Installing Expedition Essentials 2TPAM - 2nd Gen Tacoma - Writeup with pictures!

ramonortiz55

Adventurist
Next Mod is to install the Expedition Essentials 2TPAM to hold my Garmin unit and cell phone when I am on the road:





I put together the 2TPAM and set it over the radio. Positioning it evenly and carefully - Then I held it in place with some tape:



See the holes on the sides?

These holes will be marked using a black marker:







Then over the radio there are four more holes. These holes are hard to reach, so I bent a small nail and used the nail to scribe the locations of the holes:





Once I had all my holes marked up and ready to go, I removed the coin holder:



AC Controls:





There are four bolts that hold the radio down:



Remove bolts and pull radio out:





Carefully remove all plugs:





See these buttons that are over the instrument panel on the dash? - Poke the middle of them to remove:



This will allow the fascia of the instrument panel to be pulled away:



Have a friend remove the Gray Radio Trim Bezel:



Unplug the 4x4 switch



Time for surgery:



Drill some pilot holes and go to town:







Tweezers aid in setting washers and nuts:



Other side:



Next drill the holes for the radio, always use pilot holes to prevent the drill bit from wandering. Any mistakes here will be visual:





Time to set the piece that goes over the radio:









Next, per instructions from Expedition Essentials, I trimmed this lip off on the driver's side of the Gray Radio Bezel:



Dremel time!



Now go run in the truck and trim this lip off the instrument panel fascia:



Like this:



Next notch the radio to allow wiring to travel to the USB charger on the 2TPAM:



Wiring for the USB Charger on the 2TPAM was spliced onto the power points below the radio, I reached back there and removed the plug:



Splice Colors for reference:



At this point I ran the gray wire for the USB Charger on the 2TPAM BETWEEN the gray bezel and the dash, see at the top of the picture. The gray wire has the 2 red connectors at the end:



Put it all togther now:



So clean!



Start up the truck to ensure proper operation:



Install wire cover:



Final install picture:



Accessories to come soon!
 
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