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

Finally got this thing permanently mounted
glued it to the bottom of the radio, so hopefully neither break anytime soon

 

Wheeling & camping in the Sierra Anchas mountains / Coffepot cabin / canyon with camping in torrential downpour w some good dudes with a great attitude. Do not attempt this trail, it is horrible. It is also on someone’s private property who owns 25k acres which is insane in itself. Beautiful but overgrown & horrible to wheel. My new front suspension was pretty sweet though, as this was the break-in for it. (8112 bilsteins). Couldn’t be happier with how my truck is running with the 8112/7100 combo and the 5:29 gears put in 1st or 2nd gear is just wonderful for technical descending which we did many hours of. The 2 older trucks almost ran out of gas & we rode hard and put away wet just about everything as we got trapped in the storm Saturday night. Gnarly time

 

Hihi gang. I didn't take this picture today. I took it in like 2011 but I lost the image until today.

So here is a manual 07 towing a J24 over 3 12,000 foot mountain passes... Yes it was unsafe, yes everything worked out, no you should not try this.



I had to get a new clutch after the tow

 

I figured for $14 it was worth a shot. I’m hopeful and crossing my fingers the bulbs work out.

It works well enough. The tuner and volume dials don’t function as intended. I’m so thankful for the steering wheel controls as it’s the only way I can find stations or control the volume.

 

Upgraded my oem ATF cooler to a

$58 Hayden 679 Universal 11” Rapid-Cool Add-On Transmission Cooler to Enhance Cooling (not for direct replacement of the factory unit)

Hayden 679 cooler. A month ago, replaced all cooling components - radiator, fan, fan clutch, water pump, thermostat, hoses, coolant.

 

I will keep you posted on Mileage. I'm sure there are those that don't agree with a tune on a 2nd gen and that ok, I wouldn't do some of the mods other owners do to their tacoma's. But I like peanut butter and liver wurst sandwiches too.

 

J24 is a sick boat!

 

That's a great idea! Mine is down near my right knee on that little cubby and I keep rubbing my knee against it.

 

One factory fog light filled with water, right after new bulbs. Upgraded to some Diode Dynamic Elite Series fogs. Went yellow due to longer wavelength and supposedly better performance in snow. Just got them aimed and pretty happy with them. Sharp cutoff. The backlight is nice too when parking lights and headlights are on but fogs are off.


Also a wash and wax after some fall trips.

 

yes, please keep up posted. Also, I see their prices are based hourly...was the tune finished within the first hour or did it go over?

 

The raptor liner finally wore out on the grill…got a color matched one on marketplace after months of driving around with an ugly half chrome half raptor one

 

I was quoted a price up front. It took around an hour and a half

 

Added a sport hood

 

Huge fan of your truck dude! I will try to build a bumper like yours down the road and 35” and…. And … lol keep up the good work!

 

Thank you for those kind words. My truck isn’t too complex or fancy but it sure does work well if the things I ask of it

 

DIY mount and winch power cut off.





Ignore the zip ties, I need to get the correct length hardware still.

 

This is almost exactly the kind of thing I have been considering. I need a new radio and I need to mount some switches. It hit me the other night that I could get a SIngle din mounted up high like yours and add a switch panel under it. Now if I can just decide on a radio.

 

I put an auxbeam panel on the center console, it's easier to push buttons

 

the bracket is easy to install and very solid. No issue with it moving when you press a button