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

Added a Prinsu Access Rack today.
Drilling 12 holes into your roof is quite terrifying, especially when they have to each be perfectly spaced.
Next up is putting the cab strips back in and then a wash.

 

Grats!

 

Picked up a set of FJC steelies and mounted my 37s on them

 

I gave my 2012 Taco a face-lift today. Installed new headlight assemblies and wrapped the chrome grill surround with carbon fiber vinyl.
I will wrap the emblem another day.

 

Replaced my radiator bushings. 5 years and 80k miles in, they were trashed. I’d like to do the cab ones soon.

 

Here are the results of adding peel and stick weather stripping from Amazon.


Initial Goal:

Reduce wind noise for a quieter ride on the highway.


DB meter used: Extech SL510 (Accurate to + or - 1DB at 94DB 1k Hz)


DB sound level meter settings:

DBA not C

Fast 125ms not Slow 1 second


How I conducted the test:

Each test sample was roughly 30 seconds at 65 mph on the highway.

During each test, the sound level meter saves the highest and the lowest values. (ex. 72 DB A and 66.5 DB A)

With these two numbers I calculated an average. (ex. 69.25 DB A)

Once I got 10 test samples and 10 averages, I calculated THE average from the 10 averages.


Note: In both tests, all of the doors, the back wall and the hood have all been sound deadened. So you might have better results if your car has not been sound deadened.


Overall I saw 0.9 DB A drop. 67.4 down to 66.5. Not much of an improvement but, if you look at the highest measurements, they were significantly lower than before.

Documents with all test samples available below.

 

Really not that bad. Was easier than I thought. Hardest part was probably beating the old carrier bearing off of the shaft and after about 10 minutes it finally came loose. Check out this video by kflo tacoma if you need any pointers. He even has torque specs included.

https://youtu.be/IF9--WmZOYo

 

Nice setup!

 

Do you have the link to actual product? I might look into this, thanks

 

BEEFCAKE

 

Refreshed front suspension and brakes...

- New SPC UCA's
- New OEM LCA's
- 338mm 4Runner Rotors/Calipers/Pads
- New Bearings

 

Done
Get 33 ft.

$12 Universal Car Weather Stripping, Self-Adhesive Auto Door Rubber Seal Strip, Engine & Window Noise Insulation (47/100" x 2/5" x 33 Feet)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H89G7D1?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

And Done

$17 Z Shape Window Door Rubber Seal Weather Strip, Weatherproof, Soundproofing (16 Feet)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076NBJGY6?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

Wired my Aftermarket tag Lights & str8 fl3xed on the hood at midnight. Detailed my buddy’s car because he always helps me with truck projects. He has an insane 08 AWD 3 series with bigger turbos pushing over 500hp with a MT. It’s ridic. And totally a sleeper from the outside. Rear bumper is FS btw.

 

Thanks! You think I'll need both for an access cab?

 

yeah so they serve different purposes, the flat kind i used on the bottoms of all the doors, and the front edge of the front doors. And the B shaped kind goes on the bottom edge of the cab, between the front and back doors and behind the back doors. i was left with about 5 ft of the B shaped kind, and i used all of the flat kind.
So i would get exactly what i ordered. It's so inexpensive anyways, a little extra could be used elsewhere anyways.

 

Right on, thanks for the all the info

 

CB install. I need to make the hole toward the front bigger and decide on a location for the mic jack. I have a 3' extension so I can put it somewhere around the third cup holder.

 

Cut off my X2o for some weight reduction.
I need to wash my synthetic line sometime.

 

Cheapo Amazon 2 or 3 jaw puller (both work) makes the job even easier.

 

Added some lights from marketplace to the bar and swapped out fog lights from stock halogens to yellow LEDs this weekend. Swapped out cabin air filter while I was messing around.