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

AOB and CH4X4 sell quality switchez

 

No contest. The 2nd gen is the winner by a full length.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/morale-patches.353550/

 

judging by the prices they are probably all made by the same company hahaha the list of retailers could probably go on and on. seems like everyone has their own source haha lots of options out there that's for sure

 

heres a quick link for future reference if you have a double cab haha those are the ones I want to get as well.

http://www.roughcountry.com/rc-toyota-wheel-to-wheel-nerf-steps-rct05809.html

 

I'm trying to sell my nfab nerf bars, look the same as those rough countries

 

They are virtually the same, by looking at pictures during my time of research I think the rough country's sit tighter and leave less of a gap and looks like the hoops on the nfab are a little bigger but again could just be an illusion. I think anyone would be happy either way tho

 

comparing mine to rough countries i didn't see any size or fitment differences, n-fabs website makes the hoops look huge, i thought the same thing..

 

Built my rear bumper and put on a BruteForce Hybrid front, also did the front part of the lift with 885 coils and new bilsteins. Going to do the rears and weld on the sliders when I get time and more money. Hope everyone had a good Christmas!

 

okay good it wasn't just me that thought that hahaha that was my main reason for deciding on the rough country's hahaha saw the size of the loop and was like nooooope not on my truck haha kinda figured it was just the pic tho, but when buying online I don't chance it anymore haha

 

Was getting the usual clunking while turning noise and vibrations at certain speeds. Put it on the jack quick and wheel barely turned and had some shaking. Ordered another bearing and seal thru the local machine shop and then went home and took everything apart. Well, come to find out my rack and pinion has some slop in it..so gotta research all this now on whats good, what people have problems with and what else I should know or need.

I believe original rack and pinion, 160+ k and I did the maxtracs in mid october but put on about 5k. Did a lot of towing and off asphalt driving since then…bumpy roads and going places…maybe 1500-2k of the miles were off road. I guess its time ill have to change the rack and pinion. Should be fun. If anyones got any tips or feedback on a good brand or if I should go locally to napa, cq or oreillys(which I just might do). Thanks


Also got some electrical cleaned up and finally put in the led map lights. I like it way better. Shoulda done that awhile ago.

 

the ones I ordered are made by the Ch4x4 manufacturer and as depicted in the pictures also come with the pigtail and connector assembly. On the Ch4x4 website it appeared you had to order these separately.

 

Thanks!

 

The 2 I have came w/ pigtails as well. I can't remember where I got them but I think it was aironboard

 

Ch4x4 was the first place I found the small push swtches to go in the concole under the heater controls. I just checked Amazon out of curiosity and there they were. As somebody else stated there doesn't appear to be as big a selection of led back lighting colors for them but they had what I wanted

 

I have some of those push switches in both my taco and my gfs FJ. One from aironboards ebay store, one from Amazon with no brand name, and one from aliexpress. All are identical.

 

I just put a 3 inch lift and 32 inch tires on my 09.



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Would anyone be interested in trading smoked or black head lights for my chrome backed ones.

 

What brand are those? I like the look a lot.

 

Wanted to give an update as promised. I paid my truck off last month and have been wanting to do some worthy mods since I have a little extra cash flow. So I added Relentless bars and a Tepui Kukenam Sky Ruggedized, and a truck vault style heavy duty drawer. Well after adding all of that it caused my rear to sag a bit, so I started researching my best option. I settled on adding Firestone Ride Rite air bags and Daystar air bag cradles. And after about 500 miles with approx 500# of tent, bars and gear, with 35psi in the driver side and 25psi in the passenger, I have fallen in love with my truck all over again. It rides so much smoother and sits with just a very slight rake, with the rear just about a 1/2" higher. I love the ease of adjustability with these and the fact that installation is pretty straight forward. I would highly highly recommend these to anyone carrying a constant load or for those who tow or carry loads at times. I am very pleased. See pics below, the first pic is before the bags and the second is after with the 500# load and the above psi numbers in each bag. And it looks so much better to me knowing I don't have a car payment anymore.