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

I cut my plug off and moved tot the top, then ran the appropriate gauged wire for positive and neutral inside heatshrink to the top. I was able to tuck it in pretty well into that side channel. I did put a couple spots of sensor safe sealant to hold it in place underneath. Looks clean enough I forget its there. I have seen people use an aftermarket little channel piece fitted over this but to me it sticks out and I dont care for it.

 

Or if you dont want to cut it, you can loop it back and forth up top behind the wind guard and zip tie it to the underside of the first crossbar.

 

Havent gone on yet but they just came in and will be going on Saturday...

 

Thanks! I just started to read a lot of other people’s experiences here in mounting. The big thing was I took the brackets and flipped them upside down which seemed to help the fit a lot better. I can try to get a photo if you want.

 

if you get a chance that would be cool, no rush, thank you

 

Highly recommended

 

Installed locks into the bed cubbies so I can confidently store stuff in them now. Would definitely recommend for anyone interested its fast, easy, and cheap!

 

https://www.autoanything.com/seat-covers/covercraft-precision-fit-carhartt-seat-covers
Look for the 20% coupon for first-time purchase or give them a call on the phone. That's what I did and got an extra discount.

Oh and by the way after having the seat covers on for a little bit now I really like them. They bead up if you spill water.

 

Thank you!

 

Started the install of my 6" collapsible silicone dog dish twin stick cover.


Riv nuts and some RTV. Should be goochie

 

I have used my iPhone with it and it does work. I'm not the best at setting it up for sure. I'm sure most of you guys can do it much better. CarPlay does work wirelessly

 

It only comes in a 9", 8" and 7" I believe. They are all the same except for screen size

 

I have this unit in my 2015 and have had it in my car for a week. The headunit is great. I use wireless Apple Carplay everyday and it connects pretty quick. Wireless Apple Carplay is slightly laggy, but if you use the usb cord and do it wired, it is not laggy. This is definitely a good value for what you get compared to others like pioneer and kenwood. Also, a great thing about it is that its plug n play and you do not need to cut wires all the while it retains your steering wheel controls.

CONS: I had to modify my 2015 Entune radio mounting brackets to make it work with this. Also, my unit gets very very hot kinda fast which scares me. After a 30min drive, the brain (main box with all the internal wiring/cpus) gets so hot it is pretty much untouchable. That's pretty hot for a headunit i would say. No exaggeration, its untouchably hot after 30mins. So this scares me that it could potentially get so hot and start to potentially burn wires and maybe start a fire. ---- I am not really that familiar with radio headunits and if getting too overheated and hott can lead to a fire or if a fire is even a possibility from the headunit, but it definitely concerns me as of now. Also, it does not retain factory reverse camera if you have it, you can splice into it to make it work, but getting an aftermarket new one if probably somewhat easier.

 

Man that looks clean as hell compared to mine! Great job

 

Man nice rig! What size tires are you running? 285/70r17?

 

Ooooo man that white is clean

 

Link to the ones you used?

 

2015 Tacoma head unit installed on my 2007! Had to buy an adapter and Bluetooth mic from a scion through Toyota and everything works perfect except backup camera which I haven’t bought yet and navigation will work as soon as I buy a compatible antenna. Bought the head unit on Facebook marketplace for $100 and $125 in adapters/parts. Very happy with the price while still keeping it Toyota.

 

Anyone got any advice on what to do next? It's been a little less than a year since I installed my old man emu lift kit with JBA UCAs. Looking to increase my trail-blazing experience.

 

Got my Mountain Hatch tailgate cover installed. Very nice. The flat spot for an adult soda is a nice touch! It did add a little weight; but it’s worth it.