What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Believe me, they’ll be LOTS of pics when it’s installed lol

 

Recently upgraded to the Ultimate LED mirror turn signals V3 from V2

 

Looks great! Just ordered black inserts for my 18 cement. Cool to see a pic before they arrive. Looks great. Black really stands out great against the cement. Where'd you get that TRD emblem for the grill?

Nothing new today, but before the holidays threw together a Pooch Bench for the access cab for the traveling. Holds up well. Just a few legs mortise/tenoned into a sheet of cheep pine. Made a couple of small feet up on the bench so it sits overtop of the center console.

 

Currently derping my bumper and my wheels.

Lessons learned - when in doubt, use more paper and more painters tape to mask the area to prevent overspray on the body of the truck. Nothing a rag and some WD-40 can't fix, but it adds another 15 minutes of work to the ordeal.

Derping the wheels is going to take a while since I only have the Toyota provided jack and I am doing one wheel at a time.

 

If you struggle with the WD-40 at all, letting Goo-Gone sit for a couple of minutes does a great job.

 

, cheap, effective, time savers, prevent injury to you and your Taco.

Good luck!!

 

I was born in Oregon and lived there until I was 5 or so, then we crossed the river!

The downside of living in a big(ish) city is I have a Walmart (almost literally) in my back yard

 

Ive seen a guy paint his wheels while on the truck using a deck of cards... stuck them in between the wheel lip and tire.

Looking good so far.

 

That is cheaper than jack stands.

 

I'm sorry to hear that... I enjoy my new location here in Missoula its a good size big enough to have modern amenities small enough that the woods are 5 mins behind my house. Hard part about here is just finding a good job. Thats what the big city's offer...

 

I was looking at YouTube videos and they were showing how you could use a garbage bag and index cards to protect behind the wheel. But with how small the openings were for the rims I couldn't get full coverage behind the wheel with the bag and opted to just remove the entire thing.

Its good practice anyway for me. Growing up, I never tinkered around with cars so all the stuff I have been doing to my Taco is a learning process. So far I've gotten the hang of installing interior lights, basic speaker replacement, and derping. These are all skills I wish I was taught when I was younger, but its better to learn now than never at all.

 

Yup, which is what's keepin' me here instead of moving closer to "home".

 

Thanks! My back hasn't been happy last few days but my family was.

 

Thanks. Got the TRD emblem on Amazon for like $7.99. You can get one with silver or black mounting hardware to blend in nicely depending on the grill color you have.

 

Makes sense. Thats the dilemma I go through all the time. Move to a place thats harder to live in and make more money, or stay where I live play hard in a place I love but make less money..

 

Tried out my new toy with this combo

 

Sweet !!!!!!!!!!


Truck looks mighty good.


Big fan of Black Light & V07 here, too.

 

Fixed the annoying passenger side dash rattle! Thank you @FlintRockbone for the idea -

Link Here

 

Over in Billings, good to know that mileage is crap across the board up here, lol. Mine is hovering around 14mpg, mostly city as of a couple of weeks ago since it got really cold/the snow started.

 

.. That's awesome Image! really match the Truck..