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

That's impressive to be done in 4 hours. I wonder if that would make my paint finally shine

 

Lol. Twas a feeler

 

Lol. What have you been doing? I just bought this truck about a week ago. Normally I do this 2x a year once before winter and then after winter is done

 

I have a matching dent on my tailgate from the same thing. I wish it was my bumper... an excuse for a plate bumper would be great, but I don't have any plans for an aftermarket tailgate

 

Installed a pop and lock...

$90 Pl5500 , Standard Lock

Pl5500 with the camera adapter. Took 15min easy peasy

 

Wal mart wax. Looks great til it gets dirty then it just looks dull. When my cheap stuff runs out I'm gonna use a meguairs paint restoration kit with claybar

 

Meguairs is good. I prefer mothers brand products. I would clean you truck with dawn dish soap to get all the old stuff of and greasy things or a good citrus base car soap the once u dry it go straight with clay bar. It will get off more than you though. I have never buffed or used and scratch stuff on any vehicle.

 

Dish soap on car paint, huh? Sounds fun.

 

Won't products like dish soap with degreaser hurt the paint, at least over time? I know windex is a nono.

Thanks for the tips I will try them. It's so dang hard to keep all the water spots off, it's like I need to wash the whole thing again. But this was just a quick half arse wash for the bugs.

I haven't been able to get the wheels to look good. Only time they have is when I used the polish from my wax kit on them which took longer than I'd like to spend on wheels. Maybe a matte black detailer would work

 

I don't use dawn everytime I'm just saying if I was gonna go from a starting point forward dawn or a citrus based car soap would work best. I'll send ya a link when I get home to a website I use a lot they have a lot if good tips. Dawn isn't acid. True it's not made for what this use is but it's a soap with degreasing agents. It's not like your pouring tide with bleach in there

 

I'm going to me a get a high-pressure, electric leaf blower to dry my truck off. My next door neighbor doesn't use towels or a chamois, he uses a leaf blower and it works great....no scratches either!

 

Ordered this, now to wait for it to show up at the store.

 

so did I, thats why i came here had to see it.

 

I added a rear facing dash cam.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/au...am-genius-dvr-fhd590-installation-review.html

 

Installed a double din Kenwood with Sirius/Xm radild Alpine wad 15yrs old.Sounds much better.

 

Just ordered a set of these to go on my truck...

 

LOL....gonna be hard to keep them walls clean, LOL!!!!

 

My dad does the same thing. Works really good

 

These are the products I use for my taco and wife's 4 runner. I've tried many different brands. I do like mcguires* tech wax too. The white stuff in the jug I have works excellent as tire shine doesn't sling and lasts for weeks. It is also great on interiors. I know that sounds retarded but it works for a lot of different uses.

 

I washed my truck and then used mothers claybar kit, 3m compound polish and finished the truck with meguiars black finish wax