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

This was when it was new

 

Working on the retrofits

 

My thoughts as well...also living in the SW makes it pretty difficult with all the dirt we've got blowing around.

 

I don’t go off road much except when cutting firewood and hunting .

 

What kind of paint did you use? Did you scuff up the plastic and then prime it?

 

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/CUupBAGBkGq/
Picture doesn't do it justice.

 

Finished adding the trans cooler to the 2012. Ended up piping in line with the radiator cooler, for now anyway, because son was in a hurry to go somewhere. Have the extra barb fitting, hose and clamps to eventually bypass the radiator completely. At least now we have peace of mind towing a boat back and forth to Virginia Beach. No pics now but it is the Hayden 697 plate and fin rapid cool with the thermal bypass. Great $60 insurance for a trans with 140k miles. Could feel the hose temp difference between the inlet line and the return line after reached operating temp. Placed it nearly 2" forward of the condensor for max air flow. Didn't lose 5 drops of atf in the process by clamping off the existing hoses. Would like to add an oil cooler because there is a slight operating temp difference between the 2012 without and the 2008 with the factory oil cooler. Son, like myself, doesn't understand why they have a dash light for the trans that comes on "after" you have cooked the fluid. Hopefully we will never see that light. Always feels good to teach the kids something about cars. Getting too old to service the fleet forever.

 

Wire wheel, degrease, etch, and POR-15 critical portions of front half of frame - cab mounts to leaf mounts.



Rear half to be done when it's time to cut bedsides for new bumper.

 

Valspar ( Lowes) spray paint primer already in it . No scuff ,just cleaned with rubbing alcohol.

 

I'm doing this too.

 

What are we looking at in that top picture?

 

Ordered an access cab sized roof rack. Figured I'd give the new Hooke road one a try.

 

gorgeous truck! Where did you get that grille ?

 

That's the needle bearing the ecgs bushing replaces

 

Installed some retrofit headlights and polished them.

 

Gas at $3.15 a gallon. Oh, I miss those days.

 

Thanks! No idea, it was on the truck when I bought it. It came silver, but I powdercoated it black and added homertaco grille letters. I guess its "custom".

 

300000 kilometers!!! 186411 miles!!!

Bought my Tacoma brand new off the lot in July of 2008 with 9 kilometers on it. I didn’t even test drive it as I test drove an SR5 and went with the TRD during financing when I realized I could afford it haha absolutely zero regrets on that decision, love my Tacoma

P.S. please ignore the TPS light that’s on in in my picture in the same fashion you ignore it on your own dash haha thanks!