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

(more over the last few days)

Had the ol gal re-tinted 15% all around Saturday

Today used a 3M disc to remove the pinstripes - and god what a job. Not looking fwd to doin that again anytime soon... or ever.


Poo pics, thunderstorms as usual this time of yr

 

Did they have to remove your rear view mirror to do that strip up top? I want to get my windshield tinted but not sure what to do about the rear view mirror. I'm only thinking about doing like 60%, enough to block heat and UV rays, with out making me blind at night.

 

No sir he just cut around it. Measured my big ass too so i can see under it

 

Did a thing at a carshow and got on the podium in the class (truck wild). These aren't common in the Midwest

 

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Maybe. I like the angled one.

 

What on earth am I witnessing. ditch all those lights is the first mod I'd do lol

Welcome to the forum man.

 

before & after of my saturday afternoon. tried out this Cerakote headlight fix. they're not perfect, but they look less like dumpster juice. for $17 I figured it's worth a shot.

 

some people talk a lot of trash about that kit but if its done well it looks really good for a long time!

 

like anything else, the ones who talk trash about it probably didn't do it right to begin with. If its as good as their gun coating it should hold up for decent amount of time.

 

Your truck is super clean. Love it!
Sits exactly how I would like mine to, has the perfect stance

 

If my bedsides were not already cut to the bottom of the light, I would definitely have one of those.

 

Replaced serpentine belt.
Replaced both no. 2 idler pulleys.
Replaced no. 1 idler pulley.
Replaced bearing in tensioner pulley.

When I started the truck I was a bit nervous, never done this before, was kind of expecting my engine to make a terrible gargle death rattle, followed by a belt snap, squeaking noises and then smoke.

Started right up, sounds great, job well done!

 

^Isn't the tensioner pulley the same as the lower pulley?

 

How many miles. Son, with my old 2012, has 180k on his truck. Did serpentine around 145k but I expect his idlers are due.

 

No it isn’t, it might barely fit but from my research it doesn’t fit correctly. Your options are to buy a new tensioner and just use the pulley, replace the entire tensioner setup, 4 hour job, or just buy a new bearing on the cheap and replace that. I chose the cheapest and easiest option.

 

I’m at 122,000, and hearing a few squeaks every now and then, nothing major though. I figured I’d stay ahead on the preventive maintenance and just get it done.

 

Installed new fog lights and wiring harness in my 2006 Prerunner, 191k miles. Should have done this years ago...

 

One of leds that came with my rear bumper died so I threw some new ones in from smittybilt.

 

What’s the car to the left?