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

Sport wheels with plastidip

 

Rotated/Balanced and had this monster repaired.

 

Got my 5100's installed,aligned and BFG 265's. Looks pretty good to me! Pic's to come...

 

Built a cargo bar, AKA Groceries not all over the bed bar. Built out of a broken ice scraper and a broken cargo basket from the wife's van. Only thing I bought was the D-rings ($5).

 

White DTRL in my 06 from CsJumper with amber turn signals. DTRL are almost as bright as some headlights

 

What was the reason it took 19 months!?!

Btw....what tire size are those?

 

I'm all for innovation and the diy mentality, but were you aware of a pretty cheap solution

 

I had one similar before and it never stayed in place. The way the bedsides are angled it always slipped off.

 

well glad you knew about them. Mine stays in place for everything I've thrown at it so far

 

How does the bar attach to the d-ring?

 

I got one from Canadian Tire over a year ago, paid $50.00. It stays in place now. When I first got it, it didn't stay in place(slamming on the brakes). I figured that this was a better solution then to bungie everything like my friend had suggested.

 

Today I got my coverking ballistic tactical seat covers in the mail.

Installed them.. pretty easy, I like them. The ballistic material is nice and slick and seems to be tough.

Unfortunately the driver side cover came with a small cut on the side bolster. I called cverking who asked me to email a picture. So i emailed two pictures and I am waiting for the follow up.

 

The ends of the bar fit on to those black thangers I had lying around the shop.

 

I fought back against frame rot and rust cancer.

I removed the factory skid plates (tin cans) and cleaned the undercarriage really well and began to paint. Doing it in sections because it's such a pain in the ass. Today was day two.

 

Thanks. Did your package arrive yet?

 

So just got back from the dealership to find out what a minor squeaking sound in my DRIVER side front was...turns out, it's just the wear indicator on brake pads with about 30% left on both sides...the kicker is...my PASSENGER side wheel bearing is no good! They had it on the lift and spun the tire and I heard it mildly grinding.

What was just a minor check turned out to be about a $1380 quote for new pads, rotors, wheel bearing (seals etc)...

I think I'll be talking to nj636 about the wheel bearing assembly he offers.

any suggestions for brakes?

I'll be doing all the work myself because they quoted me about 4-5.5 hours of shop time... no thanks.

 

Just went to check the mail and it was there! Thanks, I will put it to good use!

 

Whatcha get? Whatcha get?

 

Got me some homegrown garlic!