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

Good evening,
Stage II of my Tacoma mods & blackout.
A Leer Legend truck cap in matching 202 Toyota Black as well as a Rough Country bed mat…
Stage III m & b coming soon! ✌

 

Greased the driveshaft today, it’s a 4x4 so I have 5 zerks. I’m big with scheduled maintenance, but I gotta tell ya, I hate greasing the driveshaft and I know a lot of folks don’t mind it or love it. I even have a 12v Milwaukee grease gun, I’d honestly prefer removing and installing spark plugs.

 

I replaced the map lights, vanity mirror, dome light and license plate lights with LED ones I got off Ama.zon.
I also removed the overhead console and soldered the clip that holds the bulb in I broke off replacing the map light so the driver side one worked again.
I know it not as handy as rebuilding the engine or adding a lift kit but still proud of it !

 

‘09 ACCESS w/248K on the clock I picked up this past weekend. My son originally bought it in Portland ME in ‘21 and sold it to his brother-in-law in ‘22 when he moved back to Maui. My daughter and son-in-law are adding a son to the family and they needed a more “family sized” vehicle. I bought it from him and it needs a lot of work, but I got it at a good price point.
Today I washed, waxed (old school paste) detailed the interior, peeled off decals, removed a headache rack and took stock of what needs to be done in the next few months.
*Cat back exhaust, struts and shocks, tires, rack and pinion boots, headlights, license plate lights, fog lights, bug deflector, antenna and antenna base nut, tailgate assist shock/strut.
I’ll post progress.

 

Replaced lower control arms and tie rods but found that the control arm mounts on both sides had cracks in the welds. Hopefully the new welds hold up. The control arms are Mevotech TTX and were only $130 on rockauto

 

Sealed up my bed cubbies with some small PVC scraps and some silicone

 

I did the same thing, sealed all the holes in the cubbies. If you haven't considered it, I also ran a bead of silicone around the sealing surface between the cubby and the bed before I installed them. Now they stay as clean as the bed does.

 

Yeah I definetely will be sealing that too when I reinstall tonight or tommorow

 

This is one of my next projects for my taco & 4Runner. They look good. I will too be using the 3rd gen for the overlay

 

Cut a chunk off of an irreplaceable trd supercharger to fit a 2.7 pulley.
Mounted tank and pump for meth, had to order a nozzle adapter for intake boot instead of hard pipe.

 

Went back to my stock headlights, gonna do the ultimate headlight upgrade.

That being said, the others are still functional albeit a dead passenger bulb or ballast. Gonna throw them out there if anyone wants them for a nominal fee and shipping.

 

Nice! Ive been looking at those. Anyone recommend them to you or just saw them?

 

Swapped out the sun damaged belt molding on the windows today, it was a pretty easy and quick to do job.

$43 MOTOKU Front and Rear Door Window Outer Weatherstrip Belt Molding Seal kit for Toyota Tacoma 2005-2016

Trim I used

 

Scored a softopper for $375!

 

Stripped down the back wall, under seat storage and “C” pillars. Going to start sound deadening tomorrow.

 

Volant intake, yes defeats the whole purpose of the snorkel. Luckily for me, if I plan on hitting any deep waters, just simply remove the front intake and plug the box.

 

Nothing.

 

Was supposed to install these!



Luckily for me the brake line came loose with a little bit of heat.

And then the storm happened.

 

The best looking front end on TacomaWorld. I'm jealous.

 

Would you happen to have a link for those for the back windows next to the bed of the truck?