What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

That’s so cool! I used to go to my daughter’s favorite swimming hole when she was young and let her cruise around in my jeep back in the day. Great memories. The smile on their face is priceless. Gorgeous truck btw

 

I had the front bumper refinished along with the hood, also I had the rear bumper bar replaced. Im pretty proud of my 2008 Taco, she looks like a brand new truck.

 

Installed
Used lots of that
Oh. And I cut the middle cab bumper in half and applied the pieces to both sides of the rear slider area
It’s definitely not a plug and play install. The rail kit it came with was a contraption with clamps and lots of tweaking to get it right. Nothing like any of the install videos out there. Was able to put the sliding cleats in but unfortunately they aren’t sliders anymore and that’s where they live now. Had to red neck some shit and re fasten some stuff but it’s on there. I wasn’t giving up without a fight and it took me way longer than I expected but cooler heads prevailed and I got it there. I didn’t drill any holes for the drain hoses yet so I’ll get to that eventually. Definitely not the install I expected.

 

Installed a 5100 kit with 887 springs, HS 3L AAL, 4runner rims with Falken -wildpeak AT4s for a friend.

 

Love that white. Before I fell in love with my greenie I was looking for a white taco and the dealer laughed and said they get sold as soon as they hit the lot

 

Good looking 2nd gen..

 

I think what's messing you up is the bed rail drop brackets - they should lower that OEM rail a bunch. I installed mine last fall and it was super straightforward, but my bed rails are a lot lower than yours. Can still use the rail for sliding the sliders. Not my pic, but like this:

 

I believe these come with a rail relocation kit that lowers them so they work with the tonneau.

 

All you need is a relay. Power and ground to the relay. Tap the power to the fog light and then to your high beam wire. Fog lights will stay on whenever you hit your high beam. I do it to all of my cars.

 

Mine did not come with the lowering the rails. I’m well aware of what 99.99999% of other MX4 installs come with. Mine didn’t. It came with a 2 piece clamp ordeal that uses the existing rails. They don’t come off or get moved down by slide in brackets like everyone else got. I’m got some bullshit clamp fuck show.

 

I think the lack of a relocation kit is new. When I got my MX4 it came with the relocation kit. I reached out because I run a Softopper sometimes with my truck and sometimes the swap gets tedious. They don’t sell the new kit on its own. Looks like I’ll be avoiding it if they ever do.

 

The relocation kit is in the 300+ range. I’ll deal with the immobile cleats for now. Not ideal but I’m moving forward with it. It’s what I get for getting a deal

 

did you buy it directly from BAK? Doesn't make sense to not have it - I bet they shipped the wrong bits. It's a great cover when it comes with all the right parts

 

No. I bought it from a vendor

 

and it was new? weird. I'd follow up and get ask them to send you the right kit

 

I went to do the AC drip line mod and found that it had already been done. I suspect the shop that has done most of the work on my truck just took care of it and forgot to tell me.

 

Already been through the wringer with this dude. Got the cold shoulder pretty much. I’m gonna contact Bak during the week to register it for warranty and see where I can get from there. I’m not totally screwed. I got a functioning tonneau. But not what I expected as I explicitly wanted to keep the use of the rail cleats. It’s not the end of the world and I’m actually intrigued to see how this thing holds up. If it pisses me off, I’m getting a roll up.

No. I don’t want a Lomax

 

My dad used to let me drive his 1976 Land Cruiser on the beach when I was 10 years old. I am 58 now and still drive a Land Cruiser.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/what-have-you-done-to-your-2nd-gen-tacoma-today.6499/

 

Nice rig!!! We just sold my 07 and I'm about to sell my 91 rebuild. Our plan is to do a FJ40 next. It will be our 4th rebuild. But sheesh 9 to 19k for the starter truck is crazy. Most the tubs are shot and that cruisers parts make finding a flux capacitor seem simple...




He loves loves loves dad's old trucks... it's our family thing, wreching and skiing. I tell him find a person who respects you, the mountains and toyotas. He can take my MT PRO to college. By then it will be almost a decade old. But ill still be rolling around getting margaritas with his mom in the 80.