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

Activated my XM radio and some more parts came in for my nav retrofit. The GPS antenna I ordered was shipped to a dealer in Maine! They said I wouldn't see it until next week. Luckily, it did arrive yesterday and I had to plug it in on my lunch break.
Today I'm going to see what plug is in my tailgate (for the camera) and start figuring out the last of the wiring. I need to run wires from the head unit to the spiral cable, and driver kick panel.

 

Getting ready for the BHLM... using my old ones as practice first

 

Did you install resistors? Part # please.

 

Well....shit.

 

Aironboard.com has switched sized for those spots. Some have modified them to have the typical switches fit but I’d be careful

 

Hope you have a nice little knife to fix that.

 

OOOHHH CRAAAPPP! I have the same switch/same location. My fit fairly snug when I installed it months ago but I had to trim a little. Nervous now.

 

It really is amazing what they can do. Looks great!

 

Bora 1" spacers to fix slight UCA rub.

 

Got 244 miles outta this much gas...

 

Among some little things, emptied the oil catch can.
I'm always so amazed to see the amount of oil catched in 5,000 miles.
This is really an helpful, and cheap mod !

 

iJDMTOY Lower Bumper 31.5" LED Light Bar Kit For 05-up Toyota Tacoma & 14-up Tundra, Includes (1) 150W High Power Combo Beam LED Lightbar, Lower Bumper Opening Mounting Brackets & Relay Wire Switch ....this is the description of the whole kit it came in off of Amazon, when the cheap light craps out I will upgrade to a Rigid until then it works fine...had it in 2 feet of water, multiple puddles, bounced it 60 miles in and out of logging roads and trails, brackets held, light is fine and still aimed correctly, I did buy a rocker switch for a cleaner install. Had to bend the brackets in about an inch. Chalked the inside of the grill where I cut off the side fin...take it slow tape it off to prevent scratches...its a 2 hour job that I took 4 hours to do. Good luck have fun, it's worth it, huge difference off road.

 

Winch installed last night. Drove it goose hunting this morning love my truck.

 

Spent a couple hours with a multi-meter, wiring diagrams and my truck to figure out the remaining wires.
I need to order some wire, connectors and pins so I can fully install the navigation. I'm saving the steering wheel controls for last.

I'm making custom harnesses so I don't have to tap into any wires and no fuse taps will be used.
I have everything figured out except for the parking brake wire for the head unit (connector N25, pin 15). I've looked in the navigation owners manual and I see no mention of the parking brake, so I think I can leave that not connected.

 

No resistors. Just took the old bulbs out and plugged the new ones in. Easiest mod. They light up my entire garage. Literally a night and day difference.

 

Part #!

 

Time for an upgrade

 

Correct.

 

Did a couple of things today.

1st...a coolant swap. One of two drain and fills. I'll do the 2nd one next weekend.



Another little thing I did today. I'm getting ready to start a series of drain and fills with the transmission.

So I bought an OBDII male connector... $6.50 from Amazon. I tied pins #4 and #13 together. No more fanagiling with a jumper wire. Just plug and play. Will make entering temp check mode a breeze.

Marked the pins with a green Sharpie .



Made a permanent jumper.







Plug it in when I need it.



Oh...and I installed a new JVC touch screen HU in my oldest daughter's Yaris the other day.

 

not today but this past week I finally got new shoes! Upgraded from the 245/75/16 Dunflops to 265/75/16 Cooper AT3 4S.