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

Yes I added more transmission fluid, but it only ended up being a few ounces.

 

Took it to golf. So badly need rain but just got teased.

 

changed the oil today at 40,930 miles. Also greased the driveshaft

 

How hard was it to do? Seems like a great upgrade not having to deal with drum brakes.

 

I'm curious about that as well. Seems like quite the undertaking getting it to work with the ABS and... hows the parking brake work now? Genuinely curious.

 

Weekend project. The rear is blacked out. Pulled all trim off bumper and upper bed trim repainted black. I Want to do it all in bed liner/rhino liner or whatever. Installed LEDs in reverse lights, 3rd brake light, and license plate lights. Have the spyder auto tail lights installed that match my front but…. Oooops having a little trouble up front at the moment

 

Looks good! Those taillights are dark!

Once you completely finish the black out you'll find yourself implementing color back in. That's what happening with me now

 

So my goal is to do all black inside and out. With purple details. I have installed purple LEDs on almost everything I can inside the truck. Including the auto light on the window control. And I want to do raptor grill with purple and I have the 2010 4Runner mirrors installed and want to do the marker lights in purple. But I think it would looks stupid. I’m not sure about that. May just stick to amber. But regardless I’m putting LEDs in there too. I may end up pulling apart my new headlights and switching the DRLs from white to purple and just add purple halos. I’m not sure. To many option and it makes my tiny brain hurt

 

Have any pics of your truck?

 

Yup

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/sandy-eggo-build.664071

 

Looks awesome! We have the same headlights and tail lights! What was your color choice to bring back into the look? It seems like white? Purple is my thing for me but not sure how to set it up on the front end.

 

Yup, down the road I'd like to replace the halogen projectors with a led projectors and change the white DRL bar to white/chasing amber.

Ya all black gets pretty boring after awhile. So ya white and gray lol

Depending on your local laws I would be careful replacing front end lights with purple. Might get you a side of the road convo with the HP.

 

See if the frame was inspected/treated/replaced.

 

Cheap Noco Battery box from Amazon. Nothing special but has enough room above the battery terminals to screw in some parts and hold some wires.

NOCO Snap-Top HM327BKS Battery Box, Group 27 12V Outdoor Waterproof Battery Box for Marine, Automotive, RV, Boat, Camper and Travel Trailer Batteries

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W5SG6Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8

 

Replaced the AC compressor clutch plate and bearing.


AC all fixed

 

It was a PITA. The instructions that came with the kit were just about useless. You almost certainly have to pull the axle from the bearing (read replace the bearing assembly) and press the new bearing while the kit and parking brake assembly are mostly in position. Be certain you have all the parts and some cash incase something goes wrong. I ended up having a shop press the new bearings and they messed one up. They're a good shop so they replaced it free of charge, thankfully, but it can and will get expensive. I'm happy with the results, but I wouldn't have done it if my drums didn't kick the bucket right then.

 

Thank you for that. Does the ABS know or care that it's a disc and not a drum?

 

The ABS works off of the wheel speed sensors that attach to the wheel bearing assembly, so it doesn't care what's doing the stopping.

 

Thanks for explaining. I find all of these upgrades pretty interesting. Doing discs all around sounds neat - or sounded - until I found out you need to pull axles and replace wheel bearings. That seems like a pretty huge amount of effort. But, when my drum breaks die I might think about it.

 

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