What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

This Yakima Holdup is so long it comes with a flag and battery powered flashers (not pictured). Will only be using the +2 portion when absolutely needed for mountain biking trips with the guys.

 

Thanks.

Got it from Amazon.

$46 Kempter Kustoms - Spartan Leonidas 2" Black Steel Trailer Hitch Cover

http://www.amazon.com/Spartan-Leoni...8&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=spartan+hitch+cover

But he has some other options on his website as well. http://www.kempterkustoms.com/store-1/

 

I took some amateur photos since we got a nice sunny day!

 

Finally hit the 500 mile break in distance, have only had the truck for a week so far and it looks like this.



Just waiting on the Clazzio seat covers to arrive so I can install to protect the stock cloth seats.

 

That would be great. How do I go about ordering some. How much per sticker?

 

For all the Spartan Taco's out there...

 

I had the JL audio stealthbox (SB-T-TACACCAB/10W3v3/DG) installed by a local installer. I have an access cab. They also replaced all speakers and fully dynamat'd all doors.

They had to cut 2" off the end of the enclosure (what goes inside the console) to make it fit, and fab better brackets to hold in place. Sounds awesome with a JL Fix 82 and JL amp.

 

I have a set on my truck, I believe I have the first actual production set and I saw your set when mine were being installed last week.
Here are a few installed pictures if it helps. Yes you have to drill through the welds but it's not too bad. Give yourself an hour or two and stay patient and it will turn out perfect. And they sit tighter to the body once they are actually bolted down all the way.

Edit: I should mention mine are the hybrid style and yours are the round style but the bolt on locations are the same and the sliders should fit to the body the same once they are installed.

 

Finished the grill, four coats of black & one coat of clear.

 

Yup my local hardware shop sells the white. Although it's a matte white and doesn't quite match.

 

If you don't mind me asking, what did that run you?

 

Yours look great, there is hardly a gap in yours between them and the body. Setting in place mine are all the way against the frame. So unfortunately they will not fit any better than that just out of curiosity what are the length of your tube coming off the frame between bracket and other tube. I've seen pictures of mine on the Internet some tight to the body and others not. I guess I was hoping that the ones welded from the manufacturer would be the tighter fit ones. But I guess that's not the case. I

 

Honestly, when they were installing mine there was more gap than I would have liked. But when the rear most bolts were tightened up the sliders pulled up toward the body and looked a lot better.
There is a huge difference in fit when holding the sliders up to the body vs them being bolted on 100%.
Since mine are hybrid and yours are round the legs are a different length.

 

https://trdparts4u.toyotaofdallas.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=-9568

 

The picture on the trdparts4u website is of a second gen taco.
When you ordered the sliders did you specify you had a 2016? Who did you order from?

 

I originally ordered for a second Gen because that's what I had. I then called back and said hold off I might be getting a 3rd gen. They said that's fine just let us know. I called back a couple weeks later and said hey u got a 3rd Gen now. They said no problem and I waited another 1 1/2 months at least for them to arrive. So I'm assuming I got the right ones. Perhaps demello offroad will chime in this week about it.

 

So you ordered from trdparts4u? I'm pretty sure you got 3rd gen ones.
Either way, paging @JDEMELLO

 

No, I ordered from demello offroad. And again I think they make a nice product and are a pleasure to work with. I just think the over all fit was off. Perhaps you're right and I accidentally received 2nd Gen sliders. Thanks for your help MudLovingFJ

 

Oh if you ordered them directly from DeMello then they are correct.
I promise they will look/fit better when properly installed.

 

Did you try that glossifier on the matte white?