What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Hey Tacoma World,

My name is Jake. New to this whole thing but diving in strong (bare with me)

Went on a little off road trip this past weekend. Pretty good action. More videos + pics to come in the future! Follow me?

Expedition Video Here

Intro to my truck:
4 Inch Icon Stage 7 Lift Kit
33 inch BFG Mud Terrain's
17 inch Method race wheels
Expedition One Full Front Bumper
Double Stack LED front roof rack lights
Dual LED rear backup lights
Dual LED bumper lights
Dual LED hood lights
Warn 12,500lbs winch
Truck Vault cargo drawers
Cargo Glide 1500
Full skid plates
Demello rock sliders
Gobi Roof Rack
S-Pod Electronic system

For more visit my trucks Instagram page!
Instagram.com/jakestacoma

 

Awesome truck!!!

Is only half the top light bar working?

You might wanna add an LED bar or 2. You might not be able to see with what ya got

 

Nice truck jake!! How do your 33s fit? Any trimming?I assume you have icons ucas? Also seen you on vine haha good shit!

 

Installed the pop&lock and made my dashboard cover. Added my little touch. What do you think?

 

Front bumper should be read sometime in August. We have the design done, just have to find time to cut some steel and get it mocked up so we can work out the small details.[/QUOTE]


Well hurry up, I'm waiting on your deign to make my final decision

 

Me thinks Jake was a lurker and finally came out of the Closet!
Great truck man.

 

Dashboard cover, didn't upload in the last post.

 

What Rims are those?
How hard was the install for the ditch lights? Is there an install guide?

 

Looks good, did you wrap your dash trim or?? I painted mine black but I like the carbon fibre look.
Also have the Pop-n-Lock works great but man it's loud, been thinking of putting sound deading in the tailgate.

 

Where did you get it?

 

Tinted the headlights

 

The heck with that dash cover im lovin the carbon fiber trim piece around the head unit. Is it wrapped or actual carbon fiber?

 

Had 2 spare tailgate keys made at Ace Hardware and they actually work! I've tried Lowe's and Wallyworld, but neither could produce a working copy.

 

I replaced the rear shocks on my 2011 SR5 this weekend with the Monroe OE Spectrums and when removing my rear tires I noticed they needed to be replaced

Going to box store that starts with Wal, their policy is that they will only mount the recommended size as indicated on the inside door panel which read 245/75/16. I wanted a larger tire and I went with four 265/75R/16 Sumitoma Encounter HT (60,000 mile) at $127 each a local tire dealer. It isn't an aggressive tire (I thought with a more aggressive tread I would use more gas, but I could be wrong), it is an all-season highway tread that holds the road well, and is very quiet. I notice with the larger tire, I hardly have any lean as I did with the smaller tire . . which I still had with the new shocks installed.

The sky opened up as soon as I drove out of the tire dealer and it poured, and these tires perform very well in wet weather. I did no mods or lifts, the truck is stock and the tire fits comfortably without rubbing or any trimming of the mud guards.

It is about 1" larger height wise giving the truck added ground clearance and the 65's are narrower than the 70's . . . I did not want a wider tire. The larger tire it is less expensive than a 265/70/16.

What I did notice is that the larger tire now exactly matches exactly the speed shown on my GPS!

I'm posting this for those who are hesitating on going to a larger tire size without adding lift.

They fit in the wheel well, the truck sits higher, less lean, quiet, less bounce, smoother ride, no trimming of mud flaps, or need of lift to fit, and as an added bonus (for me at least) the truck looks great with the larger size. For an extra $100 I had a wheel alignment, which I always do when I replace my tires, why spend the money on new tires only to have them wear out before their time?

I took out the old overhead storage compartment and installed an Overhead Meter/ Temp and Compass Display I got off of eBay for $150. The wires were already in place and just plugged in the new overhead.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. http://www.sumitomotire.com/trucks/products/Encounter/EncounterHT.aspx

Pics to come when weather is nicer.

 

Sticker overlay, or disassemble housing? I like it.

 

It's a vinyl overlay from importequipment.com. I've had a horrible experience opening up a headlight housing, vowed to never do it again

 

Thanks for sharing

 

not a fan of these normally but i like this and im sure it would keep the dust from collecting while off road... hmmmm where did you purchase this little gem?!

 

hmmmmmm, I had mine made at Lowes, No issues. but now that I found out about the pop n lock that'll be my next project

 

Pics or it didn't happen