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

Finally I did a test fitting of my RPT1s before my install appointment tomorrow. I noticed on Saturday that the wheels have a 110.5 bore instead of the advertised 108.5 so the hub centric rings I bought wouldn’t work. I was able to find a set of 106/110 rings on Amazon with next day delivery, and got them just after lunch today. However, when I tested them in the wheels they hit a lip on the bore (it steps down in diameter to 109-ish at a depth of 8.7 mm and the rings are 10 mm thick), so they didn’t sit flush. I ended up filing down the outer edge of the rings until they fit.

 

This is exactly what I want to do to mine. It is just lazy on the part of Toyota to do pop-rivets. Plus, I also plan to remove the bed and clean & paint the frame. Riv-nuts will make it easy to do so.

 

how come you went with their twisted hook option vs. flat?

 

Looks great! I gotta check those out, been looking for some good seat covers.

 

I went with these cause I felt it best for my situation.

 

How do you like the pop & lock so far? I’ve been thinking of adding this to my truck.

 

been wanting some hood struts myself!

 

Installed the scosche wireless charger. Plug and play kit. Goes in the same cubby where the 3rd gens have this feature from the factory

 

Do they sell just the 4 digit comb thingy?
My eyes are going to

 

Gonna be a long day cleaning after muffin’ this rig!!

 

I have never seen this but damn its funny. How many trucks do you think they destroyed to make this 5 min video?

 

Seems good so far! I got model

$107 PL8521 Pop & Lock – Power Tailgate Lock for Toyota Tacoma, Fits Models 2005 to 2015 (PL8521)

PL8521. I followed the instructions except I tapped the wires under the door sill plate instead of at the b pillar, and I didn’t use the vampire taps but used a Westinghouse split instead.

 

LOL.. I did the same thing with my Jetta a few years ago!

 

Done with this, diagonal support tubes and new paint on bed cage. Test drive this weekend!
(Ignore the happy family, lmao random)

 

Looks great, any pics of where on the fram its mounted?

 

Details?

 

Have had one installed for 4 years and even in -40 canadian winters it has worked great. Although the plastic has faded, nothing that aerospace 303 can't fix though

 

It's a very easy install. It fits into the factory cubby that I personally never used in front of our cup holders. You do have to pull out the radio and center console. But that's fairly simple. You drill one hole into the factory cubby to fish a power line for the charger. It taps into the "cigarette" port from behind but still allows it to be used. By doing that you can only charge the phone with the truck running. I'm sure if you wanted to, you could cut up the chargers harness and tap into constant power somewhere. That way you could charge the phone with the truck off. You might have to also wire in a cut off switch for the charger to avoid possible battery draw when you Weren't charging the phone. Didn't really go down that rabbit hole though. I don't mind only charging when the trucks running. It's about 40$ on Amazon. So for around 40 bucks and 30 minutes you get some 3rd gen type tech and can be wire free. There is one YouTube video that I found to show the install. I'm posting pics of the box. I don't have any of the install process. But it really is simple!

 

I had the dash taken apart already, so just reached down and blindly figured out how to unscrew/remove the existing cigarette lighter and get it out of there. Then just popped this puppy in there and plugged it into the back of the aftermarket head unit I have which had a couple available USB inputs.

$10 BATIGE 2 Ports Dual USB 3.0 Male to USB 3.0 Female AUX Flush Mount Car Mount Extension Cable for Car Truck Boat Motorcycle Dashboard Panel -3ft

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N66N1JK?_encoding=UTF8