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

Used SEM paint on my gray last summer to match my leather seats and did the console in black. It's holding up well. I have since replaced the window switches, door grabs and door sill covers with factory tan parts and the gray door inlays were redone with the leather pieces that came with the kit.

 

No mods on deck (unfortunately) and no mods planned in the near future (also unfortunate)

Just going to drive it for a little while and see what happens.



Not really a 'milestone' but that was my milage when I parked at work this morning.

 

ive got double the mileage of what you got, but yeah i think im done with mods for a while for the truck.....maybe until black friday but money is going towards the house now

 

I got to finish paying off this note already

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You didn't mention what brand it is. I looked all over for a "WallyMart" and couldn't find it.

 

Had a crack in my tail light, so of course I had to upgrade before my inspection was due. Also finally hooked up the cap lights while swapping.

I had trouble getting the lamp from the OEM headlight to fit into the new socket, so I took the whole harness of the old housing and put it on the new housing.





Also mounted up a set of oem running boards I picked up from facebook, but I guess my phone decided not to take that picture.

 

There's a bunch of unnecessary shit people do that I couldn't image wasting my money on besides my opinion that they look terrible. (AC knobs/remote key housing/etc)

My strategy is to not spend any money on frivolous cosmetic shit and spend it all on performance that will actually improve the truck.

 

I couldn't agree more... The key fob housing and ac knobs are literally my 2 biggest head shakers. But hey, to each his own I guess

 

What did you do to make the leaf pack stop squeaking? I'm having a similar problem with my aal...

 

https://www.lowes.com/pd/fluid-film...oVaeJg8Pf1PVXSMVWtOgU_yS2RpA7I98aAsxYEALw_wcB

 

Interesting, Ill give that a shot, thanks!

 

Droop the suspension and hose Fluid Film or something of the like between the leafs.

 

Yep. I jacked up the truck and let the axle droop out. That took the load off the leaves so they’re easy to separate. Wedged a flat head screw driver in between the leaf to separate it a little and sprayed that in there. Don’t be afraid to be liberal with it

 

did you take out the center pin of the leaves as well or just wedged a screwdriver in there while they were all still connected? Sorry i know it seems like a silly question, its more out of curiosity...

 

Not a silly question at all. You don’t need to take the center pin out. You mainly just spray the outer part of each leaf, since that’s where all the noise comes from. No need to even remove the tires. Whole thing takes like 10 minutes

Jack from the rear diff, and go nice and high. Place your jack stands on the frame, below your rear doors. That’ll keep your frame in place and as you lower the jack, the axle will droop down.

 

Sweet, thanks for your help man!

 

Is that on a Thule rack? I have a ladder rack for hauling my kayak and have thought about using it for a camping platform, but havent really researched yet. I'd only use a weekend or 2 a year so utilizing the rack I already have would be most cost effective

 

Put some headlights on it!

 

That's sweet with the TRD demon eyes! I like the white with black theme.

 

Thank you buddy!