I needed a 12v outlet that was always on and didnt want to do the mod to change the two in dash ones.
I bought a 12v receptacle from a sporting goods store, a marine 12v outlet with a cover. I removed the tray from in front of the shifter to check for clearance before drilling. I placed it on the passanger side, ran a in-line fuse to a constant on at the fuse panel, and found a ground. Both use a female spade to plug to the back of the outlet.
I can now leave my cell phone in the truck overnight to charge while at work.
On the passenger side there is a rubber plug pull it out and trim the back side of it off, its a rubber grommet to pass the wire through.
remove the glove box and there is a good ground point under the 10mm bolt.
after putting female spades on the hot & ground wires pluging them to the backside of the 12v outlet run the hot wire through the grommet , going from the engine compartment into the cab.
I ran the wire over to my aftermarket fuse block I installed on the driver side.
The whole install may have taken 1hr counting getting tools, wire etc.
kai38...GREAT LOOKING MOD! Beats the complicated mods shown before.
Question...could you place the plug on the edge facing the driver (on the passenger side) so that a passenger would not accidentally hit it with their leg? It would be easier to plug and unplug that way. Couldn't tell if the edge of the plastic console was wide enough for the plug assy.
The plug can be placed on either side of the counsel. My teen daughters sit up front and haven't kicked it yet, it does sit up out of the way. It can me moved closer to the front of the truck also.
kai38...GREAT LOOKING MOD! Beats the complicated mods shown before.
Question...could you place the plug on the edge facing the driver (on the passenger side) so that a passenger would not accidentally hit it with their leg? It would be easier to plug and unplug that way. Couldn't tell if the edge of the plastic console was wide enough for the plug assy.
Nice job, very clean, Yeah my always on is in the bed... pluged my cell in a few times to charge when out there. (well with a cap on and locked) Other than the Cell or CD I dont have too much need though for an always on.
I like driving fast on dirt roads. The occasional gasp from my wife when I kick the rear end loose is like music to my ears. But with the fiberglass fenders (and no fender liner) I get tired of hearing all the rocks dinging off my doors and rocker panels (this old steel doesn't need help with...
I'm one of those guys who will wait for my bumpers to get ripped off before replacing them with something beefier. So, in the mean time I wanted to add an anchor/recovery point to the rear of my 2000 Taco. There are two steel loops up front but nothing really in the back with the stock setup...
I just tried this to disable the seat belt warning bell on my Tacoma, and it worked. This should work on '08 and '09 Tacomas. Not positive on the other years.
1) Turn the Car 'ON', but do not start the engine (Leave your foot off the brake). Cycle your trip reset knob until it reads ODO. Turn...
I took a look at the spare tire as it was mounted and the space between the tire and brackets. I found some spare plate iron I had and cut some sections to extend the brackets far enough to allow the 33" to fit snugly. Took the brackets down and added the plates and put them back on. Had the 33"...
the spare tire winch mod
this post has been edited to show thumbnails of all the work involved. the thumbnals are links to pics in the mebers rigs section. click om them and you can see them full size there.
Thanks to Chris "wgsa84" for posting this on his site with downloadable pics version...
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