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

MADE IT TO 200,000
Makes me wanna do the front end conversion

 

Much appreciated, hope we can do the same!

 

Yes, I believe someone said it's the connection for the 400W power inverter that comes with the TRD model.

 

Hacked the grill apart this weekend and installed the customcargrills.com insert.


First time using automotive goop and I can’t believe how long that stuff takes to dry. I went pretty heavy with it to make sure it held and so far so good. Don’t snag any photos of the actual insert piece going on but I got a few of the letters. Thank god for the girlfriend’s used candle shelf in the basement lol, they made perfect weights.

Here it is with the lights mocked up using popsicle sticks :

the lights are wired up in the grill but I ran out of daylight to put it back on my truck:

This was way more time consuming that I thought it would be haha. Will hopefully have some time after work tomorrow before it gets dark

 

Ah no you haven't, that's a lot of empty real estate under that hood.

 

That looks killer. How did you wire up the bed light on there? I have the KC version but haven’t installed it yet

 

Thanks! Speedway Blue is the best! Been thinking about buying high clearance bumpers but that would mean losing some blue, and I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet.

 

They can be painted.

 

BAD ASS RIGHT HERE!

 

Looks great, I'm getting ready to do my 4Runner grille similarly. Where did you get the "TOYOTA" letters?

 

Customcargrills.com sells them as an option with the grill mesh. Pretty good operation they got goin on there (just like yourself)

 

Timetable bed liner make them the color you desir

 

Its already completely derailed soooo... My wife just ordered new shams for the couch pillows this weekend.

Right on bud! Just trying to help out. I was stacking pavers right in the middle of mine when it buckled. Iv'e owned just about every brand truck out there and never thought twice about loading things on the tailgate until now. Wish i would have know it was that weak before I buckled my $1500 tailgate.

 

Cool, I got the mesh from them, but didn't notice the letters. I'll have another look - did you just glue them on with Goop?

 

Nice job! Most of our sales tend to go to the 3rd Gen "twins" (4Runner and Taco), so it's always a treat to see photos of the older Tacos with the hood struts

 

Question for you. Can a single hood strut be installed and still fucntion? I ask because my house battery sits in the way where the passenger side strut would sit.

My VW only had from the factory, but I’d image since the Tacoma hood is larger and heavier it probably wouldn’t function as well.

 

That’s what I figured. I’m currently on the hunt for a pick n pull or someone who took their off for an upgrade and want to wire one into mine.

 

Installed The Demon Hooks and some shackles today, might get around to finally installing the Pro Grill later if I don’t get distracted

 

In principle it can, we can supply struts that are strong enough. But like you suspected, the Taco hood is large and relatively flimsy, so it will flex a lot trying to close it at the middle portion with only one strut. You'd have to make a habit of pulling it down on the side with the strut. Other cars (like your VW) that use a single strut usually have smaller and stiffer hoods.

Can you post a photo of your house battery? We've had a number of folks with those batteries who seemed to get them to work with the struts.