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

Thanks man

 

No problem! I’m working on my 2012 single cab, trying to catch up on maintenance. 119k miles on her. Just did both hubs, gonna do an ecgs bushing soon (should’ve done it with the hubs…oops). Considering replacing the rusted- off brake dust shield on the drivers side while I’m in there. Eventually maybe a small front lift (under 2”) and sumo springs or a block or aal in the rear. I’d like another half inch of rake and she sags when loaded so may do like an inch rear and half inch to 1 inch front. Trying to keep her reliable and sturdy enough to take a beating but not destroy resale value and add vibrations (like a higher lift would likely do). She’s got 4 leaf take-offs from an access cab, bilstein rear shocks, some LED tails/reverse bulbs/flush mounted pods. Led bar in the bumper. Light side tint and dark rear. Touchscreen with Apple CarPlay, stuff like that. Trying to keep it a clean, updated, oem+ type look

 

Deleted rear view mirror, replaced with a wireless backup camera. Need to add another hole tomorrow and fill 2 previous ones, so i can mount the new camera. But at least i have power and image now

 

This just happened to me too. Aftermarket tails. I e6000'd the piece back in, but not patient, so i put the bolt back in. Ill check tomorrow if it held, if not, new tail light time. These lasted 5 years

 

Rock Auto. It’s a Walker brand pipe and Denso O2 sensors.

 

Thanks a lot!

 

Those gas shocks on the tail gate got my attention. Any details you can share?

 

Figuring out this Napa OBA situation. Still have some more things to sort out but pretty happy so far. I made this out of 14ga HRS I had on hand, so all together it's pretty heavy but should hopefully hold up well. Still need power cables and Anderson connectors.

 

No but you reminded me about them having the tail lights I wanted, and now that I’m in the poorshouse, they’re finally in stock after I waited 2 years lol.

 

My 2 cents, the headlights should remain stock with some good bulbs. I have heard too much about how folks buy these HIDS and they are no brighter than some 100 sylvanias. That said, I put in their hids on the fog lights, and they are way brighter, but the fogs are wicked dim to begin with. 2nd, do you do a lot of night driving?
my fogs are on 50K miles and doing well...

 

I’m guess that’s never gonna see dirt or off-road? The first rock those steps hit, they are ruined …

 

Very nice work!

I placed the NAPA compressor in an old ammo can and need to restart the project at some point.

 

Do you have a link associated with this item? I looked on the NAPA web site and could not locate anything that looks like this...

 

The Napa compressor is out of stock indefinitely. There are other companies selling the same dual piston compressor now.

 

i know the feeling lol

 

I guess i do a decent amount of night driving, my need for the headlights is because mine are toast. The plastic is yellowed on the inside, i've sanded and polished a couple of times, but it looks like the haze is on the other side of the lens now.

 

Wow....lots of cool mods here. My 2010 Tacoma was pretty much Spartan when I bought it new. My first mod was a mat for the truck bed. It was like a skating rink before with a lot of sliding around of whatever was being hauled. My second mod was a gift installation for cruise control. My latest mod was about 2 weeks ago when I bought the round control knobs for the AC/ Heater fan/ direction. They look pretty cool at night with the backlighting on. I'm looking at some fog lights, but just looking so far.

 

Don't cheap out on lighting. I'd keep an eye on the B/S/T section and get some Diode Dynamics SS3 fogs

 

Amazon is running Prime member sales Oct 11th and 12th. May be worth a look. If you are patient then Black Friday is only around 6 to 7 weeks away.

 

Long time lurker...

What have I done to my 2007 DCLB?
Ordered Eibach Pro Truck Lift, OME Leaf Springs and C4 Overland Bumper and powdercoated a set of FJ Cruiser steelies in cement grey.

Swapped the lower usb/switch console under the AC to a 2015 version, installed DRL mod. Lastly, added nuts and bolts to the trimmed fenders/flares so the flares don't break on long trips.

Future mods:
Order Diode Dynamics lights for the bumper and update the frontend from 2.0 to 2.5.