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

rovrlabs is making a 3rd brake light chase light you might like. check him out on instagram. his product should be dropping soon.

 

I love the single cabs. Nice looking truck!

 

Which one is this?

 

Prepped the bedsides with butyl flashing tape to start building the space frame for a Ripcord camper build. Welding goes down tomorrow

 

New Goodyear Duratracs 315/70/17.
All pro Cam Tab Gusset
All pro Coil Bucket Gusset

 

Looking good! What brand wheel and offset are you running?

 

Thanks! SCS F5 17x8.5 -12

 

Nice I've been thinking of going with the same wheel and tire size but have been trying to decide between the -12 or -38 mm offset.

 

-38

 

Havent been able to upload pics in a while, so Im a little back logged on recent projects

Knocked out a quick fishing rod holder out of scrap in the garage


Added some light under the hood


And a gmrs radio so I dont have to fumble with a handheld walkie anymore on the trail


Heres the little bracket I made thats double sided taped to the inner lip of the overhang on the console, next to the climate controls.


Replaced a broken fog light, and put on a yellow tint film while I had them out.


Then before christmas i backed into a tree (pole) on a trail (parking lot) and did a number on the driver rear.


However im fortunate to have a good friend who does body work for a living, i painted some parts for his car and in trade he straightened mine right out. Even saved the bumper. All in all I only had to replace the tail light, and i scored a great deal on that from a friendly local taco buddy, shout out to Fernando..

 

That rear bumper "trail damage" would nearly cause a total loss on a 3rd gen.

 

Is the 3rd gen not basically the same underneath the plastic?

 

I hear -38 is a pain to clear without rubbing.

 

NO. Pre-gens, 1st gens and 2nd gens have real steel rear bumpers. I was rear ended in a 2nd gen a few years ago, while sitting at a stop light, by a kid running 25 mph. He never hit the brakes. His car was a total loss and it took over 45 minutes to sweep up the pieces of his car. It took me 15 minutes to polish his paint off of my rear bumper. It left a softball size dent in my bumper. My neighbor was rear ended at 35 mph in a 2020 Off Road. It buckled the frame and his truck was a total loss. The rear bumpers on 3rd gens are mostly plastic and the frame has crumple zones that are meant to buckle to absorb the energy. 2nd and 3rd gens are not the same. I see 3rd gens get destroyed by, what 2nd gens would consider, minor rear impacts.

 

It can be

 

You did the right thing. Enjoy the Honda and commute comfort.

 

Transfer case serviced and "fluid filmed" the frame and undercarriage. Replaced lower control arms with oem. I'm looking for uppers.

 

I'm slowly swapping out my Rigid and Baja stuff for Diode Dynamics. It also gave me a chance to clean up the wiring in the truck.

Dirty daytime pics:

 

I did the same thing with my KC's and BD's. Diode Dynamics rock!

 

installed front camera and wired rear camera from mirror to the joying head unit