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

It's all good man. you took responsibility and if everyone is okay then it's just "stuff". Stuff can be fixed.

 

Thanks man, everyone was fine, and both vehicles were able to drive away. No airbags. Hopefully all cosmetic.

 

Thats good. Now time to pick an off road bumper

 

Problem is I’ve already purchased and painted a US Off-road low-pro bumper so now I have to replace this plastic trim to be able to use it. I need to look into the 2012 face lift now that this has happened. Lol

 

Long time lurker but this site (and this thread specifically) has helped me a lot working on building this thing up.
Got the Softopper installed this past weekend after waiting almost two months from ordering. Just in time to go camping now that it's cooling off in TX.

 

Nice looking DCSB!

 

finally someone did this! ive been wanting to do this with my c4 bumper, i wonder if it would work too

 

why not just get a swingout

 

More exploring. No money for mods but gas is kinda...... cheap?

 

4 year anniversary this month, got it a new shiney

 

Made it back from Moab, survived Pritchett Canyon, damn fun trail. Wish we got more pics

 

Negative paid 3.86 today. That’s a cool spot though.

 

I mean mine was 4.02 a gallon, but compared to the 4k "just above basic" suspension kit I want, or the 6k in supercharger/clutch kit, or the 2k in armor/lights, gas is cheap lol

 

Where did you find the overlays?

 

Took it camping and then a much needed wash and wax.

 

because i have the non high clearance and they dont offer a swingout for the standard bumper otherwise i would for sure

 

Got called a by some kid at ChikFilA.

After my kid finally went to bed, installed the Meso Customs 2 tone map lights. I love them already, but there’s definitely no looking upwards while they’re on. I need to pull them back out and file out the peg holes or something, they require a counter push right now to toggle them on/off. Now I just need the dome lights in the same version.

I also threw on a decal I’ve loved since I joined TW: “I don’t even wheel.” I didn’t get a picture of that though.

 

Cruised around in 2Lo.
Locker engaged.
Ultimate headlight upgrade blasting: high beams -> low beams with Rigid SAE fogs -> just low beams. HKB voltage booster with 27F X2 AGM. Best mod ever
Enjoy.

 

Skid plates! I figured steel is going to keep getting more expensive for the time being, so took the opportunity to protect the rest of the undercarriage with RCI ones. I already have a BPF engine skid plate.

Transfer Case Skid Plate
Fuel Tank Skid Plate
Transmission Skid Plate
Rear Diff Skid Plate

 

Today was a huge pain in the ass.

Took on several front end projects at once, including things I hadn’t done before, so learning curve and swearing and so many blue shop towels covered in grease.


Today was the day to tackle the squeaking lower spherical bearings in my King coilovers. Just did this a little over a year ago I think. I also pulled both CVs, so I could reboot them, and swap out my front diff needle bearing for an ECGS bushing.


Pulling the needle bearing was a pain, as the tool, didn’t quite fit. Spent nearly an hour trying to get it to fit and it just wouldn’t. So I ended up grinding it down a hair on both sides and finally got it to be able to pull out the needle bearing. Also the ECGS bushing is a pretty tight fit for the CV and it took a damn lot of work to for that bitch back in after I rebooted it.


And Imma tell you right now, rebooting CVs is a goddamn messy hassle. Musta went through 50 blue shop towels. Also getting those boot clamps to crimp without the crimping tool was a pain. I damn sure will be buying one if I ever reboot these CVs again. Here’s hoping there’s no leaks or spraying grease!