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

I had to use wd-40 on my gas cover for my 2013 taco. It has almost rusted shut on the bottom hinge. Sounds like a tin can when I open it. bummer. It's chipping the paint around it as well - that hinge was a very poor design.... so many thin moving parts, not necessary.

 

Link?

Edit: never mind... I can read.

 

It looks good!

 

No, sorry. I bought it awhile back and there's 2 mirrors there now with a dash cam but no GPS. Just Groupon mirror with dash cam.

 

Drove it to the OB-GYN, heard my child's heartbeat for the first time

 

6 inch Fox Suspension
35 inch Mastercraft mud tires
18 inch 645B Satin black dropstars

 

I have noticed my '13 cover is getting tough to open too. I will be spraying some in mine as well.

 

Got my socks and shoes picked up today and holy crap they're bigger than I thought. More badass than I though.

I have to save up $900 to install the lift and these babes put on. I cannot goddamn wait goddamnit.

 

I had Moto Metals on mine for a while. You're going to need splined lug nuts if you don't already have them. You can buy cheap chrome ones at Pep Boys, but they'll rust. I recommend going with OEM.

 

Use some White Lithium grease after to help lube it for the future. I usually spray mine very oil change at 5k.

 

WD-40 is a solvent that makes a poor temporary lubricant. Go get some white lithium or even a dry lube. That WD-40 won't last long and you could end up bending the hinge which leads to this:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/fuel-filler-door-rubbing.132685/
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/gas-door-hing-rusty.158506/
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/gas-door-problem.270878/

 

Hmm I feel like I've seen this suggested before.

 

Thanks for the suggestion. I see you know what you're talking about (standing next to that mountain of snow) I get the same storms after you.

 

Yea that's last November when we got 5ft overnight and another couple feet in the next few days. In buffalo we use a lot of salt on the roads and it does a number on the vehicles around here so I've been using white lithium on all my vehicles to grease any kind of exposed hinges.

FYI I'm 6'3 standing next to that snow.

 

My Tacoma ate my paycheque... Bought sliders, console and glove box organizer, high lift jack and mounts, insurance and payment... Didn't even realize the damage I was doing... Woops, guess I'll go hungry for a few days!

 

Spoiler: NSFW

 

Ended up picking up some 3/8 x 1" bolts, nuts, and lock washers (used the regular washers that came with the winch) and got the fairlead mounted up just fine.

 

I did the same thing 5k miles ago, holding up great so far. The truck looks better for it.

 

Yep, pretty much sums er up. Here's to line of credit!

 

Awesome. Thanks!