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

If you mean like a ceramic coating it might. But I’ve never put any coating on glass. If you had a specific coating applied I’d consult the person who applied. I’ve always just used a quality wax or spray sealant like beadmaker.

 

I use it on stainless steel and chrome. I've only used it on glass once and it worked fine.

 

If you go to a tint shop, they have little white scotch brite pads to scrub windows. They work great for removing bugs and road grime from windows and they won’t scratch glass.

 

I use Gtechniq G1/G2 on the windshield I'm having a hard time removing it. I tried Meguiars M105 and a wool pad on a rotary still wouldn't come off. It's now about 40% to 50% gone after 4 years. I must of use to much.

 

I originally bought them for exhaust tips.

I going to find a old window to practice on and try to scratch it on purpose so I can see what it takes to scratch glass with steel wool.

 

I did a Google search and found some on Amazon and Advance Auto Parts.

 

I just did a quick read . That product actually makes a chemical bond to the glass so it definitely will be more difficult to remove.

 

Glass has craters and Gtechniq recommends 3 layers of G1 to level out the craters to make it perfectly smooth. I wanted to remove the G1 to try something else.

 

Got it! Thanks for the info.

 

If it's 000 or less....then yes, it'll probably haze it some. But I doubt 0000 will.....unless you just get crazy with it

 

DO IT! You won't be disappointed

VERY simple mod that really changes the look of the truck IMHO.

Cheers.

Rick

 

SterlingM20J - beautiful truck. Can you share what you have in terms of suspension, lift and tire size? Thank you in advance!

 

Truck looks great! Thanks for choosing us for your lighting needs!

 

Met up with some Alabama folks and did some wheeling at Coppinger Cove in Tennessee!



And I've almost finished up development of an all-in-one Water & Air Pump Kit (the WAP kit)

 

Nice man! Alabama folks lol. You one of us now!

 

Taking a trip south next week and built this quick platform for the dog’s and to have more storage. Nothing crazy.




Wasn’t happy with the market options of roof racks for my daily work/fun needs so here’s one from the mounting mock up. Still waiting on powder coat and some hardware. When I get back I’ll be finishing up my long bed cap build and will share with everyone.

 

Wow. I want you around when I get hurt. Seriously. Kudos for your preparation.

 

sound deadened the rear portion of the cab. i can now hold a conversation at normal volume levels again

i used kilmat 80mil

$60 KILMAT 80 mil 36 sqft Car Sound Deadening Mat, Butyl Automotive Sound Deadener, Audio Noise Insulation and dampening

https://www.amazon.com/Kilmat-Deade...5&sr=1-1-25b07e09-600a-4f0d-816e-b06387f8bcf1

 

I used Beadmaker as well. Good stuff.

 

I got my 2006 Tacoma 4x4 a month ago. One thing that was troublesome is I could not get the hang of releasing the foot ebrake with before going into Reverse or Drive. All my other vehicles have a hand brake and I just had trouble remembering subconsciously to release that foot ebrake. After the 10th time, I installed a reminder beeper. Basically, the emergency brake wire (connector near the ebrake peddle) is grounded when the brake is on and open when off. The other wire you need is the reverse light wire that can be found behind the kick panel plastic panel near the driver side door (mine is red with a white stripe and comes right off a connector). The wire is found in a cluster of connectors near the floor. The R wire is thicker than most because it powers the reverse lights and requires some real current.

The circuit starts with +12V (from the reverse light splice) then to a beeper then from the beeper to the ebrake wire. Whenever the ebrake is on and you shift in reverse (which is required to get to N or D) the circuit is complete and I get a beep to remind me to release the brake. If either the ebrake is off or not in R the circuit is open and quiet. This was very helpful for me. Now I am trained to do it automatically most of the time. The beeper is $9 on Amazon (see below). I put the beeper behind the kick panel area a bit under the carpet facing down. It is very loud. Doing it this way makes the beep level about the same as the other Taco warnings and it sounds natural.

$10 RuiLing 2-Pack DC 3-24V 85 dB Active Piezo Buzzer Piezoelectric Sound Beeper Intermittent Sound Car Accessries Black

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TT8WTVD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I liked this idea so much I later added the same thing for a reminder to turn my headlights off (when the ebrake is on). Same idea. I love the truck but mine was super basic!

Hope this helps someone out there.