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

Post clay bar treatment. Good thing I bought more clay, drooped a piece of clay twice, D'OH! (yes, I tossed the pieces I dropped).
I do have some paint chips that I'll need to address, a couple of them have rust. I didn't see any swirls, I did see scratches that look like they'll buff out.

 

Mounted up my yakima rack to the bed rails.

 

Yesterday, but still awesome today. Thanks for the bars @GHOST SHIP! The rig behind the truck is for when the wife joins me. This will primarily be solo trip stuff.

 

From someone who owns both, 2.7L all day every day. 22RE's have real finicky cooling systems, and like to pop head gaskets just like their 3.0L bigger brothers albeit not as frequently. Add in the miles of vacuum lines that could, and do go bad resulting in hard to find leaks. Oh and the plastic timing chain guides that like to self destruct. Honestly, I dont get why everyone has a hard on for that motor. Mine is at 197k and has had all the problems I listed above, just always seems to be nickel and diming me.

 

Eh, the 4.0 in my dads 08 moves...quickly lol. But the 2.7 in my 04 has a nice little pep to it when paired with a 5 speed. Fun little truck, dunno if Id want it in a 4 door though. But there is a reason Toyota hasnt altered the 2.7 much in what, the 24 years that theyve been using it? Its a down right reliable engine.

The 22re is a slow turd that makes merging onto freeways terrifying.

 

Pinch weld mod completed.

 

Never. Unless the supercharger is cool enough for them

 

My original FlipPac decal was gettin kinda old so I had a new one printed and I had some time to mount it today. This is the first version I need to make some adjustments before I get the final version printed. What do you guys think?

 

Good idea!

 

Thanks! It was a pain, but worth it!

 

What lights did you use? I like that idea

 

Got the mail. Can’t wait to hit trails next week. It’s been too long.

 

Moar lca action! Reinforced all eyes with 1/8” tube, and plugged the holes.

 

Where did you find this wheel? What year did it come from. Looks awesome.

 

I bought them at walmart buddy I believe they might be these I payed about 20 for the wiring and switch as well it's a nice cheap mod! You can see where the red glow is I mounted the switch next to the power plug
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Alpena-24-Inch-Max-LED-Strip/49963960

 

Installed was near $700 at a local shop. That was with the parking brake bypass, proper harnesses, dash bracket, backup camera.

 

I went from this...
to this.. I used fallout remover, clay bar, Power Lock Plus sealant, Collonite 845 wax. I also used the paint pen I’ve had for a couple years to fix some scratches. Now I need to get around to installing my new UCA’s and my new CV shaft and rebuild the factory one for a spare.
Oh and today I noticed the powder coat is coming off of my skid plate in a couple places and it’s rusting. I’m thinking of powder coating it Silver to match the truck. What say you TW?

 

Kuntrykid it has car play for iPhone and also has a version for android run phones that runs off of your phone apps that are compatible with CarPlay. Waze and Google maps runs thru the touchscreen. Pretty nice. You can also use Siri and speak to reply to text as well.

 

Happy Independence Day everyone.

Took the family to a good firework viewing spot.

 

Just moved to SoCal from Maui this week. Spent my afternoon installing a Softopper.