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

This was a perfectly good hex key I pulled out of a customer’s tire once

 

Today I took one of the wheels I bought on Wednesday and test fit it. Found out I need to order extended thread lug nuts and some hub ring spacers. Also got my package of 5100s so next pay day I order my 2887s and the pay day after that I bring everything in and lift my truck. Still stuck between KO2s and Trail Terrains though, the trail terrains look like they’ll perform better on the road when it’s wet and my boss said he’ll just have the store cover whatever extra cost there is from getting them out of network. For reference: my cost for 5 new TPMS sensors and 4 255/75R17 KO2s was ~$750 so my cost for Trail Terrains will be ever lower. KO2s of that size we have in network (hence the low price) but Trail Terrains we’d have to order.

Anyway, if anyone has experience with both the trail terrains and KO2 in the rain please chime in, they’re so new that I don’t have any customers who have had both tires to ask yet.

 

Ill do you guys one better. I don't have pics, this happened years ago. I worked at our local oil change and tire shop during the summer of my 11th and 12th grade years of high school. The lead mechanic's wife was my mail lady. One day around lunch she called him and said she had a flat on her mail jeep and her jack was broke.

He leaves to go change it, Comes back with a tire with a decent size puncture right in the center of the tread. When he separated the tire from the rim a damn pair of Klein needle nose pliers feel out. So that was pretty crazy. Now the tire was beyond patching, so just grabbed one out of stock to replace it. Get it all mounted and and it won't hold air for shit. sprayed it down with soapy water and cant find the leak. He ended up dunking it in a water bucket out side. Come to find out the pliers had gouged a hole in the aluminum rim.

 

Anyone know whats goin on with the paint here and if its fixable?

 

Clear coat failure fixable if it's taken care of early. Basically it needs to be re cleared, wait to long and a full respray will be your only option

 

Put in a 3rd brake light that you can actually see..

 

No tow package. Bought the truck used last year with 36k miles and didn't realize it didn't have the beefed up components. Basically added them myself. Today was the last component.

I installed the OEM Toyota oil cooler kit. Swapped water inlet housing, new thermostat, hoses with clamps, O rings, and the cooler assembly itself. Took about 3 hours taking my time and not beating myself up.

This "cooler" is more like a regulator and warms up the oil on cold days to reduce engine wear. When towing or hauling heavy loads, it helps regulate the oil by keeping it cool by circulating coolant around a high flow point (filter housing).

Everything came as a kit and was $445.

Some photos:

 

Any more details about the 3rd break light? Is it your design/fabrication or aftermarket?

 

Mine came the same way, so I need to do the same as you. Where did you get the kit?

 

Sourceone auto from eBay. Here's the link below. All the parts are OEM and literally half of the price of just the cooler assembly from the dealer. It's a pretty simple job. The difficult part was pulling the hoses because over time they get formed really tight. A lot of twisting with channel locks is what I had to do. If you're interested, I took pics of the process and can do a write up.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3344365424...WmOM43UQfi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

Thank you sir.

 

Here ya go. Just did a full write up. If you have any questions, let me know.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/oem-oil-cooler-install-non-tow-package.783188/

 

Glass back from paint

 

I didn't "do anything to it today" but I love driving this old manual 4.0 sooo much. . The shiny EML taco has sat for almost 10 days. I could drive either at any point. Old clutch wins. Love the torque curve, love the manual, love the CD player with a CD that skips. Happy Saturday "Clutch"...

 

So figured out the back up camera issue…apparently some idiot (me) hooked it up in the video in instead of the backup camera location on back of head unit.

 

Joined the no seat gang

 

You could play the Stanley Cup playoffs on that floor!

Details? Thnx

 

I think he’s being playful and or facetious. Looks good though, no denying that.

 

Dude, I have a 13 doing the same thing, Toyota paint sucks ass. Going to pay for a new/quality paint job at some point.