What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

"The most we can do is give you the scanner to plug in yourself"

 

Super stoked with my Northstar X2 Power. Identical to an Odyssey but cheaper.

I got a Group 24F.

 

Holy duck... 300 dollars... man for that I’ll take my chances on a Walmart battery haha. Be easy to warranty atleast with one on every corner of every state

 

Finally installed the CB in the ashtray location.

 

Took her to B.C. for some exploring

 

I got it from Batteries Bulbs Plus. They were on sale at the time. Plus there was a 15 or 20% promotion if you order online then pick up in store. Plus the $18 core fee.

All said and done it was around $240 out the door after tax.

 

Noice, those are some legit battery connectors as well. And the connections and shrink wrap and all look very cleanly done. Nice stuff man.... Maybe next slow day I'll clean my engine bay.... It's motivating seeing that pic

 

More information on your battery connectors please.

 

They do not but you don't need them. OEM uses the metal retainers, those have a tighter fit and need no retainer.

I installed new horns after not having a working horn for at least a year.

Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr

 

My 98 connections needs to be cleaned up too.

Figured I’d start fresh with the 04. One of the first things I did was remove so much unnecessary add ons both the original owner and previous owner (of 4 months) did. Figured it was a good time to do it right from the start.

 

SDHQ Battery Terminal Kit:

https://sdhqoffroad.com/products/sdhq-built-hd-billet-main-battery-terminal-upgrade-kit

 

I lost one

 

They don’t.

No I know but I’m saying if you get new knobs you won’t need the metal clips. I lost one too at one point.

 

I work at AutoZone, I see too many one year old Walmart batteries to even bother

 

I’ll go find the part number I guess

 

I've hauled enough loads of batteries of out Johnsons Controls in Yuma, AZ to tell you they are mostly all made at the same place with the same crap, just get different labels. I've hauled loads that have all different brands in one load even to other distribution centers including AutoZone batteries. Just like with all other manufacturing, quality grade often impacts what brand it gets attached to.

 

Gotcha, I thought you were asking about those knobs because you were planning on replacing them. Should be able to find OEM knobs cheap on fleabay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Toyota-Tac...10?fits=Year:2001|Model:Tacoma&epid=656983710

Usually I can find used ones all day but aren't seeing any.

 

Truck rarely gets driven and is trailered everywhere. If it goes bad I’ll replace it under warranty. I thought 200 was a lot for an optima. Can’t believe people are paying what they pay for some things.

That’s the case with 99% of products now a days. All same product made by the same factory with a different sticker and some have better quality control on what’s actually sent out.

 

I got in a flame fest last time I posted about batteries in here but fuck it I dont care. I would just get a parts store AGM and save the money. Optimas are over priced for what they are and if your truck is sitting most of the time, just a cheap AGM with a battery tender so it's not dead when you load it up on the trailer. I have a car quest AGM stock sized battery and it has been drained twice, nursed back to health with a jump start from my avalon and a cheap battery tender and works great and holds a full charge still. No issues winching with it either.

 

I've still been running yellow top Optimas. Not lasting as long as they use to but still get 4-5years out of them. Advance Auto always has 20-25% off coupons where I pickup one for around $180-190.

Noticing better resting voltage with using the voltage booster. Running a higher charging voltage is keep both my yellow tops closer to their designed voltage. Especially with AGM, voltage input needs to be at it's designed voltage which is slightly higher than a standard battery.

https://www.hkbelect.com/product/24...nic-fuse-version-micro-blade-compatible-2004/