What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

You took a chance and there's nothing wrong with that. I did the same with the then-new Chinese Pro grille. I was lucky but it could have turned out ugly.

 

i dont get the reference but lol at the photo.. this is what i cut trees down with though

 

Huh? Lol, Ok.

You win, Mr.

 

Sounds great, bro.

Go on with your bad self!

 

Glad to help.

 

I could be wrong...

The amount of resin this would require makes it far to expensive. I believe he is running a polyjet, which means resin comes at a premium. Not sure how large the platform he prints on is either. I can’t imagine this would be a worthwhile venture or even feasible. That being said, he is a machine, so who knows.

 

Looks like this!

 

Looks slick as can be... It seems the prices are spot on.

Never legal, when it comes to tint.

Great pics

 

Thank you. Going to work on that in the next few days.

 

I'll tell you what I did today, I replaced the b_t__r_.

Was stranded for two hours, waiting for a jump!

And no part stores are open so I had to buy an EverStart from Walmart...

Never have I seen a battery die so early. Toyota should be ashamed of themselves.

So now the first thing on the agenda will be upgrading to a bigger battery.

Good news tho...

My wife got the groceries I went to buy thanks to my twin bro. Happy wife, happy life...

 

I remember the first ones that gave that Chinese pro grill a chance. I remember all of the trolls that hated on it and said that it wouldn’t be any good. That if you want things to last, you can’t take the cheap way. Now that their friends have it and it is the same, they are now for it and now promote it. Can’t admit they once gave those people shit for being the first to find a great buy and that they were wrong. Like I’ve said, we take risks with everything we do. It isn’t for others to judge what we do if it is what makes us happy. I’m super glad that the Chinese grill turned out the way it did. It was a great find!

 

the battery in my new 2017 at the time was out gassing at 2 months... white powder as evidence... ordered a Pelfrie built battery holder and a group 31 Optima... Toyota should be ashamed... I understand profit margins top line and bottom line...if you can’t manage the bottom line you have to manage the top line... quit using the batteries to try to boost the bottom line.

 

Yup, mine went out just after over 2 years and about 40000 miles. Couldn't believe it but the parts guy told me that Toyota has been notorious for cheap batteries. Oh well I guess at least it's just a battery, I've been lucky I have not had any other problems

 

There was no powder for me. Thankfully I keep a multimeter with me wherever I go, and have a booster, but never thought I'd need it this early.

 

Replaced my 580 cca stocker 4 days ago at 2 years and 3 months at under 19k miles. SamsClub 24F 725 cca $80 special. Will hold me until I can move up to a big boy tray and battery. Probably will go to a 2nd gen tray and 27F battery with 1000 cca. So who makes the "lowest bidder" Tacoma batteries. Probably a YING-WANG or similar. Same low bidder that made our speakers. Didn't bother looking since I did it in between rain storms.
My first instinct was to drive to the dealer. Then I thought what they would do. Tell me my maintenance was not done on time, pro-rate the battery, charge me $80 for the pro-rate, then only warranty the new one to the end of the original 3 year replacement term. No thank you Toyota.

 

Lol. My Taco has 42,000 on her and its two years old. My father has an '09 Taco that made it 6 years on the factory battery. I feel that they've found cheaper suppliers to keep up with demand and we have to pay for it.

 

My co-worker just replaced the original battery in his Tacoma. His 2004 Tacoma. My Dad got 10 years off his original Nissan Frontier battery, then put it in his newer used Nissan truck, and got 3 more years out of it.

 

Yeah, most likely an AliExpress special. Lol

The rain has been hell here in central Virginia. The roads are starting to look like the south's dirt roads, the way they are washing out.

 

Been nasty here and daughter said Richmond and surrounding areas are bad too.