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

Added the switch for the ABS cut off



Found this:


So I did this:

 

Thanks! Very happy! I was getting tired of black. I'll likely go with something louder next

 

How did you bend the swaybar links?

 

Your gonna go white, aren't you

 

Finished my BHLM so I finally got to go driving in the snow. Tried to rescue a big Dodge that had slid into a ditch but my truck didn't have the umph to get him out from it. He was sitting leaning completely 45 degree sideways. But a bigger Chevy came to get him. Made me miss my old Chevy.

 

Nah, not a fan. Maybe red or green.

 

that black and orange theme looks wicked! very cool, man

 

Thanks man. I appreciate it.

 

Those came out really good! I take it the lights held up well when you baked it.

 

Yeah they didn't budge a bit. I'm quite happy with how they came out. The black just looks so much better on these trucks. Wish it came stock that way.

 

Off road, doing stuff I shouldn't.

 

I have noticed that on some lighter white and silver Tacomas they use smoked headlights. I agree black would be way better.

 

Blew both rear shocks on the first day of the trip. Still wheeled it, just pulled the shocks off.

 

Ouch....

 

Dang.

 

I didn't know you could do that.

 

I hated the fact that I could never tell if my fog lights were on or off unless I looked to see if the switch was physically depressed.

I swapped out the original switch with an FJ switch since it has a status LED. Part Numbers I bought from toyotapart.com:
1 x PT297-35070-AS AUXILIARY SWITCH FJ
1 x 90980-10933 HOUSING, CONNECTOR, FEMALE
2 x 82998-12340 TERMINAL, REPAIR W/ WIRE

The "Terminal, Repair w/ Wire" were the extra two wires needed since the FJ switch has 6 positions and the Tacoma only has 4. These are the two super thick green wires in the images below.

The FJ switch came with a green LED for the status indicator and an amber LED for the illumination. I swapped the amber LED with the green LED from my OEM Tacoma Fog light switch so that everything matches. They just twist out / back in super easily.

Installation was super simple. I pulled apart the lower dash, released the 4 x wires from the Tacoma connector (using a little jewelers screwdriver to push up the tabs holding in the wires), plugged the wires into the FJ connector, added two extra wires and jumped them over. These 2 extra wires are used to power the status LED. I followed the following wiring scheme when connecting the FJ connector:

Pin 1: Green
Pin 2: White / Green
Pin 3: Blue
Pin 4: Black / White
Pin 5: Jumpered to Pin 1 Green
Pin 6: Jumpered to Pin 3 Blue





Fog Lights On, Status LED Illuminated:


Fog Lights Off, Status LED Off:


All Lights Off (on stalk), Fog Light button still depressed, LEDs off:

 

Shocks just dampen bumps...springs are your suspension really.

Matt

 

Before and after