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

Installed seat jackers, readjusted rear brakes, adjusted parking brake and rotated tires.
Might try surgery on the sunvisor next. Or are any of the aftermarket ones worth a damn?

 

V6 here. Had a hour before going out with the group today for some beers.

changed all 6 spark plugs, greased the driveshafts.

took off rear drums and cleaned them with brake cleaner.

cleaned the maf and intake box from driving in dusty condtions.

reset the ECU.

all that in 1 hour. wonder how much a dealer would of charged for that service.


and truck drives much nicer now. doesn't downshift going up hills as much any more.

 

Big 7 upgrade, switched to SAE pod style fog lights, added an auxiliary relay/fuse box, and changed my fog light button. Altogether, about 10 lesisurly hours, most of it spent fighting with the engine block screw, two extensions, a universal joint, and an impact drill did the trick.






Heated mirrors yet to come.

 

164k oil change and tire rotation, also painted my grille and wheel emblems.

 

Installed CBI sliders and changed the wheels out. UpTop Zulu rack for the cab and bed next weekend maybe.

 

Washed the thing, last time I washed the trucks was back in July 2023. Removed the badges and did a little thing on the tailgate. Waiting for the TOTOYA decal. Yes, I wrote that correctly TOTOYA.

 

Installed an Ebay Toyota skid plate.

 

Installed my BAMF hybrid bumper yesterday, and installed my winch in it today (didn't take a pic though) just need to get some more baja designs to fill in the emptiness in my soul...I mean bumper.

 

Got a set of the newly redesigned Falken Wildpeak AT4's installed in the 265/75/16 size.

 

Installed a Retevis RT95 in the Tacoma. Need to run it though chirp and program all the Gambler500 channels for my adventures but hey fun to spend a few hours with a friend working in the shop on projects. we put some more lighting on his truck, and we both spent time cleaning up wiring and grounds from multiple projects, i have now decided that i need a bus bar for grounds and accessories

 

Sunday's maintenance and upgrades:

• Oil change
• $34 Fumoto F-133: STANDARD VALVE WITH 12MM-1.25 THREADS WITH LEVER CLIP Gold
  Fumoto Valve install for easier oil changes
• Cut open the skid plate hole a little more for easier valve access
• Perry Parts front bump stops install

The truck is nasty dirty with all this super warm weather after all the snowfall.

 

Installed my ARB clone snorkel. Very happy, I did a short write up on my build thread.

 

Swapped 4wd leaf springs onto my 2wd base model to lower the back end and stiffen up the suspension and swapped out the steering wheel with one from a Scion iQ to get a smaller diameter and better feeling wheel. Now I don't hit my leg when doing hard turns.

 

New steering wheel is on my to do list. The top portion is no longer in existence I have it wrapped in electrical tape. But trying complete my suspension first. Getting there. Just need new ucas and leaf springs.

 

Done did this. In the process of debadging all the things.

 

also, I now get 40 mpg

 

Pondering when I’m gonna install my 4” atlas springs and spcs . There in . Never done leaf springs but have all tools necessary . Control arms I have done in past. Just wanna conquer it in a weekend to avoid two alignments . Recently due to a bad master cylinder . I had shredded through a bearing . And kicked my Cv on driver side . So. So far to this date I have replace needle with ecgs , replaced cv with after market , (holding on to cv for rebuild ), replaced bearing hub and bearing, rotor , caliper , pads . Was fcking mean. Had a lot of fun . Truck drives smoother for some reason. A lot smoother . Can’t wait to install atlas springs and spcs . Any tips greatly appreciated especially on leaf spring install. Should I do one side at a time ?

 

Also this hahaha . Theft preventative measures

 

Hey….that’s my thing lol

 

how do you get power from the mirror? Is there a thread on this or a video somewhere?
Interested for a dash cam. And there’s plenty of power for a cam that won’t blow a fuse or something?