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

That is beautiful!

 

Beat me to it. That was my first impression as well.

 

I guess it's fitting tho, technically it is a "toy"

 

Dropped the diff lube, install new later after I take grandson to pre-K. It'll get a good draining!

 

Made my hood scoop "functional" by cutting out the black plastic innards. Kept the honeycomb screen though. I imagine it will keep the engine bay a little cooler during the heat of summer here in Florida.

 

Avatar looks good bud!!!

 

Switched out my dull green shift indicator bulb for a 5000k white led one from vleds. Same brightness pretty much but matches the rest of the white a lot better!

Next on my list: Door illuminated "Auto" switch (change to white as well)

Might change all the OEM switches to red, haven't decided yet.

 

I have the same issue. Although I am not sure if I want the hassle to go darker than legal. I live in NY, anything for a buck!!

 

Got my Ultraguage today, yet to be calibrated but drove around house hunting and saw a 12mpg average thus far....

 

Installed weathertechs

 

Took her to the range!

 

Finally installed my cargo divider that I purchased from another TW member. It was missing the hardware to attach to the bed rails. After experimenting in the last few weeks, I found the a good combination of hardware to hold the divider to the bed rails.

 

I'm trying to decide between two set ups for my front suspension....

OME 90000 struts with 885x coils
or
Bilstein 5100 adjustables with stock coils (set to what ever setting to get 3" lift)

thoughts?

 

Tough decision, if it were me I'd do bilstein just for future options, ome your stuck with what you got. I'd recommend gettin some spindles with 5100's, that's what I'm doing best setup so far and I love my spindles!

 

Im running spindles and 5100s as well..I also have eibachs

 

I ran my 5100s set at 2.5" with stock coils for about a month, ride was rough and my alignment sucked. upgraded to 885x coils and got LR UCA's.

they don't sell prerunners in Canada, no spindles.

 

don't hold this to me but I thought the spindle lift are for 2wd only? am I wrong? I know the maxtrac ones are.... are there ones that work for 4wd ?
will going with OME and 885x give me a full 3"? or will the 5100's set at whatever number be able to give me a full 3" lift?
I don't do any crazy off roading, just loggin/fire roads to go camping etc nothing crazy.
Also, what would the ride quality be like compared to eachother?

 

Yes spindles are for 2wd only. ..either way you go id run an aftermarket spring..so either ome shock and spring or bilstein shock and eibach spring...This way you dont have to preload the spring so much to get lift which in return gives better ride...I have bilstein 5100s at 1.75" and eibach 1.6" lift coils..alignment is just fine and ride really isnt that bad..I do have alot of weight on front thougb

 

will going with OME 90000 struts and 885x coils get me a full 3" lift of just under? guessing I'll need new UCA's too hey?! i'll go with LR UCA's if i need them.

does anyone have the 2" AAL for the rear? I called a local spring/axel place in town and they said if I put an AAL in my pack it will just turn it into a "solid pack". They want to put the AAL in and re-arc my whole pack.... does that make sense or worth doing? or just stick the 2" AAL in there and run with it.... which will give me best ride quality?

 

I got 2 1/2" of lift on my DCLB 4x4 with the 885x , no top plate spacers