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

Hit 70k today and added some DD SS3s

 

Rerouted my Exhaust using the tuck method and chopped the tail pipe.

 

TPMS sensors via eBay from TPMS Deals, Anaheim CA https://www.ebay.com/str/tpmsdeals
Cost: $94.98 + free shipping + $5.42 state sales tax collected by eBay - $4.75 discount.

An eBay seller that I asked about wheels replied that I would need the TPMS for $120 and lug nuts at $40. eBay still prohibits side deals.

 

Installed the RedLine Tuning QuickLift ELITE kit and connected the two gas struts this morning. No more wrestling with the prop rod and heavy metal hood! The crush rib on this hood seems a bit narrower than portrayed in the instructions, which note that there is quite a bit of variation during the ten-year production period. I emailed the company that the hood brockets are on the edge of the crush rib with a gap between bracket and curve of the rib, but the rivets are tight and it doesn't look like the brackets will move. President of the company replied, that it would be OK to clip off the rivet stems, and should problems arise, contact them for new rivets. Great customer support! I made certain that it clears the ground from the battery and other things. The fifth alloy wheel arrived today, which will become the new spare when the wheel swap happens.

 

After waiting and waiting for the MESO dome lights I thought I would try something else. For only $2.90 I am very happy with the results with 48 led's. Pictures just taken at 1130 pm and map lights are off.

 

My current leds put out about that much light, but I still want a dual color dome light lol

 

I do have the dual color maps. I only bought those because they were $27.50 for Black Friday. My back seat in my access cab very rarely gets used so not worth the price for me. If they were available I would just buy the white MESO dome. That is what I had in my 2016. But for under $3 I am good now.

 

Finally popped these off with a little help of a blowtorch and some ingenuity. Welds look like poop but I’m still learning

 

I put some of these LED bulbs in my map and dome lights and they are bright as hell. I have been wanting MESO LEDs for the red option but am always too slow to get them when they are in stock. These things definitely made a difference and I think I am sticking with them

 

I have a festoon LED bulb in my map and domes, but if you want the red, you could go a different route and use a trailer brake light, like I did. I was pulling my headliner to put up two rounds of sound deadening anyway, so it made sense for me.

With an SPDT switch you can rig up a high and low setting on the LEDs. I use it a lot when I'm getting into the woods before sunrise.

 

Changed oil and rotated tires. My wife is traveling in it and I miss my truck. I'm fixing up a Subaru Tribeca for her to travel in. Hope to finish it soon.

 

This has nothing to do with your Subaru or your Tacoma...but do you know how many times I batted at that fly before I realized..............................

Ok, so it wasn't a LOT, I'm not completely oblivious ...but a few.

 

Lol I love that fly

 

LOL, after I scrolled.....and he scrolled............and I scrolled back down, and he did too...I was pretty convinced it wasn't real. That or he's a quick little fucker.

 

Dropped off my headliner and few other pieces to get painted and wrapped in suede. While the headliner is removed I started to kilmat the interior.

 

I really need to take my headliner off to sound deaden it. I hate the tin can sound when It rains

 

That is a great looking truck

 

How did you slide the overhead piece out? Was it difficult? Thanks.

 

Did a few drain, fill, drive, drain fills on the power steering reservoir. Valvoline Max Life ATF.
Bought an extra quart to do the RAV4... No hydraulic PS, it is an electric servo.

 

I bought this 2013 yesterday. 113k miles and some nice mods already done.