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

How she sits now:


over the weekend:
-new radiator

• -coolant
• -painted black

-redid grill

• -deleted the "tacoma"
• -made it more shallow
• -repaint
• -made light bar "flush with it"

-new driver side front hub (Jersey Built)
-6 new wheel studs for driver rear
-new face plate for Bed Drawer

• -organized

- oh, and did I mention I mounted my new SCS Wheels

Before
After

Hub

Grill before

 

its, its, its so beautiful

 

Raya hit a big milestone so I got her a little present...

 

Lots of dismantling, cleaning, sanding painting..... resanding..... but Operation Interior Black Out is finished ( well minus the helix switch on order)

 

Very nice, in the process of that myself.

 

Thanks for the props ,
As for making one for you mach1man ,I don't have time but could probably send you a cut list.

I was able to get some polyurethane on and cut some filler strips for the top.
I put oak strips on the bottom of the drawers to keep them in place

I also made some brackets to hold the platform up unfortunley I have to travel to Alabama because of work for couple weeks,so I won't be able to do much work on this project. But on the bright side I'm taking my ADV bike and I love riding down there.

 

I've never really had the chance to look before. I always park on dirt or grass or an angle where I can't see the truck head on.

Well today I walked out of the grocery store and my truck was looking at me with it's head tilted... Taco leaning like a biatch...

I hear the body/radiator mounts are the correct solution?

 

Removed all emblems, painted grille emblem white to match body, and spent some quality time with my Mothers Wax Attack buffing, polishing, and waxing the entire truck. Been neglecting that since it was new.

 

need to black out the emblem as well...

 

@kgarrett11 you got me! I do need to. Looks like more painting tomorrow... btw you missed your volume switch

 

Finished installing my new shell still need to finish sealing it around the front and tail gate.

 

Let's see some more pics, inside and out, of that shell!

 

Drove up this steep ass residential road in the mountains.

 

Hard taco, soft taco


Got my fridge wiring ran from the engine bay to the bed today. Still have to attach the tie downs to my platform but that wont be until tomorrow!

 

Wicked.

 

I replaced the burnt blower fan resistor and harness

I couldn't find the replacement at auto zone and they said it was unavailable from their supplier but a little parts store in St. Paul called metric auto parts was able to order it for me.
It was around $50 with shipping but still better than the stealership and I was worried about sourcing it at all
Pretty easy to do, works perfectly
I was dealing with only having off or high for the A/C, but in winter, with heat and defrost, it would get old in about 10 seconds!

 

Anyone know if 3rd gen leaf springs will fit a second gen?

 

OEM or aftermarket
My Dakars came off a 3rd gen

 

OEM