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

PintSize is about to make some hole

 

Imgur WTF

 

Had some extra scrap steel strips left over from a failed (aka...abandoned) shelving project...

So I reinforced my tailgate on the inside....

Heavy as all Hell now

 

Surfboard early morning mod yet again, thank you tropical storm Karl! And yet again I love Matt Gecko's LED bed lights!

 

Got any pics?

 

Used it as a workbench to finally sort some of the families tool collection into a real toolbox.... you never realize how many tools you have until you try to put them in a toolbox... i think ive got well over 200 sockets and i still have a milk crate of tools to sort

 

other than having to special order t-nuts does anybody know something i can slide into my bed rails to run a bolt into and tighten stuff down

 

I like to use 1/2" carriage bolts. Just shave a tiny bit off the round part and it slides right in. Not exactly what you're asking for, but I've used it for a lot of things

 

the carriage bolts are an oustanding idea except the tire rack i'm mounting has pieces of angle iron on the ends that fit snugly down over the bed rails so i'm going to have to go the other way around and have the bolts come in from the inside of the bed and tighten into whatever is in the rails

 

Ahhh, darn! Then as far a I know, the T-nuts are your best option.

 

Changed front, rear, and transfer case fluid. Also changed tranny fluid to MT-90. Added anzo black led tail lights with led 3rd brake light. Also added oem skid plate! Bhld, alpine stereo, tint, and wheels coming.

 

thanks somebody else said fastenal has them so i'll check there tomorrow. i just want to check this tire rack out and see if its something i want before i build 1 i'm damnsure not trying to fit my full size spare with matching wheel back under the truck

 

3/8" spring nuts/Superstrut nuts pop right in and dont have to be slid in from the end, and if the spring bothers you its easily detached

 

$24 Te-Co 41406T Black Oxide 1018 Steel Tapped Through T-Slot Nut, 3/8"-16 TPI, 5/8" Height x 7/8" Width x 9/16" Table Slot (Pack of 5)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009SWGLHW

Here's another place to get them if you want.

 

cool where can you find them i've never heard of them

 

IIRC Home Depot is the Go to place for them, but fastenal has fucking everything so id be suprised if they didnt have them. Also, the T-slot nuts can be gotten from fastenal, but they will most likely be special order. when i got mine they had to be special ordered in. also you just reminded me that i need to find that bag of nuts again... damn you lol

 

thanks for the info gents. will be heading to lowes shortly to see what they have if nothing i'll stop at fastenal on the way home tomorrow. that's what i love about this place some body has always run into an issue your working on

 

Took a couple morning shots at the museum

 

yeah, i used to work in a shop right next to a fastenal, i would regularly wander over there and get all sorts of ideas for stuff

 

You can create your own custom ones by buying the appropriate sized aluminum flat bar, cutting it to length and drilling and tapping it.