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

New shoes. The gaudy as hell Rockstar XDs that came on it had to go so I went ahead and moved up to 33s too. No rub at full lock on the street..the jury is still out on if it rubs off road. There may be a CMC or higher lift of some kind in my future. Next...just waiting on my sliders from @Mobtown Offroad so I can take the Nfabs off.
~edited to read full LOCK not full articulation. Was thinking one thing and typed another. Derp.

 

That looks like the RIGID.

 

Cleaning terminals for winter and installing gold plated ends.

 

Dear god how is that possible.

 

Guess what I been doing? Yep turning and burning the seat risers or spacers . I even wash them.

 

sweet real anvil and sweet railroad anvil

 

Yeah but do you Alodine© them?

 

De-badged finally

 

It's a Rigid Chase light that I snagged on Amazon for $166 (back up to $229). It came with it's own leads that I soldered to a 7pin quick connect with the other end soldered to the taillight harness on the driver side. I already had bed lights so I just tapped into that harness.

 

ok, and now the next question... where'd you get the 7pin connector? Looks nice

 

Apparently it was a 6pin per my orginial post... But I got it off Amazon as well. It's got an o ring so it should be weather tight.

 

Ready to do the OEM big brake swap on Saturday, for the most part. Should have the second backing plate tomorrow.
Trucks on the lift already, may at least take the wheels off tomorrow but I doubt it lol.

 

Took the pup up to Mt. Rainier today.

 

Just installed my AJT climate control and 4WD knobs! I really like these! Black on black.

 

Today I hunted down a slight knocking in the front end. Put the front end on jack stands, wiggled the tires top-to-bottom with no perceived play or noise. Wiggled side-to-side with a noticable clicking/knocking noise, but really couldn't feel it. Had the wife wiggle the tire while I placed my hand on various chassis/suspension parts behind the wheel, definitely "felt the knocking" directly in the rod that connects the steering rack. My steering wheel was locked and rachet strapped to my sliders to prevent that from moving.
Should there be any notable play in that steering rack? It's so subtle, but can feel it in the rod and hear it clearly.

 

Ordered my ARB locker last week and got this done today. Heading to Moab in 3 days.

 

LOL, Good eye, the old one from mid to late 1800's

 

I have a couple railroad ones, one of my favorite tools

 

Finally, pull the plug and lifted my taco 2mo ago. Went for the Oldman Emu heavy lift. After all the research I found what will work for me. I’ve beem part of an Overland club and can finally complete some trails.
This Sunday, the ARB bumper will go on.
MAN!! I’m excited.

 

Took Apache trail all the way past canyon lake to Apache lake! The recent storms meant VERY low dust, which was nice.