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

I just replaced the LHS and RHS rear parking brake cables after they seized on me at the top of a mountain in a blizzard. The bracket on the drum broke off.

Under the center console is where both the cables meet the single cable that runs to the foot pedal. There's an adjuster on the combiner, try that.

 

Yes please share

 

LCA's are installed. Driver and passenger are greased and torqued.

 

https://cartrimhome.com/Door-Switch-For-Toyota-Tacoma-2012-2015?tracking=TacoOutlaw

 

Not crazy and welcome to the club as my rears are still original currently sitting at 228k, although I'll admit it probably helps that most of my miles were highway and I don't brake like a suburban soccer mom.

 

Added some china rubber between the glass and dash to hopefully get rid of the cold weather rattle.

 

I didn't replace the front pads on the 2012 until 150k miles. They still had a couple of mm left (1 mm per pad). Most of the miles were from a 100 mile round trip daily interstate commute by the previous owner.

 

Yup, same here as I didn't replace the fronts till I was at 200k with still some life left on them.

 

linky link?

 

There's a bunch. This is the one I got.

$13 BOAOSI Car Dashboard Seal Strip 5.24Ft Rubber Seal Protector Guard Strip Car Dustproof Seal Strip for Dashboard and Windshield of Cars

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HH3H3RC

 

Wow that's impressive! People tend to complain about the Tacoma's having rear drums, but you can't deny the longevity/maintenance aspect is fantastic. I found the replacement of the rear brakes relatively easy, I'm glad I decided to do it myself.

Before



New Shocks. One was completely drained of shock oil.

 

I agree completely. I hate drum brakes, they are old tech and don't work as well as disks but you can not complain about replacing them twice in the lifetime of a vehicle. They aren't that hard if you have the right tools and don't care about struggling with 1 spring for 15 mins. And for a shop to charge like $300 plus in labor. Must do yourself. I actually took an old screwdriver and cut a notch in the blade so I could push the springs into the tight spaces I was struggling to get the needle nose into.

 

I forgot to ask. Before I put my wheels and tires back on last night I took a pic of my springs. What do you all think? To much weight for a weak spring? I have had (for lack of better term) whaling or porpusing back and forth when on concrete highways (think of going over whoops to fast and the back can't keep up with the front) I feel like I am under sprung in the rear and with the springs doing the W I am guessing I need stronger springs? Any input would be great, the better half is getting real annoyed with it as am I.

 

Oh man... that damn spring!!! haha i struggled with it for a while too, ended up cutting the old ones out because I bought a new hw kit. But getting the new one on, i was like "this is never going to make it all the way over to that hole its impossible!" the screwdriver technique is a good idea for sure. I ended up using a pair of needle nose vise grips, but still it took some force.

 

They do look a little tired to me. I've enjoyed my OME Dakar CS047R with the extra leaf, they're really stout and even with a fully loaded bed or towing they dont squat. The only time I've really seem some serious squat is with 47 cases of LVP flooring on a pallet lol

 

Sitting in a parking lot, waiting for someone. Cleaning the interior and checking under the hood.

 

Just realized that 5100 with 885 Old man emu springs require UCA! Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! Or is it that I installed a 1/4” top space to mitigate driver side lean

update: DO NOT USE A SPACER IF RUNNING 5100 (BOTTOM CLIP) WITH 885X SPRINGS UNLESS YOU HAVE AFTERMARKET UCA!!!

 

My fox 2.5 rr and JBA high caster arms will be off the truck next week if your interested.

 

Transmission drain and fill, oil filter, cabin air filter and engine air filter. Greased front drive shaft u joints as well. New tires getting installed this Saturday!

 

Alpharex Luxx tail lights. Picked them up on Tacoma beasts labor day sale. They look awesome and I love the sequential motion. Applied a protective coating and hoping they last a while. If I had to complain about one thing it would be the reverse lights. They suck! I had the 886 bulbs in the reverse lights previously and they were much brighter.