2017 Tacoma TRD Offroad Daily Driver

I picked up this up as a good gas mileage, daily driver since my company relocated our office and my commute ended up a bit longer than I planned. It came with 122K miles, approz 2" space lift, and a few mods from the previous owner that needed to be redone (mostly poor wiring and cable routing).



I'm also a ham radio operator, so I'll put the antenna mount to use and installed a VHF radio under the seat with the head unit on the dash mounted to the existing accessory bracket. The coax was previously routed over the tailgate, so I used a dremel to notch the taillight and reroute it much cleaner through the taillight pocket.



The next issue came from a cracked brake line due to someone leaving the bolt out, or improper torque resulting in it falling out. Thankfully, it was only $8 to buy the brake line and bolt at the local dealer. After a trip to buy new brake fluid this morning, I can finish bleeding the system today and tackle a few other maintenance items that are due.

 

I had a similar setup above the radio with all the wires so I bought a dash cover and routed all the wires under the dash cover to the door molding and now there’s very minimal wires showing.

 

I replaced the bad brake line, bleed the brakes, and replaced the serpentine belt, tensioner, and pulleys today. There are some strange design choices and very little access to see what you are doing, but I made it through the list. I also installed a Molle panel in the bed but forgot to take a pic.

 

Looks good welcome and enjoy your taco.