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

Did a trans fluid flush, restored the headlights with a 3M kit, and got creative with some rubber hood latches to secure the back of the dog platform...makes retrieving gear from behind much easier than when I had a strap going across.


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After:

 

Here’s what smooth bedliner looks like. Closest comparison I can make is what Toyota sprays on our rocker panels. I really like it.

 

Looks good! I need to repaint my truck badly. was this all out of a spray can?

 

No, I rolled it on. It can be sprayed out of a spray gun but I didn’t want to mask everything off. It takes some finesse but it goes on nicely. Just have to watch out for drips.

 

word. rolling it on would make it a lot easier and no over spray. thanks for the info.

 

Exactly. But even just masking off what I did took forever, like two hours. Oooof. Can’t even imagine the masking for a spray.

 

Incredibly fast and easy! Use a 1/8th drill bit to drill holes, line it up, then tighten down the screws with the spacers in behind.

 

That looks great! Would you say thats pretty close to Super White? I've been wanting to paint my Leer cap...

 

I’d say so, yeah. My truck is originally super white and I picked this because if I miss any spots you won’t be able to tell. I’m not sure how close of a match it would be though when you can see a whole super white truck next to it.

 

That looks really good. Much smoother than any of the other vehicles I've seen that were covered in bedliner.

 

Thanks, that’s exactly why I picked the smooth bed liner. It’s extremely subtle and I don’t think someone would even notice unless they’re looking for it. I showed my wife and she was like “oh, so it’s just normal paint”

 

That’s the best looking bedliner I’ve seen on a truck body.

Whenever people rhinoline whole trucks I always think of the Baja SAE team when I Was in college. The year before us rhinolined their roll cage and we cursed the car every time we got in and out because the Bedliner would scrape the hell out of you and hurt.

The smooth liner looks like a great solution!

 

Yeah I’m really not a fan of traditional bedliner on trucks because it looks cheap to me.

 

Give it through wash.
TOMB

 

I turned my '15 into an '81.

 

I did Phase 1 of de-chrome on my 14 TRD OR.

 

Funny story. Today a work associate went on and on about how much more reliable his 04 wrx was than my taco. He literally didn't shut up about it. Well, at the end of our shift he thought he would prove his point by launching his car in a subarubro fashion. He two stepped it for about a minute and launched it. The look on his face when he realized his trans took a HUGE shit was priceless.....

 

I know helper springs are usually frowned upon here, but my rear has been super sloppy lately since I started keeping a couple hundred pounds of extra weight in the bed regularly. Already running Wheeler's offroad progressive aal w/ overload. Figured I'd give it a shot for 70 bucks. Immediate difference over dips and bumps. Not bad for a 20 minute bolt on product. Hellwig 550s.

 

Got my Diode Dynamics SS3 Sports in Yellow in and installed them:





Think i'm done with the front now!

 

Shes far from perfect but shes perfect from afar. All finished up. Will put her back together tomorrow and get some final pics