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

im gonna look seriously hard at this one i need my spare & dont want to hall it on the cap or roof rack & in the bed is out of the question thats my gear & dog area

 

Tailgate is down for dirt bikes. And to be honest i really dislike the tailgate carriers. Going with all pro rear. Gonna have to figure something out...

 

Throw it on top of the cab...

 

What size are those?

 

Cut my rear mudflaps down







installing lift in the next 2 weeks hopefully

 

I cut 4" off front & 1" off rear before doing my lift, and now I wish I hadn't.

 

Gotta love the long weekends. I got a lot done.
- Added a aux power outlet to my console.
- wired a switch for my knight rider lights in the scoop.
- Installed my CB inside the console

After making the cuts to the console:


Cuts on the console carpet peice:


Wires for the power, etc:


Done but empty console:



Video of the finished job:
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I still need to add the PA speaker but i'm wired for it and attach the CB unit so its not floating around.

 

Why? i hated that this summer while wheeling they banged out on every rock on the trail, sounded horrible and thought i was doing damage to the fenders. I took 5 inches off the rears and completely removed the fronts cause they are horrible and worth around $120 bucks.

 

Put my metalmiller skid plate on.

Have a couple questions. I used stainless steel hardware since metalmiller was out of hardware. Is that ok, or should I try to find grade 8 stuff. I dont offroad, so im not worried too much about the bolts being sheared.

Also, had to take the emergency tow hook off to get the skid plate on. Can't get it back on after putting the skid plate on, as the skid is too close to the holes the bolts go in. Am i gonna die now? LOL. JK.

 

I trimmed mine for the same reasons, but now that I'm lifted I'm spraying the sides with the salt/sand the put on the roads.

 

I was gonna trim mine for a better look but I didn't because of the salt they use in PA and I'm extremely anal with how my truck looks

 

Yeah I hear ya about the salt, I usually just rinse mine off right after a snow storm. Those mudflaps are just to darn long!!!

I'm pretty good about spraying the undercarriage and wheel wells, bottom half of the truck after storms so i should be good.

 

Alot of it is salt, there is no escape from it. Some dirt too though. The undercarriage gets sprayed off from time to time. It looks bad now, but come spring it'll get cleaned and oiled down.

Yes, it hurts to see it that way.

 

Finished putting in my N-FAB spare tire carrier. Getting a custom strap made...bright blue strap with the gray truck doesn't mix well

 

Sell it to me. I'll take it if you don't want it.

 

Did the BHLM and front emblem on my Taco this weekend. The BHLM was pretty straight forward. I did manage to scratch the lenses on the way out and had to sand (600/1500 grit), and buff them out. Other than that, it was pretty easy. I could probably whip it out in a hour or two on the next go around. Anyway.....here's the progress pics:

 

How nutted-up are you on the exhaust? That's been my concern for doing this, wondering if I'd need some sort of heat shield. Damn glad to hear that a 33 can be jammed up there which means I'll definitely be able to swing a 32!

 

That 2012 looks sweet!!!

 

Damn...I couldn't get my 285 General Grabber AT2 up there...kept hitting the differential...so I purchased a spare tire rack

 

Put on the Sway Bar relocation bracket to get my coil overs off of it. fun times. Oh and I removed my skid plate in anticipation of the arrival of my new Bud Built skid.