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

Had some time at work so I made some quick and dirty slot nuts out of aluminum.


Perfect fit!


Now I can install my Rocky Mounts 9mm clutch bicycle fork mounts

 

Spent money on it. Light bar, lights, switches.

 

Made apt to have door speakers replaced...pioneer. Factory sucks.

 

Had the new windshield installed..

 

Thanks! But nah, not worried about the dissimilar metal corrosion. They wont stay there. Just for bike trips. I was gonna make them out of stainless, but didn't feel like tapping 316 plate with 1/4-20...
I knew they'd be in and out a lot so I didn't want any hard metals chewing up the rails either.

 

I only have dry moly and copper grease at home. I have heard weird stories about copper grease and aluminum...

 

make sure you wear gloves!

 

Painted the Chrome of my grill. Went to Autozone and got the primer and Dupli-Color matched Super White. Finished it with some Enamel Laquer. Turned out pretty good!

 

I thought stainless and aluminium where all good together?

 

No

 

http://www.npfasteners.com/pdfs/galvanic-corrosion-chart.pdf

 

I installed my aluminum headache rack with stainless through bolts and they started to corrode the aluminum after about a year

 

I have a titanium one

 

Galvanic corrosion is no joke tho. We deal with it everyday in the shipyard. Dunno why the navy started building ships out of aluminum...
If the joint stays dry or filled with grease, its usually okay for awhile. That's why doording suggested anti seize. It needs an electrolyte to occur.

 

Did the leaf TSB today @work!

 

I need new rear leaf springs!


I opened my Tacoma today, peered in, then shut the door. Havent touched it since saturday...or driven it since friday.

 

Kala I'll have a set of a 2013 TRD sport leafs here at the end of the month...less than 10miles on them...

 

Thanx. The tires are 285/70/17. And the offset is -12mm with a 4.5 backspace.

 

Huh, well I learned something. I knew other types of steel where a no go, but thought stainless was ok. I have a steel flag pole holder mounted on my aluminium covered porch post, thing ate right through. I didn't even think about it when I put it up. Took about 3 years to corrode all the way around it.

So what did you use to replace the ss bolts in your headache rack?