What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

That design is an option

 

No I kept the cleats and those hooks off my 2011 and the dealer gave me 4 new cleats when I bought the 2017. I paid $40 for the rail only.

 

Agree!!! Bed careful with a heat gun if you've never used one. They can get really hot and burn or melt plastic and paint.

 

Blacked out my front grill. Good to have family that paints!

 

Be careful of what OBDII adapter you purchase. I have a decent OBDII LX and it throws ABS errors if I have it plugged in while turning the truck on.

 

What bed rack is that? I have been looking at the RCI one, but really like the look of yours.

 

That is the Warrior Products economy rack for 2005+ long or short bed Tacomas. I needed one that sat below the roof line because I do a lot of highway driving and I put my canoe up there so a rack that held the RTT above the roof line wouldn't work for me. Overall I'm really happy with it. It is built well. Two side panels and the top rack. Easy to install/uninstall. The side panels bolt into the bed rail and the top simply bolts to the side panels. There are two disadvantages to share. You will lose the ability to see anything out of your rear window. I have backup camera and blind spot monitoring that helps me deal with that. The other is that if you are someone who uses a lot of bed rail accessories you will lose some of the real estate back there as the side panels do cover a good portion of the rail channel. Cheers.

 

Beautiful Black. The classic Love/Hate relationship!!

 

Nice, what Garrison are you part of?

 

so my truck has been through the ringer for issues.... i had toyota put it through for a lemon about 3 months ago and they said no... now im told i can expect a call from mark (they said he deals with lemons for corp) out of the blue... we'll see how that goes

 

Okay boys and girls... Got some news on SDHQ's sliders:

Pricing:

• $950 Raw
• $899 for forum members
• Powder coating is an extra $220 dollars
• Shipping is estimated around $230 dollars on a pallet

They have 10 sets built and ready to go. Sounds like half will be powder coated so if anyone wants the raw option, they'll have you covered.

Also sounds like only DCSB at this time.

They are live on the site as we speak. Also to note, they changed the logo plate to the more modern logo with the American flag I believe.

http://store.sdhqoffroad.com/2016tacomasliders.aspx

While they are more expensive than other sliders, they also use better materials (inch and a half, 120 wall chrome-moly tubing that is all hand TIG welded. making then both lighter and stronger. They are fully supported end to end (front mount integrates with the body mount), again, adding more strength than other options on the market. They are also fully bolt on and have their house engineered and made mounting hardware designed specifically for our trucks.

 

FYI Autoanything.com has Bilstein 5100 adjustable front shocks on sale for under $200 a pair today.

 

Contemplating the same thing... not sure if my BAMF sliders will play nicely with the rear skid or not.
I'll reroute the exhaust regardless.

 

Finally scored a TRD Pro grill.

 

Installed some nfab rock sliders. Steps on their way.

 

I tow my boat at 3100 lbs all the time and have no problems in town or on the highway. Weird

 

and here is mine. deleted the Sport and added the flag.

 

The Leer dealer that sold me the shell and Yakima/Thule salespeople say the tracks are universal. In fact, my Leer brochure calls them Thule Tracks.
My Yakimas fit just fine.

 

Can you post up some pics of the Chemical Guys products you used to get that result? I have the foam cannon and tons of their stuff, love it!!! There are so many options for the clay mitts and other products you mentioned, just wanted to be sure before ordering. Thanks

 

Thanks. I like the look of the Yakima. Good to know we have more options than just the Thule.