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

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I usually honk and wave......

 

But do they fit a 2009?

 

Scored these in the mail today, gonna put em in as soon as I clean the truck.

Which could be a while

 

Yes, I have one in my 08. Then I sold my old 08 radio for $60.

 

What about NAV?

 

The 2014 versions have nav along with weather, traffic and the Entunes app but those are going for about $400-$450 shipped.

My 2013 deck has touch screen with radio, Blutooth (music and phone) and video capability (reverse cam). For either of them you would just need to get a harness from Toyota for the steering wheel controls to work and a mic to speak into the bluetooth.

 

Price does not seem all that bad. From where?

 

On the B/S/T threads. Thats where I got my 2013 deck and if I decide to upgrade to the 2014 (for nav) I would be selling mine.

 

Please post an update when you get these installed. I'd like to see how they look as I'm interested in getting a set.

 

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Or if you can't find one, aftermarket for under $150 with bluetooth. I wasn't ready to get rid of my HU yet, so I added a bt receiver that runs to my aux in. Only issue I didn't think/know of, was lack of mic.

 

Installed switch panel! Installed fused panel and ran wiring over the weekend, had the day off so I cut my sunglass holder and wired everything up. Need a diode because the ABS kill doesn't light up when turned on. Also, as soon as I uploaded these pictures, realized I forgot to plug my temp gauge back in.. oops!

 

I put my switch panel in the other day as well but I haven't wired it up yet. Did you run an individual wire to each switch? I'm debating whether to do that or just run a single wire up and split it to each switch.

 

For what part of the switch? For ground, ignition power, and dash light, I just ran one switch for each and daisy chained them, its much cleaner that way. Obviously you'll have to run different wires to your relays.

I only installed 4 switches, but ran wires for 6. Will definitely help me save some effort down the road. ABS kill had some funkier wiring than the rest of the setup because of how its tied in.

Shoot me a PM if you need any help. My wiring diagram is quickly drawn and pretty messy, so that might not help much. Might do a write-up at some point, though I didn't take any pictures along the way.

 

I just meant for power to them. I was thinking of running 1 fused wire from the battery up to the headliner and then splitting it right there at the switches to all of the switch inputs. Then running the output from the switches to what they go to, and I figured I would connect the light ground on all the switches together and then grounding it out some where. I thought if I do it this way I wouldn't have my pillars crammed full of wires.

 

I did that for my center console switches (7). Works well and minimizes the amount of wires.

 

Yeah. My only issue is will 20 amps be enough to power everything. Each individual switch is rated for 20 amps so if I use a 20 amp fuse at the battery it will keep the switches safe, but I don't know if it will run everything if I used it all at once. I guess I could run two 20 amp lines from the battery. That should do it.

 

It would be better if you used relays and powered your equipment off that. Depending on what you're doing and how many things you're using at once, you MIGHT be able to get away without relays, but to handle that load safely you should be running 12GA wire, which is kind of a bitch to work with.

If you use relays, you can run strictly 18 or 20GA wire because they don't pull much current at all. same with the LEDs in the switches.

 

Yeah. 1 switch will be powering 2 relays. The other 3 will be running LED lights and that 5th one will be running a relay as well, though not until I get a winch. haha

I plugged the one set of lights in on a watt meter and they pull about 6 amps and the other two will probably pull less than 3 each so I might be able to get away with one 20 amp line.

 

Installed oil catch can and air bag disable switch in my DC. Excuse the dirty engine bay. It's the middle of winter but super dry and dusty where I work.