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

Do you have your stock grills?

 

That's a '12... won't fit yours

 

I'm swapping my bumper, headlights and grill to 2012

 

Bumper, headlights, grille, hood, fenders, and the underpinnings.

The only thing that's the same from 11 to 12 is the radiator support and inner fenders. The 12 has an entirely different front clip

 

It has the same fenders, the only difference are the bumper, grille and headlights

 

Feel free to try, but your hood isn't going to close properly.

 

A slightly cut will do the trick

 

Hood is different on 2012s

 

Ok I've take away the possibility to do that swap

 

Tinted my taillights.

 

Installed Undercover - Also plastiderped my pinch welds under the cab

 

gave her a bath, vacuumed the interior, pressure washed the bed mat and the wet okoles.

damn dog hair is still everywhere. stupid chocolate labs

 

to install the grillcraft you have to chop the center plastic out of the grill. otherwise i would be all over trying to sell it.

 

Color matched my front grill ... looks great

 

Well i got a pile of stuff done yesterday. Reinstalled all my skids, wrapped split loom over all my air lines and got the LCA ready for BAMF skid install until i noticed this...

 

Whatever you do, don't look under the back seats

 

Don't worry about it until it becomes loose

 

i know everyone likes pics ...



ugh, in need of a ubolt flip kit....

 

Yeah? I've got a wheelin' trip this weekend, think i would fine for that? Just waiting to go see dealer on Monday (when the service manager is back from holidays) to see if they will warranty it. I've got 70k kms on the odo right now so i think i may be out of luck. They mentioned replacing the whole LCA instead of just the BJ and boot? Wonder why...

 

Unless your BJ's are now "popping" and making "clunks" they are fine (I assume). Mine made noises for months before I changed them out. To prolong their life I injected grease into the boot with one of these in my grease gun




99.9% of dealerships don't have the brains to change out the BJ. They would rather their mechanics change the LCA instead, because they make more money that way. In theory all you need to do to change the BJ is take the tire off, sway bar, steering stop ect. and rarely is an alignment needed. If they change the LCA they get to hit you with a major labor charge + alignment. The BJ's are fairly simple to change out. Just be sure you check your bushings, tie rods, and cam bolts. If they are shot or seized now is the time to fix them.

Here are some links to DIY that will cost you less then $200 to do the BJ's.

BJ install/removal: http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/su...oint-replacement-2005-tacoma.html#post3691540

LCA bushing install/removal: http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/su...-replacement-2005-tacoma-4x4.html#post3691528

Part numbers: http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...eplacement-part-s-general-bs.html#post3278586

Some of the pics are jacked up, but I will be fixing them soon...