What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Yep. I ditched the air dam first week of ownership so it was a non-issue. Used to have a similar hitch on my F1shitty and the air dam was trimmed around it ok. Hitch was a POS though...matched the truck in that respect

 

Around 10 years ago I had a 5000 pound boat that I moved into tight quarters with a Harbor Freight trailer dolly. Sure wish I had a front hitch back then. That was a bear moving by hand.

 

I can imagine. My only boat is a kayak but I do have a 200 yard driveway and lots of snow every year I used to snowblow it instead. Would take any where from 3 to 6 hours depending on the snow conditions.

 

New fuel vector wheels and Toyo AT tires 285/75R16 and 3 inch icon lift.

 

30" rough country light bar
CH4x4 switch
Blue Sea fuse block

 

I drive it... and I had no problems.

 

New member, always appreciate the info people share so I thought I'd do my part for anyone who wants the same setup/parts.

Truck:
2017 Tacoma trd off road 6 speed manual access cab

Front end:
887 coils, ome nitrogen sport shocks
Rear end:
Ready lift 2" block, ome nitrogen sport shocks
Wheels/tires: 285/70/17 bfg ko2's on 17x7 trd pro 4Runner wheels

Truck rides beauty, tires don't run and aren't noisy in my opinion. Truck feels slightly less peppy with the bigger tires but nothing to complain about. Went with the 2" block over rear springs for my style of driving really, don't need the extra leafs. Thanks again

 

those black rims on white truck look really nice!

 

Took a pic with some nice Graffiti

 

so seeing as how i'm on a tight budget for a while, i'll be fabbing my own steel bumper and tent rack for the bed to save some money. I have a friend who is an amazing fabricator and has a shop to do it all. I'll help but mostly watch once the welding starts......
anyways...i want a real minimal push bar up front...like a mild stinger. just basically want something to beef up the front of the truck incase i need to run over some Berkeley protestors or something...a Hippie Deflector of sorts, and mount a couple of hella lights.
I am not sure how it will mount to the frame with that stupid front bumper piece, and i imagine i'll either be removing it, or making a cut-out from it to mount the bumper. The rest of the front end will not be modified like most aftermarket bumpers require.
So....your thoughts please- does it look okay considering it could have been a 12 year old who drew this? The part i want to add/build is in orange....
lemme know what you think

 

say my name

 

Make sure you bring these basic things with you every time you get offroad! Hang around for the sweet Hilux concept in the outro.

https://youtu.be/JMbQPaTrQH8

 

Great looking Rig!
Welcome to TW!

 

Are you thinking something sort of like this?

http://www.southernstyleoffroad.com/product/2016-tacoma-slimline-hybrid-bumper/

 

Swapped out my stock fog lights for some Baja Design Squadron-R Sport amber wide cornering lights. Such an easy project!

Next up: C4 Fabrication Lo-Pro Winch Bumper, Smittybilt winch, and C4 Bed Bars!

 

Here's what I settled on:
http://www.c4fabrication.com/product/2016-tacoma-3rd-gen-front-lo-pro-winch-bumper/

It was between the SSO and C4.

 

John.

 

nailed it. yup

 

that's even better...i just figure i'll be mounting a winch to this Taco....maybe on round #2 in a couple years when i trade in