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

Cleaning out the engine bay was popular this weekend. I did that while doing the Fog Light any time mod and installing my new switchback DRL with sequential signals. Temporarily powered them where I jumped power for the fogs, but still need to splice in the signals. I’ve thought about wiring them to be yellow full time instead of white… but I don’t think the signals would work if I did that. Pics/ partial vid of startup sequence.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGw4tQfxwnH/?img_index=1&igsh=Z3Q3bWY1NWZidHI=

 

These bad boys lasted 4.5yrs outshining LED other crap the homies were running. One gave out on Saturday and it was a no brainer to order a new set. Love these fucken things.

 

Looks like moth cocoons. Were they empty?

 

Yeah, they were empty. I assumed spiders because they look just like the little nests that yellow sac spiders like to leave around my house.

 

I installed the URD short shifter kit over the weekend. I wish I had done that a year ago, it makes such a difference in shifting. Install sucks a bit since on the 2.7 trans 2/3 of the bolts are only accessible from under the truck and the clearance is tight once the spacer block is installed but I got it done.

 

I wonder how these compare to the alternative HD harness plus ~100w halogens

 

Really don’t know, but I always get props and get asked in regards of what I use. No weird color transfer and not annoying to the oncoming traffic.

 

there is a new player
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-not-led-or-hid.398066/page-273#post-30385450

 

Is there a direct comparison of these bew bulbs versus a retrofit LED light?

 

Start at the beginning of that thread. He does a bunch of analysis and explanation with photos and data.

 

Changed the oil in the front and rear diffs and the transfer case. Simple enough, but time consuming with a hand pump, especially the rear diff. Also got new tires put on, the old ones were falling apart. Sorry, don't have pictures right now and it's storming outside so I won't have any until tomorrow.

 

How bad are the storms, it's heading my way and it's saying it might get rough.

 

Hell yeah! Sticked to the ones I have tried. Maybe in about 4.5 years

 

Not too bad yet, but the big line hasn't gotten to us. Strong winds all day, power has been out for 2 and a half hours, but I haven't seen a tornado warning since Mississippi. Here's what my fancy radar app shows right now. Yellow polygons are severe thunderstorm warnings.

 

Mounted my new ditch lights. I like these better as the wire exits the center of the light and makes for a cleaner install, plus the mounting bracket is a better design.

I'm thinking I want to try a different brand of ditch light brackets.

 

I also did this! That's a great thread. I did it twice though, decided since I'm waiting on my suspension still, I'd re-do it with more forward coverage and fix some fitment issues.

Were I to do it again I'd probably take the template in to Staples or something to have printed on a plotter to eliminate alignment issues with the poster print style execution..

 

It came through early this morning and wasn't too bad.

 

I think we are just supposed to get rain in the afternoon, here in VA

 

They closed schools on the coast

 

Little more work on the flatbed.