What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

What/where did you get the headlight overlays?

 

Post build thread as a reply please! Nice truck

 

Brought her home for the first time!



She's on a lease but I'll be doing a few minor things. Tonneau and black badges on the way, gonna try to fight the temptation to do more.

 

Whatever you do just box up oem stuff and sell the aftermarket stuff when u trade in

 

HA, good luck with that, especially now that you've joined this forum!

And welcome!!

 

OEM cargo holder works well

 

Okay thanks!

 

Very hard to resist the "Temtation" to do more...good luck!

 

Added the Radar Detector:

$300 Uniden R3 EXTREME LONG RANGE Laser/Radar Detector, Record Shattering Performance, Built-in GPS w/ Mute Memory, Voice Alerts, Red Light & Speed Camera Alerts, Multi-Color OLED Display , Black

Uniden R3 Radar Detector with

Radar Mount Mirror Mount Bracket for Uniden Radar Detectors - DFR R1 R3 R4 R7 R8 Extreme (3001009)

under mirror mount and 10"

$47 MirrorTap MTX-1010, RJ-1110" Long Overall Length, Patented, Radar Detector Power Cord with 2 Amp in-Line Fuse, Military Grade Taps, Made in USA

mirror tap power.
Fairly simple install of course since I splurged on the mount and the wire-taps.
Wire Tap: Mirror harness is 3 wire, Brown is switched 12v(+), White is (-), Blue (not tapped) is always on (+). Wire tap comes with 2A fuse. In the kit, I used the .075 wire taps so if your looking to build your own harness to an RJ-11 try solid copper 16 Ga. hammered 50% flat for self made wire taps, you may be able to use hammered flat 14 Ga as there is good access to harness but that's a tough gauge to get in a RJ-11. I will fix the tape job in warmer weather.

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Got the Softopper on! Stoked on how it looks with the Quicksand.

 

Installed @mesojdm's v3 tinted turn signals, and an American flag decal on the driver's side door.

 

.. so far its perfect!

 

Thank you!
It's definitely different, but I like it a lot more than the basic wrap around one of the local places has.

 

2018 toyota all weather mats and king sticker. Throws off the trd pro red ...

 

Can anyone direct me to a How To Thread on these LED cabin light swap??

 

https://www.google.com/search?sourc...0i7i30k1j0i8i7i30k1j0i22i30k1.177.bboGwaExrT8

 

My first addition! After lots of research, I purchased and installed the Pace Edwards Ultragroove retractable metal cover with Thule 60” aeroblade crossbars and Thule cargo box!

I have been very happy with it and plan to use it with two (up to four) Thule Sidearm bike racks. It allows me to have locked storage with a module storage system system on top so that I can still easily use or access my entire or most of my truck bed while still meeting my other requirements.

I had the cover installed professionally for a goood price and did the rails myself. Everything fits perfect and functions well so far. Thanks to all those who have posted other long bed tonneau covers, bike racks and storage solutions on here as it was a big help! Thanks TCW and @Toynado!






Review and decision process:

Originally, my biggest concerns were that I couldn’t use a hitch rack as a long term storage option for 2-4 bikes as the truck barely fits in my garage with the long bed. Also, I didn’t want to take the wheel off of my mountain bikes every time with some other tonneau cover/bike solutions. With this design, I can still use my tailgate pad if needed and my bikes are more stable on long trips or rough roads without damaging the bike frames all while having some secure storage, especially when the cab is full or I want full bed access.

This is a new cover from Pace Edwards and I looked at a number of other options which included Retrax max metal with rails installed on the bed permanently and USA Truck Cover American Cover with preinstalled Yakima tracks.

The retrax was the clean look and mechanical function I wanted, but I decided I didn’t want permanent rails installed. although it would have it’s benefits, their new cover with integrated track design wasn’t going to be available before I needed this setup.

The USA Cover was durable and had a super small canister but the track system wasn’t as clean and integrated as the Pace Edwards Ultragroove as it looked like more of an afterthought (but still durable , just not as pretty) bolted on.

I found this new cover from Pace Edwards that just became available for the long bed (I had to call dealers and manufacturer as most places said it wasn’t compatible and didn’t have it in stock), but most people used it with the 65” square load bars and I was told the 60 inch aero bar was too short by some. I decided it to go for it as it met all my wants and needs while looking clean with the aero bar. Luckily it all fit!

 

Did you buy direct? Thinking about one of these

 

Yeah, bought directly from them. Ordered the day after Christmas, they were closed until the 1st, and it just arrived today. So very fast shipping!