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

Yeah man, that looks great! I saw the scooped hood so I thought it was a sport and the grill would be matched, but then the mirrors aren't color matched, so I was all sorts of confused.

 

Now that is all done I don't want to change it all around. I would rather just trim the little grids out. I have to think about it some more. That is the reason I went with the Stealth mount in the first place. Amazing how we are always changing our minds.

 

Aha I hear you there. If you do trim it out, be patient. I'd recommend heating it up with a heat gun on low and hitting it with a razor blade. It's easy to scratch the surrounding plastic.

 

Thanks man, I like how it turned out!

Its actually a TXPro, I think they came with chrome grilles and rear bumpers, but black mirrors and door/tailgate handles, not 100% sure.

 

How did you do your grill? I've contemplated doing mine.

 

Haha thanks man!

 

Hey guys quick FYI, Pepboys is currently running an amazing sale on everything "hi-lift" with 35% off. Looks like it's running through the end of May. There's a discount code to use that pops up when you are on their site.

I'm grabbing mine, with a few accessories, this week.

 

An update!

 

Didn't know pep boys sold that!

 

Hot dang!! more than just hi lift
https://www.pepboys.com/accessories...OYOTA/TACOMA%20PICKUP/0/V6-3955%204.0L%20DOHC

 

Dayum!

 

So, the "chrome" isn't true chrome plating, its just vacuum formed onto the abs plastic grille, so its a little softer than true chrome plating would be. What I did on this one and have done with pretty good success on others, is just use 400 grit sandpaper, and prep the hell out of the chrome parts. 95% of paint work is prep. Make sure everything is dull and scuffed, no bright spots anywhere. Clean with a mild detergent and allow to dry COMPLETELY. Spray your color. And I usually try to heat parts for a smooth finish and a quick cure.

 

Lol neither did I until I did a google search for "hi-lift" yesterday and saw that their prices were lower than even Amazon with that discount.

 

Yeppers, the 35% off code is MMJ35.

 

Finally did the Fog light anytime mod.

 

Well sand blasted and re painted

 

It took me and my dad about 7 hours to do. Unfortunately no beers were consumed while installing the lift.

 

ECGS bushing yesterday.

Spark plugs today. 30K on the plugs and 110K on the engine and no unusual wear/staining on the old plugs.
<--finding some wood to knock on.

 

Washed it.
A couple days ago, I found a downside to the ProEFX mirrors. Had a bug hit the mirror and got the splatter redirected through the open window and straight to my face.

 

Thoughts? Yay or nay? Plastic and 85 bucks .... I may purchase and add the "toyota" letter on it.