What have you done to, or with, your Tacoma today?

[Gtazz67]

Land between the lakes camping trip this past weekend. Good times, highly recommend.

Looks beautiful there. I so need to go somewhere like that SOON!!!

 

[RevN3]

Damn!! How hard did you slam the door in order to break the back window Schwartzenegger?? lol. lol. lol.

See for yourself:

Original link: https://youtu.be/BYFKyxj5gjQ?t=378

 

[Butch]

Okay this might be my last upgrade for awhile. This one cost a little bit of . I weighed my Tacoma on my last trip and she is 6,800 lbs! I figured it was time to add air bags and upgrade the brake system. I looked at Wilwood, Powerstop and Powerbrake. Powerstop was quickly eliminated. I know a lot of high end custom car makers use Wilwood and they are great brakes but are they great off roading brakes? I could have saved 500-600 bucks and bought the Wilwood set, but the more I looked at the Powerbrake set the more I thought of the old adage, “Buy once, cry once.” The Powerbrake system is a “civilian” version of the brakes Toyota uses in their Dakar racing trucks. “Okay, you have my attention.” Did I mention @Tyler uses them? “SOLD!!!!!” I installed them on Thursday and have had limited use of them since then but I can already tell they are a great upgrade from the stock set. I can’t wait for January to get some trail time with these babies!!!

Before

After!!!

 

[Tyler]

Okay this might be my last upgrade for awhile. This one cost a little bit of . I weighed my Tacoma on my last trip and she is 6,800 lbs! I figured it was time to add air bags and upgrade the brake system. I looked at Wilwood, Powerstop and Powerbrake. Powerstop was quickly eliminated. I know a lot of high end custom car makers use Wilwood and they are great brakes but are they great off roading brakes? I could have saved 500-600 bucks and bought the Wilwood set, but the more I looked at the Powerbrake set the more I thought of the old adage, “Buy once, cry once.” The Powerbrake system is a “civilian” version of the brakes Toyota uses in their Dakar racing trucks. “Okay, you have my attention.” Did I mention @Tyler uses them? “SOLD!!!!!” I installed them on Thursday and have had limited use of them since then but I can already tell they are a great upgrade from the stock set. I can’t wait for January to get some trail time with these babies!!!

Before

After!!!

Awesome! Those were my conclusions when I was doing my research as well. I’ve already put them through 13,000+ miles of hell and it’s great.

 

[4LoJoe]

Hammer Hangers by Archive Garage. Not too difficult of a job. Also, the amount to quality these give “on road” is ridiculous..

 

[Goose]

ATH high clearance bumper and got it powder coated black.

 

[Classytacos]

Front Sumosprings went in.

Original link: https://youtu.be/C319DlbM-5I

 

[RevN3]

Front Sumosprings went in.

Original link: https://youtu.be/C319DlbM-5I

Ohhhhhhh....front sumo springs. I'll have a watch that.

 

[TacoDePapa]

Weather tech side window visors done today

 

[TacoDerek]

Ironman 4x4 Stage 2 Foam Cell Pro Lift Kit

Installed over the course of two days with some help of a couple buddies here and there. My arms were sore for a few days, but goddamn if the taco doesn't look so much better now...

Last pic in the roll is stock suspension when I was on a camping trip a few months back. You can pretty clearly see the difference!

 

[TacoDerek]

Oh, I also installed the Ironman under body armor kit (covers the front end of the exhaust area). This kit came with a free air compressor too!

 

[Meclizine]

First time changing my own oil. It got real once I saw it pouring out of my diff.! I thought I got enough but after the transfer case I got nervous. So I'll do the front diff. after I resupply.

It's at 28k but I'm the second owner. I want a fresh change all around.

 

[B-Man]

Drove the '18 Sport to the gun club.....250rds of 9mm through the new P80........the Sport had a great time!

 

[Bird dog]

ODrove the '18 Sport to the gun club.....250rds of 9mm through the new P80........the Sport had a great time!

Gun club??? We just find some open desert and set up the steel plates. 3 yards to 500+ yards.

 

[B-Man]

Gun club??? We just find some open desert and set up the steel plates. 3 yards to 500+ yards.

Wish we had open ranges like that here.....gotta be careful with farmhouses....livestock.....etc.....our gun club is alright. heated indoor range.....300yd outdoor range.......22 range.......2 trap/skeet fields. I'd love to put my Remington Police 223 on steel at 500yds.....what rifle you shooting??

 

[RevN3]

Installed Powerstop brake kit, installed Spidertrax (both a bit controversial I know) and FINALLY wired the roof lights up

 

[Butch]

Installed a second battery to use with an inverter, charge devices and run a Bair Hugger to warm the tent. I am looking to mount solar panels some day to keep the battery charged.

 

[Meclizine]

Installed a second battery to use with an inverter, charge devices and run a Bair Hugger to warm the tent. I am looking to mount solar panels some day to keep the battery charged.

Nice, I'm planning to add a battery soon. I already bought solar components, though, and went with Renogy since the price was right. I just got the 100W panel in since it was backordered. For what it's worth, my test fit shows the 100W panel just fits on the roof in front of the antenna.

 

[Kmbush56]

began installation of hydrogen fuel system!

 

[Butch]

Nice, I'm planning to add a battery soon. I already bought solar components, though, and went with Renogy since the price was right. I just got the 100W panel in since it was backordered. For what it's worth, my test fit shows the 100W panel just fits on the roof in front of the antenna

I was looking at the same one but I am planning on two of them. I want to hinge them together and keep them folded facing one another until I set up camp and then I can unfold them. It’s going to require a little fab work.

 

[Bird dog]

I was looking at the same one but I am planning on two of them. I want to hinge them together and keep them folded facing one another until I set up camp and then I can unfold them. It’s going to require a little fab work.

Won’t you loose your ability to use the sun while you are driving?

 

[Butch]

Won’t you loose your ability to use the sun while you are driving?

Yes, but I am hoping 3-4 hours of charging with 200W will be enough. I am still in the planning and testing phase. Another thought I had was two panels stacked, the top panel could slide away and uncover the other panel.

 

[Meclizine]

Yes, but I am hoping 3-4 hours of charging with 200W will be enough. I am still in the planning and testing phase. Another thought I had was two panels stacked, the top panel could slide away and uncover the other panel.

Cool ideas. I can't wait to see what you come up with. I'm just going with one panel mounted with VHB tape so nothing fancy.

 

[Biohazard]

Installed a second battery to use with an inverter, charge devices and run a Bair Hugger to warm the tent. I am looking to mount solar panels some day to keep the battery charged.

Like the way you bolted it to your decked system. Very nice.

 

[TacoDePapa]

Hi everybody,
today my son Bryan helped with installation of Eibach stage 1 front and rear shocks, with an Icon add a leaf onto the rear springs !!! 5 hours total install time, torquing everything back to oem specs

 

[bonifacio]

Hi everybody,
today my son Bryan helped with installation of Eibach stage 1 front and rear shocks, with an Icon add a leaf onto the rear springs !!! 5 hours total install time, torquing everything back to oem specs

Let's see the full side shot! Did you leave the overload spring in?

 

[TCOTUE]

@Robdee Can't wait to see more pics! Gonna look killer!

 

[TCOTUE]

Finally pulled the trigger on wheels.

Motegi MR149
17x8.5 0 Offset

I will probably swap over my stock tires for the time being, unless I find a killer deal on tires. Still in the air if I want to go skinny and run 255/80 or go semi stock 265/70.

 

[Biohazard]

Finally pulled the trigger on wheels.

Motegi MR149
17x8.5 0 Offset

I will probably swap over my stock tires for the time being, unless I find a killer deal on tires. Still in the air if I want to go skinny and run 255/80 or go semi stock 265/70.

How much? Get a deal?

 

[TCOTUE]

How much? Get a deal?

I found them the cheapest on fleabay, $740ish shipped. Everywhere else was pretty steady on $810ish shipped.