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

I wanna do this... How much of a fight does the hood put up when closing it? Do you have a brand to recommend?

 

Not a fight. Just enough force to pull down with 2 fingers. I had the more expensive RedLine Tuning stainless struts on my 3rd gen and the Spiker Engineering basic struts on my 2nd gen. I recommend both. They work equally well. Spiker does allow you to position the hood anchor at different locations for more or less lift angle. I think you can do the same with RedLine although their instructions specify a certain hood mounting position. The best feature of both brands is not fighting to lift the hood. They rise on their own once you lift the hood a couple of inches. The worse part of the installation was the rivet installation working upside down in the hood itself. I have an old manual rivet gun. I couldn't see spending more for a better rivet gun for installing just a few rivets.

 

Thanks, I'll look into those. I know I have a rivet gun, somewhere, in one of my 25+ tool storage bins I didn't think of labeling... guess I have a reason to go digging around for it!

 

not much. changed oil/filter, then took out my radiator and fan blades...

 

Sawzall for the corner pieces and an angle grinder for the bed sides.

 

Is that an Outgear Solutions bumper?

 

Your garage is dreamy.....

 

Yes it is!

 

Just picked this truck up. Put rock and rain guards on it. Headlights and new grille ordered. Anybody use aerosol paints (magnetic grey) they can recommend?

 

Shorts bed can pull off the angled ones.

 

Outgear Solutions

 

not done today, but I didn't want to post till test drove and got to tow the new camper.
Taco w/ stock springs and hellwig helper strings ( 3000 lbs camper )

Taco w/ new heavy duty General Springs (new camper 2800lbs )


This time I have a weight distribution Hitch, but not set up for this pic.
I love these springs

 

My 2015 TRD OR 4x4 with 83K miles. Need to add some rock sliders front and rear bumpers. Any suggestions?

 

Saw that. Looking at their "tilted" bumper.

 

I have a regular cab, long bed.

 

rear bumper something with good swingout(s)
RCI sliders or similar; good coverage, kickout, 15-20deg tilt, fill plates

front bumper something with full headlight hoops like BAMF and C4 hybrids, ATH Fab

 

Welcome to TW! Nice truck!!!!
You can use duplicolor from the auto parts store, or a lot of auto paint shops can mix you some paint, and put it in an aerosol can for you- or you can buy mixed in spray can online.
The real tip is to use 2k aerosol clear coat. It holds up awesome, and protects whatever paint you decide on. Good luck with your project!!

 

Looks good! What a difference springs make. What’s the length on that camper??

 

How was dealing with them? Like @HAVOC I'm contemplating the tilted one. I sent them an email but received no response so I'm just a wee bit nervous.

 

Installed new shift knob. Replaced older TRD knob with this: