djm228's maintenance thread

I also put in a new seat belt because my old one was frayed and the retractor was kinda iffy. In addition to this, I got a new buckle. One of the wires on the original one was broken.

Spoiler: Pic

 

I found out my passenger side front mudflap had been missing this whole time, so I ordered a new one last week. It came in the other day and I just put it on. No pics unfortunately

 

I DID get pics of my new clear turn signals, parking lights, and clear(ish) tail lights.

Spoiler: Pics

 

I tried to replace the light that burnt out behind my climate controls, but I ordered the wrong bulbs . I found out that I had a functioning light ring around the ignition, so I just moved the working bulb into there.

 

I removed all the green rubber caps from the bulbs. I think I might swap these out for amber or white LEDs. I can't decide what color

Spoiler: Pic

 

Looks good - I put some blue dash lights in there and while they look cool, red / amber in my 2nd gen is definitely more we’ll suited to night driving.

 

I've seen a few people do blue lights. It looks cool but I know it wouldn't help with driving at night. I decided on white, but I put 2 of the bulbs in backwards so I have to take care of that. I'm also having trouble finding LEDs for the climate control lights, so I have nothing there right now.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/replacing-blub-on-climate-control.688173/

 

I forgot about this thread whoops! I actually figured out that I needed T1 3/4 74 LED bulbs with base type W2.1x4.9d (seen in my post here). Was such a pain in the ass to figure that out.

 

I also got my hood repainted last week since the clear coat and paint were real rough towards the driver side. Had a family member do it and he didn't charge labor so it was worth doing.

Spoiler: Repainted Hood

 

I forgot to add that I wired my light bar and pods so that they only have power when their respective switch is on along with the high beams. This allows me to turn them off with a quick flick of the high beams when I'm not supposed to be using them

 

I bought some Falken Wildpeak AT3Ws last month in 31x10.5xR15 and it feels like I'm driving a brand new truck. New tires really make a difference in ride quality. I also removed my plasti-dip because it was peeling in some spots.

Spoiler: Old vs New tires

Old Bridgestone Dueler A/T tires 31x10.5R15, 7 years old

New: Falken Wildpeak AT3W 31x10.5R15

 

I installed a Thinkware F200 Pro front and rear dash cam with GPS, which is much better than my no-name Amazon dash cam. The old dash cam was too wide and interfered with the visors, which caused some issues. I also removed my backup camera, as it stopped working a few months ago. I got better at backing my truck up without it, but having it for a short period of time definitely helped me gain a better idea of how long my truck is. I didn't grab pics of the dash cam installed, but I have pics of the video output.

I really like this because of the wide angle lenses and app support. I can view and download saved videos right to my phone. The app even labels them as "incident" or "continuous", meaning the g-sensor triggered an "accident" recording vs constant recording with ignition on.

Spoiler: 1080p dual dash cams