What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

More noise than anything. I don't have a lot of noise right now with my setup but I do plan on the roof rack and adding a lot of BD lighting at some point so I'm sure the noise will increase at that point. Just trying to prepare for it the best I can.

 

Installing my roof rack made Bluetooth phone calls on the highway useless. I can't really hear the noise in the cabin but those on the phone can with the mic right there.

 

NEW helo rims for the taco. 17x9. Getting wrapped in 33x12.50x17

 

Where is the Mic? Never used it so never really thought about it.

 

Looks good. Guessing you rub like crazy though.

 

Why not both?

 

You can do both and some do 3 different layers. Depending on what brand or brands you get, thickness can become an issue tho.

 

Roof near the front dome lights.

 

Thanks

 

So this happened today...

 

I was a fan of the helos I had on my Tundra. I was kind of surprised to not see any Tacomas with them.

 

I went with Helos right away when I purchased my truck. Absolutely love them.

 

Okay. Your way down by cherry land. Traverse City

 

Someday I will get to Traverse City! I work for Hagerty Insurance in our Golden, Colorado office. I could use a nice cold Oberon right about now!

 

Someday? That should be an annual business trip every July!

 

That's what I am talking about! I have thought about a road trip to see family in PA this fall. If I do that, I may take an extra week and hit TC first and then head to PA. Just don't know that I want to be gone that long or take that long of a road trip by myself.

 

They say the first step in recovery is just admitting you have a problem. All kidding aside the truck does look good.

 

I've done a few mods to my 2017 taco.

-Truxedo soft roll top.
-4 inch black oval Lund side bars. Super easy to install, reasonably priced and got a $50 rebate.
-Made my own copy of the Relentless Fabrication mounts for my ax and shovel in the bed.
-pop & lock. It's really not as loud as others complain about unless you're into stealth operating door locks.
-Most recently I added led bed lighting. Really I like this style because of how they are positioned and the install simplification. Plus they have a look like they would be stock. I decided to change it from operating on the courtesy lights to a 3-way switch. I'm so happy I did this. I wanted to be able to turn on the lights from inside the bed without going to the cab or using the key. And I wanted them to operate when the truck is off. ok. Then I thought to myself that I'm going to forget to shut them off one day and drive around with them on. So I decided I need a switch in the cab to shut them off. So I did just that.
-While I was running the wire from the tail to the cab, I decided it would be nice to have an indicator light in the cab to remind me that my tailgate was down. Since I keep my bed cover on almost all the time, I can't see in my mirror if my tailgate is up/down. So I hooked up a simple door pin switch to a red led in the cab. Problems solved. Works fantastic. The led is a bit bright, I know I could wire up some resistors. But those rare occasions where I'll haul something with the tailgate down I may just cover it with a piece of electrical tape.
-Lastly, I did that AC drain line mod. Which is so easy you really have to do it. cost like $3 and may save you from future frame rot.

 

I incorporated 2 videos since they were short. The wash was actually a few days ago showing how well Wolfgang polish holds BUT the 2nd half shows my latest mod I did today!

My YouTube thumbnail gives you the hint. Skip to 3:04 if you want to see what I got. Added more to the TRD BRO PRO collection.

https://youtu.be/pr9gGgBJH0Q