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

Our local Hardware sells "riv-nuts" - like these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=rivnut

The Tacoma bed is glass reinforced resin that is easy to drill and drop riv-nuts into - that's what holds down my bed drawer system:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-storage-systems.424709/page-70#post-19239868

 

Ha! Calvin and Hobbes are amazing. I grew up reading those comics. (And my profile pic is my favorite tattoo )

 

Changed cabin and engine air filters, which weren't horrible but not sure when they were last changed.




Then @chiefcrunchy came to the rescue with a color match bumper to replace the one the deer took out three days after I bought the truck. I had already replaced the bumper supports and headlight and grill so this was the last step in getting back to the state in which I purchased her.
Day After

Pre-op

Facial reconstruction and helped @chiefcrunchy with his Demello facelift


All in all a productive day and great to meet another local TW member

 

Here's a side shot. Sorry for the lighting. Showed up at sunrise today. Always here first. LoL

 

Thanks! Good looking truck

 

Mines an ‘08 and I just rolled 93k... Dad didn’t drive it much.

 

Since my bumper is off for painting I decide to replace my radiator support mount bushings. They definitely needed it.

$28 Energy Suspension- 9.4101G UNIVERSAL MOUNT

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000CN9BZ0?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/polyurethane-radiator-support-mounts-cab-also.361346/

One was super super easy. The other... something was warped. Had to use a pry bar to get the damn bolt in.

None of my truck projects recently have gone as smoothly as they could have.

 

What kind of 303, sir?

 

Got a package delivered by UPS and went to work. Completely changed the look of my truck.

 

Damn those are nice!

 

Toothpaste and a buffer works great at this

 

But there's still clean spots all over that rag

 

You sanded?! Nice job, I heard oven cleaner takes chrome off.
I'm going to put it to the test.

 

Nice
Somebody's on a roll!

 

You should be engaging your 4x4 more often and the e-locker if you have it.
Time without using them takes an expensive toll!

 

gas mileage... What's that?

(Coughing) 13 mpg

 

I had read that as well. Tried it on my grill emblem with no luck. I ended up using Duplicolor adhesion promoter primer and it has held up well so far, though it's only been about 5 or 6 weeks. It does specifically list chrome as one of the things it will work on though.

 

When I did my BHLM I put both of my bezels in the sink and soaked them with oven cleaner. One of them came out perfect (no chrome left), but the other one looked just the same as it did before I sprayed it. I resprayed, but no amount of cleaner would affect it.

I dunno.