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

I have the hood struts but didn't get the tailgate struts because of the binding issue I read on TW. I use the tailgate 10,000X more then the hood so I wonder if anyone has found a solution ?

 

took off my sway bar, hopefully have better time when offroading

 

let me know how it works!!!

 

Got it ready for towing my 7'x16' flatbed. Tested my B&W dual ball hitch and installed a Prodigy P2 brake controller.

 

How much was you brake controller and where did you get it?

 

Will do. Doesnt handle that much difference.

 

I bought it from etrailer.com for $124.95

 

New eyes




Haven't wired up the LED's and angel eyes yet, want to figure out how I want each thing to come on.

 

My cable is pretty chewed up now and I was thinking of removing it but the cable does hold the weight when something is sitting on the gate. I was thinking of a smaller cable that connected along the strut as a limiter strap almost. something else to work on....

 

Nice. Can you show some more pics of how you mounted these?

 

Thanks for the reply. If you find a solution please let us know. I'd like to do this if it would work. I uses the tail gate many X a day. Thanks again.

 

My truck is at the shop getting new gears right now and I can't take any new pics for a while. The lights came with some brackets and I just used those, nothing fancy really.

I did cut the slats out in the lower section to make room for the lights though.

It was pretty easy, I didn't even have to remove the bumper to do it.

 

I saw those lights in a catalog the other day and thought about doing the same thing. How's the light output?

 

They are pretty bright, and a bit more focused than my regular headlights.

Like, my headlights just light up everything in a very broad area, and these put more of a bright "hotspot" in the middle of the road. They do have a little bit of spill also, that adds to the overall output.

What I like is I can run them with the high beams, or the low beams, they are nice when used with the high's because you "get back" the light shining on the road directly in front of you.

When used with the lows, it basically doubles the amount of light you have.

They are not blinding bright or anything, but I am really happy with them!

I think they just use a standard bulb, (H7?) so it is basically like having 4 headlights, but these are a little more focused. I will try and do some "beamshots" when I get my truck back, but it's gonna be a while.

 

Today i just got my ARB front bumper installed... It look really cool!!!

 

Sealed and installed my ebay black headlights. I originally wanted to BHLM my OEM lights but they lenses were getting mega foggy =( Oh well, I think they look pretty sharp on her.

 

Got some DTLT's, the ceramic was bad around the flanges as you can see.
After a lot of sanding, Naval Jelly (works wonders on rust), Dremeling, etc....I got some high temp ceramic paint and sprayed it down (torched it between coats a bit)
It's in the oven for the second time now!

 

^Nice! good job on the restoration..

 

time shall tell!

 

Inwas planning on changing the oil, filters(oil, air, cabin), spark plugs, clean the TB and MAF sensor, but instead got stuck playing with my septic tank bc the assholes that installed it used the wrong pipe and consequently it all decided to break and clog up my system!!!!

Pretty SHITTY day if you ask me!!!

Hopefully tomorrow I will get some time for my baby!