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

sorry to hear, hope you're ok!

 

Not good

 

I got bored today so I plasti-dipped my front grille. Im still deciding whether I like it or not

 

Installed my TRD Catback exhaust

 

Rather than listing a day by day account of what's been done, over the last few weekends.

1) Removed the diff vent / plug and plumbed a filtered rear axle vent into the aft left side storage box.

2) Drained rear axle, refilled with Mobil 1.

3) Replaced the wiper blades with oem replacement inserts.

4) Installed a Volant Ram Air Scoop with associated ducting to the original airbox.

5) Drained and flushed the power steering, refilled with Mobil 1 ATF

6) Drained and flushed the cooling system, refilled with Peak Fluid

7) Modified the air conditioner evaporator drain to keep it from dripping onto the frame rail. First setup worked very well, modified it though for a simpler cleaner looking install.

8) Took time to gather more information about which cats I will install onto my DTST headers getting them ready to install. Plus designing the rest of exhaust system so it can be here for a less painful almost plug and play install.

9) Internet ordered the Mobil 1 ATF for my tranny fluid change, researched the remote tranny filter setup I plan to install, still need to get those parts ordered.

Yes I am trying to convert my truck away from the Toyota fluids, most of the research is showing these oem fluids are a lot of marketing with marginal performance at great costs.

Also, a few months ago, installed a pair of Rocky Mounts Flytrap or something named like that, lockable style bicycle mounts that fit either a standard or 20mm axle. These were both fitted to the floor of the bed. Yes I did drill the bed to mount them. BTW, only the 20mm axle style can be locked.

Next on the easy list and still need to be done...

1) Remove the oem U joints and install quality aftermarket u joints with grease zerks.

2) Considering modifying the oem front suspension uprights to allow greasing the front wheel bearings via a grease gun.

3) Install a magnetic particle separator type filter base for the engine oil.

4) Install a power steering fluid filter.

5) Dis-assemble the front suspension pivots, sort out why these corrode solid and reassemble with grease or up grade to better bushings.

Enough for now.

PK

 

Pressure washed top and bottom, used air compressor to remove any dirt still lying in hard to reach areas under and around frame .Rustoleum Rust Reformer rattle canned the under side where rust was beginning to show its ugly head. Just need to get a couple cans flat black to go over rust reformer now. But it looks a lot better ! Need new camera that why no pix .

 

Installed my aero 2525 muffler with the pipe chopped after the axle. I like the sound a lot over the flowmaster 50 system.

 

Installed the Randy Ellis Light Bar. Still need to decide what lights I'm going with.
Also finally yanked the mud flaps off.

 

Thanked the folks at bajarack for making a great product!

Call me crazy if I like baskets.

 

bought a JL stealth box!!!

 

Just installed my 5100s there great will put up pics tonight

 

pics? where did you get it from & cost? I've been looking into one of these.

 

Got my homertaco grill, anyone looking for a high quality grill.
Look no further.

 

Replaced a dead 15 month old battery

 

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reinstalling the windshield cleaning conducts, just for the fun of it !!!

 

I got a random $600 check yesterday from the unemployment office (I guess they underpaid??? me when I got laid off over 6 months ago). So, it looks like I will be ordering the aFe cat-back today (49-46002). I am really looking forward to the extra 26hp/30lbs.ft. Torque!!! (j/k) I will be sure to post vids/soundclips.

http://afepower.com/catalog/49-46002/is.pdf

 

hell yeah!! get some pics of the whole truck now

 

Installed my Pioneer AVIC X9310BT today. Sounds amazing. I can stream audio wirelessly from my iPhone.



Also made my own start up splash screen.

 

Looked up prices on a new battery. Wondering if my battery will be dead after this deployment, with have 2 more months to go. Also, wondering if hooking up the battery tender would have been a good idea and just pay the cost of the electric bill for it.