's hot and humid here in VA.

Here we go again.......it's fine just adjust the headlights mine are completely fine.

 

No they aren't. They're bright as fuck to oncoming traffic

 

I installed a Pop Lock for the tailgate today. Very easy and works well.