What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Rough Country 2" kit.

 

Yup, taking off that black bar was gonna be my next move if I didn't get it in place.

 

Yup, taking off that black bar was gonna be my next move if I didn't get it in place.

 

My back end is just over a half inch higher than the front, lookup the 3/4 Toytec top plate spacer. My first post has the photo, I can't upload any right now.

 

Good deal. I can't wait to see how it looks.

 

Any way you could post a pic of this from the back? I'd like to see how far back the tip reaches and how much of the stock pipe is exposed. Thanks

 

so a 2 inch kit would make it perfect. Thanks for the info man.

 

Trust me on this one and save yourself a lot of time and take off that bar. Had to go to Home Depot and get new bolts too lol!

 

My version of perfect is the way mine sits, not too much gap with the 265/70/17 tires, anymore I would have to get taller tires, but everyone is different.

 

is this the kit you went with?

http://toyteclifts.3dcartstores.com/TOP1-T--Front-Top-Plate-Spacer-Kit-_p_333.html

 

Picked up some goodies from DSM

 

Took my Taco in for the 5k checkup. When making the appointment I made sure to list all the things we're finding wrong with these trucks (u-bolts, ATF, etc). I was there for just over an hour & they said the everything checked out. From what I'm hearing here, there's no way they checked the ATF, did the oil change, and everything else. *sigh*
I just hope if any of these things DO go wrong, it's before the warranty runs out. I have a small piece of mind that I asked them to do it, so if it turns out there was something wrong, I have that to fall back on.

Of course they hadn't heard about any of these issues, so they looked at me like I was crazy.

to make matters worse, they then ran it through their nasty paint-scraping car wash! I had just washed it over the weekend.

 

Yes, I got mine in black to blend in with the stock coil and rubber gasket, makes it look like it came straight from the factory.

 

I would love to see a pic of your trucks stance when you have time to post one.

 

there is no way they checked your transmission fluid in an hour unless you camped out in the parking lot overnight and didn't drive anywhere before they took it back for the service. They can't check it when its hot and they can't check it when it's too cold either.

 

Sure could have used this advice a week ago...

On a side note I ordered the Caliraised relay mount as well after realizing my relay mounted to low on the fender wall for my liking (right behind the fuse box). When I put a LED bar in my wife's 4Runner this wasn't an issue.

 

Take the same picture when you get to quarter tank of gas. Mine looks great, 26-29mpg, right after fill up and slowly drops down to 21-22mpg as the tank gets lower.

I'm still happy with fuel economy though. It's a truck... I expected 18mpg or so when i went from the 4cyl to the 3.5l v6... But actually get better mileage in the v6.

Nice setup bro! Miss my long bed. Have the same rail brackets but installed mini fist for fishing rods... But with the shortbed i can't fit anything but small mini cast rods.

Lost a bolt myself as well... But one of the 2 you remove to take the grille off... Still need to figure out what size and replace it.


I added an emergency kit in the truck..including battery jump starter, couple knives, Sawyer mini water filter, ferro rod, signal mirror, snare wire, fishing tackle and more i can't think of currently...


Everyone should own a Sawyer mini water filter. Much beter than the life straw IMO. I have used them in rivers lakes and streams... Over a couple of years i have used mine hundreds of times without a single issue. I don't even carry water anymore if I'll be near a fresh water source.

 

This is what I'm probably going to do down the road, just go with ToyTec spacers. I don't think I'll be doing any serious off roading anyhow.

How's the OR ride BTW? Read another member saying the ride is a bit stiff so he went with 5100's and said the ride was much better. I actually bought some OR shocks off another member and was going to use those with the spacer, but changed my mind and sold the shocks.

 

Heres a few pics of mine, cant say enough good things about it...

 

Update with my Pop & Lock actuator issue. I tried greasing the actuator and the moving parts/joints on the lock as some have suggested, but it didn't help any. While moving the actuator by hand in directions, I noticed that it didn't move far enough in the lock position to fully engage the lock.

The replacement actuator Pop & Lock sent came in today and I compared the actuator distance between the two. The new actuator moves in the lock position about 1/4" more. Got it installed and all is working fine now. Great customer service by Pop & Lock getting me a new actuator with a paid return label to send out other actuator.

Also, I fixed yet another chip in my windshield. This one actually looks like it needed to be fixed and the worst chip I've had out of all my previous vehicles. Tried to get a pic of the repair with my phone but it wouldn't focus in; the chip looks like a spec now compared to this: