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

Anyone else missing page 1443?

 

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I just picked up a brand new take off skid plate off of craigslist. Came off of a 2013 sport that the owner put a westin bull bar on! He didn't know about tw and was looking into a spacer lift. I advised him against it and directed him to Tacomaworld!

 

If that's the case he will probably be taking his bull bar off and want his skid plate back after he comes on this site

 

Bravo! *golf clap*

 

Put my baby up for sale..

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...e-dcsb-prerunner-47-5k-miles.html#post6522842

 

Put more lift on. Added a Toy Tec top plate to Blstn 5100's @ o with OME 885x springs, and LR UCA's. Have 285/75/16's on stock steel with front mud flaps removed and cut the front rain drop nipple out. No rub.







Next will be to remove stock leaf packs with an AAL, and replace with All Pro leaf packs and U bolt flip.

 

Well I've had my 2013 for about 4 days now and last night I did a BHLM. Thanks to this forum and all you brilliant people I was able to do it no problem. Given I do have a bit of mechanical savvy and a monsterous tool set but still! I put my new headlights in the freaken oven because a forum told me too. HA HA HA. Anyway, thank you all! I did manage to get some blood on the headlights and truck also. Nothing a few Becks didn't help.

Heads up the 2013 grill and headlights are different than the 2012. Not big differences but definitely not the same. A little shooting from the hip was required but it looks good. If anyone is interested Ill take some pics.

 

Is there anything different with the process because I plan to do my 13 at some point?

 

im set to see 40 post per page so i only have just over 770 pages
but i have seen glitches like that from time to time!!!

 

That's what I'm thinking. I call No Backsies!

 

Nothing big really. The third bolts on the lights that you have to get to by laying under and reaching up are 10mm. They aren't hard to reach once you find them.

When you go to take the headlights off the body rotate them slowly counter clockwise as you pull them out and they will slide out. Any other way you will be fighting them for a while. (reverse the process to get them back in)

The headlights aren't just "glued" together. They have screws all the way around plus 2 of them are hex screws.

200 degrees in the oven for 8 minutes works just fine for baking them.

Be careful when you take the orange reflector out. The clips are super brittle. I broke both small ones off on one headlight and used plastic model glue to put it back together. Holds fine.

Other than that it went smooth. Separating the lights is a wresting match against time. Once they cool you have to bake them again to loosen the glue again.

Hope this helps.

 

Tortured myself with some test fitting. Can't wait till it gets nicer out and I can throw a lift/wheels/tires/paint calipers.... on all at once and stop teasing her!

 

BluTaco got a bath, sucked out and a shampoo of the upholstery. Gotta be looking good for new tires on Wednesday!

 

Installed a Volant intake with air scoop.

 

Hope you don't do any off roading... those lights under the bumper won't last if you do Ask how many folks have broken off the trailer plug...

 

noticed my passenger side mud flap is just about ripped off, hanging on by one maybe two fasteners now... time to replace I guess =( I would like to just keep them off but with the city using gravel on the icy roads and a dark blue truck, I'd rather not have a million chips down the side lol

 

Ordered a set of wet okoles and grabbed a bite for lunch. Now to the beach.

 

I also scored a skid for cheap.