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

+50 glamping points achieved!


Installed and did a test run of my Overland Vehicle Systems Nomadic Awning 270 today! So damn big and so nice. Takes a minute and a half to set up and 2 minutes to take down. Seems super sturdy. Love that you can use this thing without legs in mild weather. This is going to make camping so much nicer...

Will do a review when we take it proper camping

 

Ah, duh. I see that now. Me so smart!

 

Yea I am headed down that path for both the Taco and my wife's burb. I think I am going to go with this. Did you do it your self or have it done by someone else?

$94 Gtechniq - CSL Crystal Serum Light - Ceramic Coating, Paint Protect, Swirl and Chemical Resistant, Repel Contaminants, Ultra-Durable, High-Gloss (50 milliliters)

https://www.amazon.com/Gtechniq-Crystal-ceramic-composite-protection/dp/B01GIOZD0I

A friend of mine that details recommended it. He also quoted me $800 to detail the burb in and out and ceramic coat it, so I don't really know how good of a friend he is.

 

Haven’t done anything yet. Just delivered yesterday. Targeting doors and back wall. Hope to knock down some noise. Not looking for sound booth quality.

 

I’m a detailer myself lol so I did it myself. I used a ceramic coating from avalon king and it’s amazing. Got it on sale for $105 for 3 bottles. Basically gave away 2 bottles.
$800 is actually a pretty darn good price since most professionals will charge anywhere from $1200-$2000. At the end of the day it really isn’t hard to do, you just need time and a lot of patience. It’s very meticulous and you have to make sure everything looks perfect before you apply the coating. Applying the coating is the easiest part, it’s the prep that sucks.

 

can you confirm your lift kit is the same as on your build thread? Plan to purchase mine in November or December.

 

It is. OME nitrochargers with 885 springs infront and the medium duty leafs in back. I added the OME add a leaf to the pack recently though which makes it the heavy duty. I probably should have gone with 886’s up front though. Thought I would be fine since I went with a low pro bumper not a full but it would be better with the 886’s

 

Thanks! would you say 885’s up from with stock bumpers is sufficient then? Did you order from @HeadStrong Off-Road?

 

I have the 887 with skids and sliders on my truck and the spring rate is just fine. headstrong is the best place very helpful! I exchanged a half dozen emails with them before I finally decided 90021 with the 887 so it has softer valving and springs but still has the full lift amount.

 

Nice build, that transformation was

 

Yeah the 885’s were great when I had the stock bumper on. I think I went through low range offroad for my setup and I had them assemble them and add a spacer to the driver side setup.

 

New (to me) SPC uppers, upper and lower ball joints, outer tie rod ends, sway bar delete all happening tomorrow. 295 nittos and alignment on Sunday

 

Ordered a 3 rod holder from Amazon (Berkeley), bent up some aluminum, added some 3/8 bolts, lock washers, washers and put it all together using the t-things for the rails. Now just going to bend and attach supports to the bottom to keep it from bouncing around. Really happy with this since I fish a lot. Later on I will paint them black to make everything match.

 

Someone gets me. I’m bilingual. 2nd language is sarcasm.

 

where is the best place to get the magnetic drain plugs for diffs and tcase?

 

I believe oem are magnetic.

 

This is one of the biggest negatives I have with mine currently on top of my cap. I'm only 5'10" so its a heck of a stretch.

 

Before and after:

 

Ohhhhhhh....

 

You definitely have issues with 3rd gens. Lol