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

After years of having a lift I finally had to do the ECGS bushing.

 

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On Sunday I found a torn tie rod boot. Stealership wanted way too much. So took to my local mechanic. Both sway bar end links, tie rod boot changed. For way less than stealership.
Now onto the shop for motorcycle brake rebuild .

 

Been spraying underneath with KROWN rustproofing for a long time since the new frame . I have lots of creaks and squeaks again I think from my Dakar leaf springs. I have to get the grease gun out with the needle attachment and get between the leafs again I guess . Soaked them down with KROWN but still squeak and creak .

 

Pretty much less than an inch.. its darn close so I have thought about fabricating an additional support and deleting the vibration mount in lieu of a hard mount.

Urd intake had to be cut ALOT. probably 3-4" off the long side and 1" off the short side of the intake tube that connects to tb.

It took me probably 6 hours to install it cleanly but I still want to make some changes. Had to cut part of my headlight as well where the drain in so that the intake doesn't touch the intercooler.

Grill fit perfectly, surprisingly. It is all a bit tight in there.

 

How you do the flush? Mine is getting pretty bad & I’ll have to do this soon

 

Are you able to get pics of the where you cut on the headlight? Modifying it is no big deal for me, just want to know if it’s doable.

 

Finally Finished and installed my headlights

 

Looks good. What are your fog lights?

 

Tires, upper + lower control arms and coil-overs on this spring.

 

New transmission cooler lines, filter, and pan gasket! Full writeup on my build thread.

 

I just put a rag underneath then soaked it with wd40, then wiped away the hinges until i got down to the clean paint, then hit it with a lubricating layer again.

 

Replaced my LCAs with OEM parts today. After 17 years and 195k miles, I was honestly shocked at how good the original ball joints still felt. The left side had resistance that was almost like a brand-new unit, and the right side had just a tiny bit of lateral play but was still really stiff side to side. I did the swap as preventive maintenance, but honestly, I would’ve been comfortable running them for another year or two. Really says a lot about the quality of OEM parts compared to aftermarket. Don’t get me wrong—I love RockAuto for a lot of things—but for critical components, I stick with OEM. If you’re thinking about replacing yours, I highly recommend going OEM.

 

Well contrary to this, i went with mevotech supreme from Rockauto. I resued the OEM cam bolts though.
I just did the replacement today cause the OEM LCA bushings crapped out. 130k miles on 2011 prerunner.

 

Road trip to Montreal and hit this on the way back to Toronto... nice.

123456km.

 

Got my trail gear bumpers installed, rci skids alum, sliders, engo 10k solenoid and all fit perfect, lambtek switch for winch soon

Also oem color grill thanks to member here and oem pro headlights

Doing full old man emu kit and wheels this summer

Stoked
Also FYI full armor on good condition oem offroad suspension isn't that bad lol
Glad I sorted this before my lift though, after my last t4r daily/build

 

Replaced the Arb bumper with all new oem bumper cover. Don't understand why the middle lower section isn't the same color as the rest of it. My old bumper cover and lower center section was the same, just thought it was sun faded.

 

TRD Pro OEM housings acquired new off FB marketplace and sealant applied ✅

front diff drain plug stripped ✅

ARB skid plate 1/4 installed ✅

 

Wait, you now have ordered two different ARB bumpers and gone back to stock instead?

 

That's epic, I forgot about that arb skid