What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Wife asked if I could help plant some trees/brushes in the back yard so I went to Home Depot and picked up over 800lbs of fertilizer, mulch, and top soil. Man did the Red Taco handle the load like a champ. I was driving down the road and it didn't even feel like I had that much weight in the bed. It was as smooth as butter lol.

 

The frist thing i did was a Rough Country 30in led bar and green led black lights for the grill

 

Only had them done for about a month so I can't really speak to longevity.

 

The green led lights have been on for about 4 weeks and have held up good so far and for $6.99 could not go wrong

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What size wheels/tires/lift you got on that beauty...any trimming?

 

That grill setup looks fantastic!

 

20x9 +1offset fuel assault wheels, 275/55 r20 Nitto Grapplers G2 on stock suspension. There is a slight rub on the air dam when making a sharp turn on a steep incline. Other than than no rub during normal driving. I may remove the air dam or trim a 1/4" on the lip of the air dam if I choose to keep it on. For now, it doesn't bother me since I know how much to turn the wheel when approaching a steep incline.

 

"What have I done to my 3rd Gen today ?"


Filled up after a long night shift ended this morning.












It was freezing cold & windy.

Gasshole was really tight and the cap was almost stuck in it.

Awkward moments unfolded.....there in the cold....adjacent pumpers doing their thing....me with a cold-swole cap wedged overly deep in the Gasshole.

A decision had to be made quickly. Blowing hard was the wind.

Do I simply grab hold of the deeply seated cap and wrench it out....or do I give the tether cord a snatch ???? Not sure the actually method I employed.....it was all a blur. Relief had when that thing popped out fairly easily, though....and could get back into my truck and fire up the heat.

 

Love the Rock, and the Dog...oh and the Truck!

 

Your truck looks great and I'm glad to hear a OME Heavy install report. Thanks, great write up!

 

You're a lyrical cunninglinguist!

 

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Installed some flush mount

$152 Rigid 20641 RIGID INDUSTRIES Ignite Backup Kit Black Flood Flush Mount: Mounting Accessories For Offroad Use

Rigid 20641 lights in my rear bumper today. Light output is perfect for what I wanted while setting up camp and at times when I might need a little more reverse light.
Wired a switch up in the cab to turn them on along with a switch in the rear passenger side bed cubby door to turn them on also. They do not come on with my reverse lights.
I also installed a 12v plug, volt meter and switch to turn on the light inside the bed on/off all in separate switches.
(Will post pictures of the switch panel door later. It’s ugly right now since my CH4x4 switchs are all mislabeled until my new ones come. I had to steal the switches from my ditch lights, rear camera and grille bar to make sure it all worked, haha!)
Also stuck on the tailgate 3D TACOMA decals as well after 2 and half years of ownership.






Not all the correct switch covers but you get the point. The top right switch turns the Volt Meter on/off. The 12v plug is hot all the time. The “rear camera” switch turns on the interior bed light and the “rear bumper” switch turns the rear bumper LEDs on. I literally could not find anything to use that cubby for so I figured why not turn it into a junction box?

 

Also today I completely WASTED $10...

Left work this morning and it was bright and sunny, got the truck washed up nice so I could climb under her and re-torque the U-bolts after my lift install.

By the time i got home, 30 mins later, she was covered with Salt and Snow....

Still have to re-torque the bolts, post install but now i have to do it in the snow....



(PS please no one get bent I’m in a Handicap spot i just stopped for a quick picture after my car wash)

 

Well it was clean for awhile

 

Hauled about 600 lbs of countertop no problem.

 

Ever park next to 1st gen tundras? I feel weird walking out of a gas station getting a look from the owner like, why is your Tacoma bigger than my tundra. I don’t think they like it

 

Installed some flush mount pods in the rear bumper yesterday. Took about 6 hours or so, but very easy to do. Hardest part was probably getting the bumper caps off the truck!

These things look awesome and are extremely bright

 

Rear bumper back from PC after mods and re installed.

 

I could find the “What Will You Do To Your 3rd Gen Tomorrow” thread, but here it is anyway.