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

Okay cool. Any issues with the install,like pulling the fuse until after you installed everything?

 

Shoved mine right in a few months ago. Didn't pull the fuse, and have had no issues to-date. I did discover that some of the bulbs are uni-directional (they only work if you put them in one way/non-reversible).

 

Depends on your wheels, I have trd or wheels and needed spacers to clear the ucas. My 5100's are set at 1.75 by the way, still had to trim some of the fender liner up front.

 

Haven't been on the forums in a while, but I have still been doing stuff. Here is a photo dump from the past weekend: Sandstone crawling was out in Farmington, NM at Choke Cherry wash and the Fall colors are outside of Durango, CO in the San Juan Mountains.

 

There's whole thread about interior LEDs supplied by one of our members, and the flicker issues: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/interior-dome-led-light-kits.347450/page-95#post-13309998

I have one of the early batches, and I believe there were some quality issues. The LED are separate elements that are arranged in a cluster to produce the light pattern. Basically, it's LEDs on small circuit boards that are soldered into a stack. It's not sealed or coated with anything, so I'm guessing heat and vibration cause stress cracks in the solder. Eventually, the elements lose contact, start to flicker, then go dark. I found the same LEDs for under a buck online, so it's no wonder they have issues.
There's a guy named Jumper on here that sells a different class of LEDs. More money, but I believe his have a better track record. There's a thread in the Sales section. Good guy and he really knows his LEDs.

 

installed all LED interior lights, plan on doing reverse and license plate lights this evening, and then HOEPFULLY my u.s. offroad hidden winch month this weekend

 

All LEDs are unidirectional. It's why they are classified as diodes. When you install them, there is a 50-50 chance you'll get it wrong

 

I plan on doing the reverse and license plat lights soon as well

 

awesome job

 

Is it a pain to remove the tpms from stock wheels then put it on aftermarket wheels and then mount in on a new tire?

 

you have a lot of turds on your dash

 

New wheels on
My 2nd gen today. New rubbers as soon as the snow flys.

 

time for an expensive game of horse shoes! Does anyone have any tips for the install?

 

Not a dramatic mod, but performed the anytime Fog Light mod. Been putting this off for about a year. Works as advertised!

 

can you give me a link to that? What method did you use?

 

good luck with getting the long bolts out. Have a friend help.

 

I did this one.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...no-splicing-no-bending-100-reversible.309407/

 

Pretty positive my wheels are the same specs. 16x8, 4.5 BS, 0 offset.

No issues with mine, but I'm lifted 2.5/2.75 up front with 265/75/16 Cooper ATP.

 

Did some trimming to my wheel wells/front fenders. There is no scrubbing now-except for the body mounts. *Grumble grumble* I've ground them down a lot, but I'll have to just bite the bullet and chop them if I ever want ZERO scrub. Next mod will be a Front bumper. I really like ARB's Been on all my other trucks, but I would like something a little lower profile. I was thinking either a CBI or Pelfreybuilt. Anyone have bad experience with either of these bumpers?

Anyway pics or it didn't happen:

 

If you look at your valve stems you will notice a zinc'd nut around it. That is what holds the sensor to the valve stem hole in your wheel. When you pull the old tires or air down and break the bead you can simply unthread that nut - 10mm as I recall - and use it in your new wheel if that wheel allows it to fit.