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

This happened this morning. Gas light came on at 283 miles, I pushed it to just over 300 to get to the gas station (Kroger for discounted gas). Haven't done the actual math but obviously with bigger tires it's actually more than that. Let's say I was a little nervous about running out.

 

Remember bigger tires will make your odomitor read incorrectly, so you might have gotten a little better mileage than you thought. I've got 265/75/16's which makes mine is off by 3%, and I know some guys with 35's say there is off by 12%.

 

Yeah if I remember correctly mine is off by 9%, that's why I said the miles would actually be more since I have bigger tires. Doing the math I put just over 18 gallons in so I got 16.6 (uncorrected) mpg.

 

Ended up keeping the amber fogs. Since last year, I have switched out the G2's for Bridgestone Revo II. Turns out the noise was not the tires but rather my wheel bearings. Once that was fixed, the tires are quiet as can be. Replaced my tonneau vinyl a few weeks ago as the old one was starting to show it's age (7 years).

Also recently decided to finally install my LED back up lights (flush mount in the bumper). Put it off for over a year as I was apprehensive about cutting up my bumper. They do not sit 100% flush due to the curve of the bumper but I knew that going in and was part of the reason for waiting so long. I'm going to fill the top gap with black RTV sealant for appearances. I covered the bumper cut areas with painters tape, marked my cuts, used a 3/8 drill to mark the corners and then an angle grinder cut off wheel to make the straight cuts.

Also relocated my trailer wire harness as long as I was cutting up the bumper anyway. I used the OEM plug but since it only has the 2 bolts on one side, it did feel firmly attached when disconnecting the trailer wiring. So I added 2 #4-40 bolts under the cap in the two little triangular areas to snug it up. I used a 2-1/4" metal hole saw to make the cuts. As you can see below, the saw jumped and I scratched the paint a little (even trhough the painters tape which was very little security anyway) below the outlet but used some touch up paint to cover it.

Lastly, I removed my custom TRD beach cruiser bedside decals since they were not good quality to begin with and were starting to bubble and flake and replaced with 2016 model TRD 4x4 Sport decals. Pics in next post.

 

Sweet! Mine should be arriving any day now! I was hoping to get them done before it gets cold (well, Texas cold) as I've heard the heat make the install easier.

 

Really dig those back up lights. Did you wire them into the back up lights or are they switched?

 

They are on a switch. I had backup lights mounted under the bumper but wanted to move things up out of the way and cleaner looking. So I alraedy had the wires there.

 

You can go at least 50 miles after the light comes on

 

I think that may be accurate....if you're stock..

 

Fixing to buy some new headlights if everything goes through with the seller!

 

I'm sure it would have been a little easier in the heat but it still wasn't too bad. Just took some extra force.

 

70° in Ohio? Perfect time to rotate some tires before the snow hits.







If you are curious on the rotation pattern that I chose, here is a picture.

 

did the same pattern for mine a few weeks ago.

That's pretty standard for 4wd vehicles.

 

Picked my truck up from the frame replacement yesterday. Had them install 5100 Billies all around with 884 OME coils with LR UCA's. Drives like a brand new truck! Kudo's to toyota for standing behind their product and spending insane amounts of money on these frame replacements. I was told the invoice to Toyota was around 15k!

 

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Ordered, received and installed the bed net. I think it'll come in handy for camping trips!

 

I just wanna lay on it..

you should test it.. bed hammock

 

7.5% for 255/85's which are microscopically taller than 285's so that should work close enough

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usually have burned right at 17.5 when my light comes on so you should have nearly 4 gallons left, so as long as you are getting better than 12.5 you should be good for 50 miles

 

Heck yeah man! I guess I don't need this air mattress any more that I just bought...

 

Nice, where did you get that switch?