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

If you're going to fuck up the use again the least you could do is wrap it in a movie quote to kind of, you know, keep with the theme.

 

https://youtu.be/Jne9t8sHpUc




And.....keeping with this thread theme......Like always I DID NOTHING TO MY DAMN TRUCK TODAY!!!!!!

It just fucking sits there

 

She sits pretty tho. Maybe she does it all by herself....maaaybe not

 

* Inconceivable!

 

Yachats, never been there before and we found a awesome airbnb. Weather has been off and on but we came to just relax and do nothing for a few days. Driving down the beach at Long Beach is always fun, very pretty area.

 

A-men brotha!

 

Definitely would like to know how well it works.

 

I'll report in my build thread how well it works, going on a trip soon.

If you're interested in doing your vehicle right, I strongly recommend Steven's @ItalynStylion guide. He wrote up a great tutorial (6) years ago, now locked, located here.

I followed his work. I think I have 30 hours into the project.

Link to my Front Passenger Door, Feb 2016
Link to my pics for the first back door, Nov 2015
Link to pics of my back doors: Sound proof second back door, Nov 2015
Link to pics of how I make filler plates from cheap HDPE plastic.
Link to Sound proof the roof, ceiling, Mar 2016
Link to post explaining strategy, theory, and my mentor here.

 

Dipped my rear bumper to match the front bumper.

 

Just curious, why do you hate the sound from the TRD? I have the TRD and like it. It's just loud enough for me. To each his own, I'm just wondering what you don't like about it.

 

so long chrome

 

Waiting on my mesh to get here

 

Installed WeatherTech visors

 

Any1 used the custom car grills mesh yet? At 49.99 i am just wanting to make sure theres a good reason why grille craft is 309 dollars for the same shit

 

That's hilarious and awesome!

 

So I special ordered 2 parts from Home Depot for this project. I got to pick them up today, open the envelope and play with them while driving for a few more errands. Get home to work on my project, and I can only find ONE in my truck! D: I'm an idiot.

Anyway, here's my take on the @IGGY switch panel since the automatic switch panel is currently out of stock.
Going to order another handle (they are $1.50) and when it gets here paint her black.

 

went off roading for the 1st time in WinRock TN;


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It's not the volume, it's the sound. As compared to the Aero, Flowmaster, and other sound clips that I can find that have a throaty sound with distinct pulses, the TRD exhaust system sounds wheezy and undefined. It's just an unpleasant noise to me, but as you say we all have our own opinions. I plan to chop the exhaust just behind the rear axle, and I fear that the drone will get louder at highway speeds.

 

Here's what I did today (a little bit of a write up coming...):

Added two ammo boxes to the bed of my truck to sit flush with the side of the bed.

Parts:
- (2) ammo boxes
- (1) piece of flat bar aluminum
- black spray paint
- misc hardware

First, I spray painted the ammo boxes flat black


Then I took a solid piece of flat bar aluminum and hacksawed 6" pieces for the brackets:


Then I measured where i wanted the boxes to sit in the bed and drill the appropriate holes in the boxes/brackets:


Then it was a matter of getting all the hardware together and mounting them up:
Ran into a clearance issue (I knew it would be a problem but my first hardware run didn't account for how far out i'd need to go):


So back to the hardware store to get some spacers:

and all buttoned up!



My next step will be security. The boxes themselves are easy enough to lock up (just need to buy long arm locks) but technically someone could steal the whole box/bracket assembly by taking two bolts off each side... Either way, I won't store any valuables in there for now. I just have one box filled with bungee cords.

 

Truck looks great! Haven't had time to get the HID's done yet?