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

Got my in channel window Vent visors installed today. It is raining so pics were taken in garage.

 

i'd make life easy and scratch the curve around the wheel well...give yourself more space for bigger tires and more room for compression by going more directly to the front corner instead of arching back toward the tire...yea it looks cool mocked up but it'll be a bitch to fab up and limits yourself with performance...

i even have issues with my arb on full compression with my tire rubbing on the bumper even with my lift...i'm about to hack the bastard to give my tire some more breathing room if my buddy doesn't want to fab up a new bumper for me...he already is in the works on my sliders and rear bumper

 

I got a double cab set of wet okoles for $75, but prolly need to send them in to have Air bag slits installed

 

put my rear locker in today. gonna take some gettin used to on sharp turns but it'll be alright

 

Changed my front differential fluid and transfer case fluid so now the drive train is on all new clean oil. Consistent with the other threads here the front differential fluid was terrible. It was the darkest most metallic looking. The rear differential fluid was dark but not terrible. The transfer case was so clean I am sorry I drained it. But at least now everything is running

$30 Mobil 1 75w-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

Mobil 1 75w-90 LS synthetic gear oil and it clean and fresh. I am still shocked how bad the front diff oil looked. Also removed and sold Spidertrax.

 

i would deff cut a little off on the sides to allow for travel... rubbing is a bitch

 

Installed bilsteins at .85, spidertrax, and stubby antenna. Got it aligned. Washed her, and installed weather tech floor mats front and rear.

 

Installed 2 Hella 500's behind the grill

 

Since I got my '08 in November 2010, I added an aFe OEM style air filter and removed the secondary carbon filter. I added variable speed windshield wipers which took all of $60 and 10 minutes. I also added a soft tonneau cover on the bed. I replaced the rear diff lube with 100% synthetic. Finally I replaced the crappy factory tires with Goodyear fuel max tires. I run them at 36 PSI and my last interstate trip at 70 MPH netted 28MPG. I'm doing the transmission lube replacement this weekend with synthetic. I'd like to replace the factory radio with something that has an aux port and could play MP3 cd's at least. That's it so far...

 

good call i didnt think about that... so if im understanding you. just change the the curve a bit instead of following the factory line.

 

it should only be about 120 lbs max... tough country bumbers are around 160lbs

 

Got this today....now to find some stuck Jeeps

 

Made my own 1.5" body lift. Gonna make a how to thread soon. It is the same material that Roger Brown uses and way less expensive. It cost about $50 total and that includes all grade 8 hardware (from Fastenal) and a rod of UHMW Polyethylene (from Grainger). Write up coming soon.

 

May I ask why you sold your Spidertrax? I am looking to run a set front and rear soon w/ stock OR TRD 16"ers.

 

Received my Weathertech's Today!!! Damn that was fast, I ordered these at about 7:30pm on Tuesday the 8th. They are on the ball...

Now all I need is the truck!

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Also, paid $500 down on the Snuglid SL!! 3 to 6 weeks for that

 

Ordered my Spidertrax wheel spacers

BTW ordered from performance4trucks.com
and used FACEBOOK coupon code and saved $10
got them for $189

 

Installed some lights in my topper!! Now I can see at night! I used some cheapie fogs from Advanced Auto and mounted them up high behind the 3rd brake light. I then mounted a switch on the frame of the rear access. It's all wire nutted so I can remove the topper if need be.

I also mounted some cheapie LED's under my hood. No pics of them yet.

Wiring is now tucked in around the corner of the cap rail.

 

i painted to toyota emblem on the grill black and found out i have a little crack on my windshield ive only had the truck for 10 days. oh and wednesday got is serviced

 

jlee wleded on my sliders late last night! woot

 

My buddy and I installed Bilstein 5100s on my 08 taco. They work great!!!!