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

It’s made by Chillkat designs. I have ADD delete, and FJ xfer case- so I went ahead and deleted the electronic locker actuator as well. Works awesome.

 

I might go that route with my locker, for alas, it is seized.

 

It’s definitely a well made piece. Extra purchases would be two longer m8 studs to mount the bracket on the rear end, and a grommet for the cable entry. The only thing I had to make was the bracket to land the handle. Snuck the cable in under the console where the e-brake cables exit.

 

Got tired of smelling burnt oil in the cab so i broke down and changed the valve cover gasket (which I'm sure was the cuplrit)
Oem 2 pc gasket and yota 103 silicone

The beginning. The dread. The air intake shit is overdone/over-engineered and a pita in it self


What luck, the old gasket and cover was froze on. Few knocks w a hammer, the missuses hair dryer and plastic pry tools and it gave up thank god (and her ziplock bags which she don't need to know about either)


Prying all this out was a test of patience



Fresh rubbers


Back on & cleaned up. Absolute pain in the ass the the wiring harness. Tomorrow morning after i let the 103 firm we'll see if she runs

 

Transfer case drain and fill and replaced the blower motor, no more chirp. Was going to do the OEM but for $36 with my discount at work through AZ I figured I would give it a shot.

 

On a roll today. Fig'd since the FIPG 103 is curing for the valve cover gasket i'd get the new belt on. Old one didn't look bad, few very minor cracks. It was a napa from the prev owner- threw an oem on it. Had to pull the skid to get the lower guide roller and then it was a breeze

 

Fresh coat of paint on the splash pans. While I was doing that I also sprayed some roof rack mounts by

$26 Motobilt Rock Light Universal Bracket

Moto bilt. While those were drying I installed a remote start in my wife’s 4runner. Once pans were back on I installed some
Harbor freight rock lights on the prinsu.

Everything wired with DT Connectors and in wire loom.

 

Guards look great. I just had mine off today and was thinkin "man these look like crap i should paint em"
I know its their job to get battle damage but itll certainly spruce the front end up at any
rate.
Lets see some pics when they're back on

 

Tire rotation, oil change, emptied the catch can, and new cabin air filter featuring doge.

 

I should have takes a before picture. And I should have tried to hammer out that dent before painting. All good I did a lot today. They look newish and the rust is covered up.

 

Damn that does look spiffy. Whatd you use?

 

You have a link for that same headunit. I've been looking into upgrading mine.

 

Looks like black paint.




Sorry, had to do it

 

Did you get new bolts for the skids? I need some. I too painted my front skid today. Not the rear though for some reason.

 

Changed out the serpentine belt and 3 idler pulleys on my truck, replaced battery terminals with easy-levers and painted the front skid plate silver to match the light bar, stock TRD wheels and chrome emblems.

 

new battery from Costco.

 

My parts list for install is piling up.
Dk ucas
Dk lcas
New leaf pack- oem
Thinking about the icon rxt leaf pack I'm leaning more towards that.
Mbrp exhaust
No garage so waiting for weather to warm up.

 

Ordered new tires. I have run 33" Grabbers for a couple years now and they have been adequate (not terrible but I've had my issues with balancing them). I wanted to go to 35's and really liked the new Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT but they are not available in 35's with a 16" rim. Could have gotten Grabbers in 35's but that'll create other issues such as needing to replace my 33" spare, mpg's, loss of power (i have the truck tuned but not regeared) and added wear and tear. Not enough benefits for it to make sense besides the cool factor of 35's so I ordered the Baja's.
did i make the wrong choice?

 

Flat black primer from Walmart lol. But I hit it with a wire brush then soaked it in simple green, scrubbed all the grease and dirt off. Rinsed, did it again, then wiped down with alcohol and let dry in the sun the painted. Turned out good.

 

Yeah I did that a while back, I think they are stainless steel marked KIL on the head from Home Depot with stainless washers. I had to do a thread insert on two of the splash pan holes. Was a pain so I opted to get some better hardware to try and prevent future problems.