What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I also find that odd about the Nitto tires. Everything I have heard and read about them is very positive. Also the Ridge Grapplers came highly recommend from two different tire retailers! So I will take my chances. I know that I have definitely taken worse risks than this.

 

Hit it with the Black Light tonight could not wait until daylight. She’s definitely got that wet look . I’ll try the butter wax tomorrow

 

Hauled a solid wood dresser we scored off craigslist and got my coating along with some other detailing retailed items.

 

You will not be let down ​

 

Looking great !!!!!

 

No issues with the Trail Grapplers. I’ve had 4 sets of those. The Ridge Grapplers are the ones with issues. If you Off Road at all, that’s where the reported issues with tires chunking etc....

Watch this and then read the comments.
https://youtu.be/6KHRW6r1hV0

 

Well like any tire, you can have issues or get a bad batch. I just know a ton of people that have Nitto and do a lot of Off-Roading and haven’t had issues. However, like anything in life there can be positive and negative reviews to everything. To each their own. All I know is I have had mine on for 25,000 miles and they are like brand new. Tread is still amazing. This could be one video of a negative response, where there can be a million of positive reviews.

 

That dude is full of it and his title is clickbait. He's hotdogging that cummins and doesn't want to buy a new set. Defective tires don't chunked like that, tires that have been spun in rocks/gravel do. He even admitted 3/4 of the way through the video that the actually wear of the tires is fine.

 

I have two friends with Ridge Grapplers that have done the same thing and they do not hotdog at all. Luckily, since Nitto ignored their issues, Discount Tire is giving them new tires. They are both going back to the Trail Grapps.

Note: I am not digging Nitto. I am very fond of the Trail Grappler. I was just trying to let the guy know to keep and eye on his tires. That’s all. If you read the comments on the video I post, SEVERAL people commented having the same issue. I found the video after my friends tires started going to crap. I was checking to see if others were having issues and found that.

More...
https://wayalife.com/showthread.php/48403-Nitto-Ridge-Grappler-issues/page2

 

I'm not trying to be a bitch here, but I'm just about to lose my sh**. I have sent multiple emails, a Facebook message, and made two phone calls (to a voice mailbox that has not been set-up) over the past two weeks with zero responses from SOS Concepts. I wanted a pair of sliders....BAD - I just wanted to have a very quick discussion before I ordered. @EddyRRT, what gives? Anybody have an idea what is going on with them?

 

Looks real good. What is your suspension setup?

 

I think everyone is having a November sale on sliders right now.

 

Best tires I've ever had

 

For the record, I appreciate the heads up on the tires. I know there are usually good and bad experience's with most things. I am usually pretty conservative with how I drive my truck, and hope I will have a positive experience with them.

 

Spray painted the hook. Not sure why it came out so orange after curing it in the oven. The cap looks more like a rusty red (unlike in the photo). May spray regular red over it. What do you all think?

 

Took the Taco on a road trip this week from PGH to Ft Knox (430 miles)

My findings...
1.) I hate this piece of crap stock radio. Radio and speakers definitely my next purchase.
2.) I will never subscribe to XM. Also, satellite reception for XM cuts out even in open areas. XM signal is weak, or Taco Sat reception poor?
3.) Not at all impressed with voice commands for radio.
4.) For some reason, i tend to hug the right side of lanes in this 3rd gen compared to my 08 and previous Taco's. Anyone else experiencing that?
5.) Undercover SE Tonneau installed just before I left is sealed tight. Drove thru some pretty hard rain several times at high speeds and not a drop of water inside the bed.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/UnderCover...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

6.) AVS intrack rain guards worked great during the rain and no real wind noise worth mentioning.
7.) MPG reported by dashboard as 20.1 as apposed to same trip last month without Tonneau at 19.6. Some improvement.
8.) MPG reported by dashboard as 20.1 but fuel receipts and calculator come out to 20.7.
9.) Cruise kinda sucks. Every time you want to increase speed, tranny shifts down and RPM shoots over 3100 even if just trying increase by 1 MPH (Lots of wasted MPG doing this) And just to much shifting going on overall.

Undercover Swing Boxes delivered while I was out of town, maybe installing these this weekend.

 

I'd give @Mobtown Offroad a pm. They are currently running a 25% off sale and I'm sure would respond to any inquiries. Plus their sliders are beefy as hell.

 

4433908466 is my cell

 

Love my Mobtown sliders. Definitely worth it, especially for 25% off!

 

Installed the Softopper this morning. Pretty straight forward install.