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

I found I had issues until I did both with my Rago CB antenna mount. I scratched off the powder coat where the firestik fitting met the metal, since it needs to be mounted without a ground wire. Then I scraped around another bolt hole and ran a ground wire from there to the frame to get a better SWR reading. Powder coating really screws with grounding, and most of the bed being composite doesn't help either.

 

These: https://www.ebay.com/itm/401627628870?ViewItem=&vxp=mtr&item=401627628870

 

Not to the truck but tired of feeding kids so I am building them a feeder. 10' hay rack .

 

Started a bed cage with integrated tonneau cover, lots of work left to go. Build thread here:https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/custom-aero-bed-cage-tonnaue-cover-version.582736/

 

Rotated my tires, checked front and rear diff fluids, both ok and still pretty clean. I had to add about 1/2 a quart to my manual transmission. I don't see any leaks so I must not have let it sit long enough when I changed it this Summer. Also added a few ounces to the T-case and greased my u-joints.

 

Just joined here, nice to see some members running our stuff! Thanks for posting up a couple of pics

DECKED

 

Looks like fun!!!! there are some things I do miss about winter in MN. nice video!!!!

 

Got a voodoo rack, built a custom bed panel and strap on some goodies with them good ole bungees

 

D-Ring Swivel Bushings. Anybody might be interested in swivel bushings for the D-Rings ? A member brought it to my attention it might be something folks would like that I could do in my shop. It allows the D-Ring to spin. He did his and everyone who sees them like them. I know the Dodge D-Rings are decent and will look into furnishing the D-Ring and bushing if possible. Just feeling it out. Thanks

 

Uhhhh?

 

did you remove leaf? I know they recently changed their leafs. Mine have 5+2. Thinking of removing a leaf to soften it up a bit.

 

Ordered new LCAs and JBA high caster uppers. Sick of the alignment shops around here not being able to align my truck even though the dealership could do it fine before i moved. Plus the extra caster should be a nice change for high way driving!

 

For those interested in seeing the ijdmtoy SR led fogs in action.

 

Stripped the old ball joints and bushings from the SPC UCA’s that a member donated to me to accommodate the Fox 2.5’s I purchased. New parts should be here this week. In the mean time I’ll strip the paint from these and get some silver on them.

 

Purchased the final piece to the new front end. Missed out on a members kings so opted for the ol 6112 instead

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/diy-hi-lift-and-tool-mounts.260147/

 

Yea I'm thinking if I run a ground from the nut through the bed to the frame I'll be good. But now I'm starting to think I should just use a regular coax cable since I'm not even really using the fire ring part. More research to be had....lol

 

I used just the firestik stud (

$13 FireStik K-4A Stud with Screw-On Coaxial Termination for Antenna Mirror Mounts

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002HRBSU/ref=od_aui_detailpages01?ie=UTF8&psc=1) instead of going with the firering.

The stud also recommends not using a ground cable connected directly to the stud as well but I did have to scrape around where it mounted because it relies on the mount point to be grounded. Since the beds are mostly composite you will probably have to run a ground wire from the bracket to your frame no matter what. Just make sure you scrape off powder coating wherever you run the ground wire as well cause the powder coating will cause an issue there as well.

 

This might interest you:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-led-sae-j583-fog-pod-fog-light-review.554813/

 

Oh ok, I follow what you're saying a bit better now. Basically you're creating a better grounded bracket (or in my case, bed stiffener). Not a grounded stud