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

Carter · Mar 24, 2020

Finally installed my RCI sliders, I went with 20°

20somethingwidataco · Mar 24, 2020

Carlos42 said: ↑

Bored out of my mind today so I decided to make a drawer for my bed platform. Still need to put Bed liner on it and add some diamond plate over where the stove is to cook on top of it. As you can see I used the bed slots and grooves to hold everything in place so nothing is actually attached to the truck and can get it all in and out in less then 3 min

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Goals

steveo27 · Mar 24, 2020

Finally finished cleaning the wheels/tires. Ceramic coated the wheels and Optibond on the tires.

Redesigned my core support cover.

Replaced the other tie rod finally.

Unbent the shit outta the one factory skid.

Discovered the passenger side outer cv boot needs replaced. I was kinda expecting this since I did the other side in the fall.

lickitysplit · Mar 25, 2020

In the past two weeks I added a American Thunder Flowmaster cat-back dual exhaust( welded) and a K&N 77 cold air intake, and I waxed it ..

pinoytacoma · Mar 25, 2020

I upgrade my truck horns to 2 pairs of Bosch Europa horns.

Beauxdon · Mar 25, 2020

Fluffymonkey said: ↑

Bed basket gang
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All three of y'alls trucks look badass. Any issues opening the covers? (Trifolds?) I am interested in this with the Kb Voodoo but have a Backflip. Need to do more research I think

seedy_tea · Mar 25, 2020

Beauxdon said: ↑

All three of y'alls trucks look badass. Any issues opening the covers? (Trifolds?) I am interested in this with the Kb Voodoo but have a Backflip. Need to do more research I think
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I have a trifold and cant open it with the racks on. But I dont usually need to. I have a plywood drawer/slide that I can pull out to load/unload the front of the bed. If I NEEEEEED to open/remove the tonneau, I'll just unbolt the 4 corners and remove the whole thing as one.

Casper66 · Mar 25, 2020

steveo27 said: ↑

Finally finished cleaning the wheels/tires. Ceramic coated the wheels and Optibond on the tires.

Redesigned my core support cover.

Replaced the other tie rod finally.

Unbent the shit outta the one factory skid.

Discovered the passenger side outer cv boot needs replaced. I was kinda expecting this since I did the other side in the fall.
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What is the "Optibond" for the tires?

la0d0g · Mar 25, 2020

jungleman said: ↑

No shit man i mean here you swapped yours out for something I already had, didnt know I had and have never used in how many years!

Like that bucket for bench swap...i forget who just did it in his reg cab.
I would gladly trade buckets for bench anyday. I always have dogs, I miss having a bench seat up front that console is just in our way most of the time.
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I bet if you made a swap thread you'd have a bench seat in 15 minutes.

srspicer · Mar 25, 2020

la0d0g said: ↑

I bet if you made a swap thread you'd have a bench seat in 15 minutes.
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^^This^^ You could also list a request in BST for a bench seat.

"OldManTan" · Mar 25, 2020

Casper66 said: ↑

What is the "Optibond" for the tires?
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Quick google search came up with this...

$23 Optimum Opti-Bond Tire Gel – 32 oz., Long Lasting Tire Dressing; Water Based Tire Gel Spray; Vinyl, Plastic, Tire and Trim Dressing; Great for Tire Shine, Vinyl Trim Care, and Dashboard Protection

https://www.amazon.com/Optimum-OB2008Q-Opti-Bond-Tire-Gel/dp/B00BFUFT2S

Casper66 · Mar 25, 2020

"OldManTan" said: ↑

Quick google search came up with this...

$23 Optimum Opti-Bond Tire Gel – 32 oz., Long Lasting Tire Dressing; Water Based Tire Gel Spray; Vinyl, Plastic, Tire and Trim Dressing; Great for Tire Shine, Vinyl Trim Care, and Dashboard Protection

https://www.amazon.com/Optimum-OB2008Q-Opti-Bond-Tire-Gel/dp/B00BFUFT2S
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Thanks pretty neat stuff. Sorry I am filling out unemployment paper work ( coronavirus cut back) and was just too lazy to look

TheBlueBeast15 · Mar 25, 2020

NavyDiver72 said: ↑

It's from a 07-10 Tundra. This switch has an AMBER backlight illumination.

** EDIT: I just saw your avatar info and it says you have a 2015 Taco, so you need the part number below.

If you want the one with WHITE backlight illumination, that's for the 3GEN Taco and the part number for that is

$95 84267-0C020 Genuine Toyota Tacoma & Tundra Deck Lamp Bed Light Switch 84267-0C020

84267-0C020.

Courtesy of @caribe makaira :

Cheers!

Rick.
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thanks.

PasswordIsTaco123 · Mar 25, 2020

pinoytacoma said: ↑

I upgrade my truck horns to 2 pairs of Bosch Europa horns.

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How they sound?!?! Im lookin at horn upgrade too, need to do some more research on the different manuf tones and stuff. heard hellas supertones are good, anyone hit me with some other recommendations?

E-Paz 732NJ · Mar 25, 2020

PasswordIsTaco123 said: ↑

Im assuming you're shopping around for one figured id share my .02 cents.
I did some shopping around for a bit, the BlackVue and Thinkwares are the top quality, but also most expensive.

I went with a less expensive alternative, Viofo A129Duo a few months before they came out with a 4k Pro version. Has front and rear 1080p30fps cameras, and Buffered Parking Mode. The latter being the only feature requirement when I was searching for cameras. My reasoning is whats the point of filming after an incident occurs and only getting the aftermath. Yes its better than nothing, but I wanted to go a step further.
This buffered parking mode setting goes off of motion (not the most advanced motion detection, but it does pretty good). When its hardwired, you can set it to "auto event detection" which is the motion detection setting, where it's always rolling, but triggers the "record" function when it detects motion within 20 feet-ish of the front of the car (people walking, neighbors driving by etc). But because it's always rolling with the hardwired connection, the motion event trigger will write the 15seconds of video leading up to that 'motion event' to the card, in addition to the 45seconds after the motion event. Pretty sweet for $150.

Discreet setup and buffered parking mode made it worth it versus the more expensive options. Can barely see it hiding behind the tint strip, though this picture seems to be a little less, its not crazy in your face

Sample Screenshots from footage

1080p on both cameras aint bad, its only 30fps though and a, so some motion blur, higher bitrate helps but not much.

wont be getting any license plates outta the rear cam with a topper though, and with much less light its a noisy mess and impossible to see anything but headlights really at night time.
Front cam is okay, cant get plates at night time as easy

Rear before sunset

After sunset its basically pitch black

Evening footage when the lighting gets lower and footage gets a little mushy but still usable.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/32ot3w3eu3pyyz9/2019_0719_202342_027F.MP4?dl=0

So far, for me the latest version of the firmware has been stable, though in the past they were working out some kinks with the parking mode. Id give it my thumbs up for the amt of money, but if you're willing to spend the extra dough id go Blackvue or thinkware, they seem more longer lasting.
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Thanks for this review. I've been looking to get a front and rear one as well for some time.

Cheers on the Soja music in the video too!

steveo27 · Mar 25, 2020

Casper66 said: ↑

What is the "Optibond" for the tires?
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https://optimumcarcare.com/product/optimum-opti-bond-tyre-gel

jungleman · Mar 25, 2020

la0d0g said: ↑

I bet if you made a swap thread you'd have a bench seat in 15 minutes.
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srspicer said: ↑

^^This^^ You could also list a request in BST for a bench seat.
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Thanks
Someday when I get serious about it I'll do just that.
Almost had a local kid talked into it a while back.

MasonSTL · Mar 25, 2020

elricfate said: ↑

I hope I don't start a fight, but 245s or 265s, what does everyone prefer? (75R16)
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https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-skinny-on-skinny-tires.529656/

The thing with 245's is your pretty limited to tire height, 255s or 265s have more options. Though, I'm planning on going full pizza cutter with 235/85r16s.

Beach Ghost · Mar 25, 2020

I just installed this one from Bullet proof fabricating today and the shackle is a Warn 3/4 premium shackle.

kidsmoke · Mar 25, 2020

elricfate said: ↑

I hope I don't start a fight, but 245s or 265s, what does everyone prefer? (75R16)
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not exactly what your asking but:

original SR5 stock 245/65/16

TRD Baja Stock 265/70/16

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