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

Truck looks so good with the bobbed bed, it’s got me thinking too much

 

Do itttttt.

 

^FACT!!!
And, it makes the humidity about 1000%

 

What didn’t you like about the Wildpeaks? I’ve seen so many people that like them.
How are the new tires for road noise?

 

I got the Elka 2.0s and SPC UCAs installed over the weekend. These things are a major upgrade over the 2" block lift!
Looking forward to see how they perform and last through the winter and offroad.
Now I need to get some shock boots to protect them from our stupid winter...


(I cranked them up wayyyy too high. They are much lower now lol)








Before: TOP
After: BOTTOM

(Not the best side-by-side comparison...)

 

Biggest complaint was that in the last 30k miles on them I got 3 puncture flats and two slow leaks. My wife has the tires on her 4runner also and has gotten two puncture flats. I’ve had one puncture in the last 10 years of driving not counting the falkens. I don’t know if they are just way to soft of a compound or what. Road noise with the bfgs are good. They seem like they start getting noisier at about 60% tread life or so from past experience.

 

I see you have the CBI bed bars, what mount did you use to attach the bike rail to? Looks great.

 

I have only done the doors with NOICO sound deadener (more just vibration dampening material). Driving around town there is a noticeable difference, but like mentioned above its still loud on the freeway due to wind noise still coming in from door seal points of entry. When I get more time ill do the floor and back of the cab with the same material. Expect an additional slight improvement but not holding my breath for some fantastical outcome.

 

I designed them myself and got a local fab shop to CNC and bend.
I have one on each side.

Here are some pictures when I was building them.

 

I like everything about this.

How's the road ride? You didn't touch the rear leaf pak?

 

Rear leaf pack is OME Dakar EL095R. Installed those in October 2019 to replace the 3" block.

 

No more cla clunck. Hopefully i get the last two pieces soon. Waiting is the hardest part.

 

Nice upgrade! How did the ride change for you?

 

Amen!

 

Took a trip to the dump today. 7,920 pounds total (including the truck), on the light side from what my truck normally tows.



Looks like I forgot the boat. Lol

 

The ride is MUCH smoother. Now, it's not Raptor smooth or anything. These types of suspensions are a little more "firm" compared to stock. But you get less nose dive when braking, better cornering, etc.
My old struts were destroyed and 10 years old, so these are a huge improvement.
The proper alignment is much better with the SPCs on. Handling was drastically improved.

I feel like the new Elka's are getting smoother everyday.
Can't wait to hit the dusty trail with them!

 

So clean and shiny!
New LCAs and cam sleeves. My cam bolts were not rusty but the sleeves were rusted into the bushing. Sawzall to the rescue.

 

Nice Work! I love sheet metal design!

 

What's the other item you need? The riveter you linked? Thanks for the heads up though, and yeah drilling more holes isnt my favorite thing especially in the roof. But it's a damn fine place to mount a chase light and antenna. Plus you get cargo lights. So I'll probably end up doing it anyway. And interesting about the window. I dont like the look of the slider, but I'll probably have to just pony up and buy the replacement thru safe light or something. Last I looked they only charge like 400 installed for the solid rear window.

 

I have mine sitting and waiting too. Currently at 122k on the stock clutch. I get some noise here and there from the TOB. But with bigger tires and no gears I'm just waiting for it to all go out. Have a URD clutch sitting there too. Just biding my time on getting it all put it. Not a project I have any space to do it in. Need to find a shop that can properly take it on.