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

Took it wheeling and getting dirty.

 

Got these 2 months ago. and since then haven't had a spare moment until today. Today I turned the knobs. b4 today The ride felt good but not awesome like my swayaways when I put those on in 2008. The place I got my fox from tuned them?? I was thinking something internal like shim stacks and what not? The fox instructions claim both knobs are set to 3 clicks in when shipped. to my surprise knobs where both off, 0 clicks. what a difference it feels so good now Small knob high speed compression at 2 clicks and low at 3 clicks.

 

Got the fronts installed finally! The UCA bolt is a nightmare by your self

 

Ordered my TC 3.5 kit...

 

You installing it yourself?

 

Thanks man

 

Of course. Only thing I dont do is paint.

 

In the middle of the third brake light mod. It’s not really a mod. I’m removed the OEM gasket, cleaned the roof of the truck and the third brake light. Installing a new gasket and I’m going to the local hardware store to see what they have for O-ring material so I can make a new lens gasket. I may have to order some stuff from Amazon if I can’t find anything. It's not leaking, just something I wanted to do.

Gasket:

$11 MOFORKIT 3rd Third Brake Light Gasket Seal for 1995 to 2015 Tacoma High mount stop lamp

https://www.amazon.com/MOFORKIT-Thi...04a-4534-ba7b-7699fece274c&pd_rd_i=B07GKK8R3C

 

Installed the ole window switcheroni today, my trim piece actually cracked a few weeks ago and I had to order a new one, perfect time to upgrade the switches! Surgery went well and I'm pretty happy with such a small improvement. Can't wait to see them at night, I went with the blue to match some of the font on my touch screen. Hope it's not too blue.

 

Hell yeah!!!! DIY till I die gang! Let me know if anything arises. Just installed that kit on a 5g4r a couple of weeks ago. Thing is solid!

 

Should be here in 2 weeks, going to blow my front end apart next weekend and finish welding my cam tabs. Nick at dirt king was nice enough to let me know their axles wouldnt work with the TC kit so I got the TC axle shafts instead. Currently on the hunt for some oem axles to build, saved myself 700$ not having to get complete axles. Other than that Im going to rebuild the king coilovers I got from a fellow member. Glass will be here friday and ahould be in paint by halloween.

Then onto the rear!

 

Hell yeah, I did cut the oem axles for the costumer and added the TC shafts. Instructions are straight fwd. Driving the shaft in the outter was a total bitch but if you have a solid vise you should be golden. Remember, triple measure and tacks first then double check and the commit to the full bead. Very satisfying process.

 

I assume the welding you mean is for the cam tabs? Im just going to reinforce the stock ones.

 

The one that requires attention is the limit strap upper mount point. Bump extension and reinforcing the oem tabs it’s pretty straight forward.

 

Oh oh oh gotcha yeah im going make sure I do evrything right the first time around. Will this kit droop enough to bind the axles?

Obviously still going to run straps im just curious

 

Got me a set of new wheels.

 

Small maintenance day


Another side project. I wanted a little extra storage so I found a storage container on ebay that would fit between my wheel wells and under my toolbox. Fits nicely. Painted part of it black to better blend in. Forgive my dirty bed lol





Link to the container I got is https://www.ebay.com/itm/3941947792...uid=QrsJeVNVRza&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

More like what am I going to do to my 2nd gen. I’m teaching myself to weld so I can build things. First pic is my very first weld. Second pic goes left to right. Getting better slowly but surely. My first welding project will be bed stiffeners.

 

Version 2 of the mount is done. I need to paint it, that will be done this week.

 

Got a membership at the local carwash. Seemed like a good investment.