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

Well, cleaned and waxed my black sand pearl and it looks great!

I have my chrome grill primed and painted with rustoleum bed liner. After 4 months of bugs slamming into it at 70mph I've only lost this tiny chip of paint. Looks pretty good to me.

 

I waited 6 hours for the UPS man to deliver my AAL and coils, but the fucking idiot couldn't get into my community. This is the 5th time UPS won't even make an effort to deliver. Doesn't call the house from gate, doesn't call my cell number that's on my UPS account, and doesn't read the gate code that's listed on my UPS account.

Rather than installing the AAL tonight and coils on friday ill have to stay up all Friday night and get them installed so I can get the alignment done saturday morning.

 

Finished packing it for this weekends camping/fishing trip

 

Went to the dealer to order 2 new steering rack bolts.... and shopped online for a new front bumper....and cleaned out my backseat area...

But... this week:

1. Changed the rack bushings to energy suspension polys..
2. Changed out my clock spring
3. Found I have clunking play in my pinion shaft... so I ordered a spanner wrench to adjust it here in the coming weeks...
4. Shopped for new shocks/coils online..

 

Figured I post up my GPS RAM mount off the grab handle. It's perfect! Also got my TREDS from kickstarter after a long wait... Actually wondering if I'll ever really need to use them Haven't ever been stuck in the sand and winch at the standby to connect to something if needed so hmmmh. At least they look cool and that's all that matters...

 

She looks like a stocker next to my buddies diesel

 

$12 uxcell M6x70mm Hex Bolt Socket Head Cap Machine Screws Fasteners Black 10Pcs

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015A38ZYY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Perfect length that fits the bolt hole in the grab handle. M6 is the correct bolt for the hole. The RAM kit bolts are M8, so I scrapped those for projects down the road if needed... 70mm is a good length to get the RAM ball far enough from the grab handle to allow the RAM swivel clamps for better adjustment..

Used this RAM kit:

$13 RAM Mounts RAM-B-367U Motorcycle Handlebar Clamp Base with M8 Bolts with B Size 1" Ball

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005J43I56/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

High lift with no where to hook it to

 

Maybe he has the Lift Mate?

http://www.hi-lift.com/accessories/lift-mate.html

 

that thing is sick! how much and what kind?!

 

I changed my front differential oil this past saturday. It rained all day so I did get a chance to test that new oil at a local mud spot!
I watched a few videos on changing the front diff oil, and people recommend a hand pump... I didn't want to buy one so I made my own "hand pump" with some plastic tubing, two zip ties and some gorilla tape. surprisingly it didn't leak all over as you might think! it was air tight and didn't take that long!
Another fun saturday hanging out under my truck!

 

Thanks, It's an Allpro bumper.

 

Hey Rick lookin good!

how did you mount the ramps? will be doin this soonish as well.

 

I haven't posted in a while, but I finally got my front two windows tinted, tint visor, painted the badges black and a new (to me) TorzaTop. It's slowly getting there.

 

Today I finished my grill, wired and installed my lightbar and hella tone horns. I think it looks pretty good. Everything was purchased off of Amazon and done on a budget. Still need to wet sand and get final coats of paint on the grill in a week once it has cured.

 

Finished building and installing my front bumper. LED strips wired that light up the F 'n' A. LED flood pods wired that work great (have yellow covers). Hitch receiver on the front and back for winch.

 

Jesus, how wide are your tires? 12.5"?

 

I painted my with the same and it's held up really well over the 1.5 years since!

 

Added a bed mat today and went for a little stroll on the refuge road.

 

Isn't the expression fuckin eh?