What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

However, on the other side of things, I had a couple things waiting for me at my door when I got home.













They look absolutely amazing. However, it seems as though I will still have to wait to get them installed until Toyota can fix whatever is going on with my transmission. Ugh.

My other box was this amazing Krazy Beaver Super Shovel

 

Where’d you get those headlights?? Love the TRD cutout!

 

@motorsport36. He did an amazing job but these will be the only ones he does like this. One of a kind. I received the TRD decal for the Side Reflectors from @rrentrop. Check him out if you haven’t already. I received the clear side Reflectors from DKMOULDS LLC.

 

Sucks dude
Good luck

 

I have his trd side reflectors but they looked like they were inside the headlight lol
I guess I’ll have to find someone else to pay to fix me some up :/

 

Yes. They are installed on my side Reflectors inside the headlights

 

Document everything like you have here in your post and contact you local BAR (Bureau of Automotive Repair). Hope they can help you. Good luck with everything.

 

I have the Baja Design, crazy bright and I use them when out on the few dark roads I might be on or when there is little traffic on messed up freeways via construction and/or heavy rain. Life saver of sorts. I never had anyone flash me yet because of brightness. I’m careful if there are other cars so as not to blind them....turn off when approaching etc. Did my own ‘tests’ of sorts by having wife drive the Taco on the street, me coming the opposite way and also having her behind me. Again bright but not as annoying as someone with their brights on since the lights are low and Amber in color. The other thing is the amber color REALLY lights up any highway signs or markers compared to high beams....especially at distance. Never had car lights do it as good as these. Pretty amazing.
I live on the Texas Gulf Coast so we do get fog occasionally....but it’s still pretty rare. I don’t need fog lights that are really no brighter or better than my low beams.

 

The last Monday in May is set aside to honor the men and women who have lost their lives in defense of our nation.

In the words of President Ronald Reagan, "As we honor their memory, let us pledge that their lives, their sacrifices, their valor shall be justified and remembered for as long as God gives life to this nation."

We are obligated to ensure the freedom they fought for is remembered and celebrated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkXYya0uwHE

 

Tampa to Fr. Myers is downhill...of course you got better mileage!

 

Finally caved bought the OEM trd pro grille and plasti dipped all the chrome badges to match

 

Sweet !!!!!!!


Congrats, man.

My last truck was bought like that.....dealership had a spot on the assembly line and configured my truck exactly as I wanted it....the window sticker had my name on it....sorta cool getting something exactly as you want it. Made the wait really fun. Loved that truck and it served me well as a daily driver for 11 years....until the day I decided to finally get a Taco. Hoping this one sticks around a long time, too. Daily driver/hunt&fish truck.

Similar experiences here, too. I tend to be more aggressive on the commute TO work....18.5mpg normally. 23 miles (1/2 70mph interstate). The drives home from work generally find me poking along and relaxing to some tunes and not rushing and then I'll hit over 20mpg. I've bolted on some mall-crawling slyders and heavy e-rated mud tires 265/75r16, too. No complaints.

Damn, Katie.....very sorry to hear about your troubles.

All of the mods you've shown here look super clean and nicely done. They should marvel at how nicely your truck has been enhanced over stock.

I hope they get this worked out to your benefit.

Some of the dealership add-on's get farmed out by local shops here. Some of these shops are staffed with kids who can't put their cellphones down long enough to quit snap chatting and FOCUS on the work before them. Hopefully, they can nail things down and find the cause to be something other than the dealership add-on at NJ dealer or any of your upgrades.

You've taken care at every turn to ENHANCE your trucks capability.....not to diminish it. Hopefully the dipshits will see this.

Hellsyes......look at 'em lights. Dayum !!!!



Now you know if you go ahead and install them.....the fukktards at your new dealership will claim they made the parking brake fail.....or the tailgate latch fail.....or some such bullcrap.


You may need to take yer angry red beaver tool and smack 'em in the face with it.............

 

I feel for you. God only knows what you will have to do to connect all your stuff back up when they do get the issue resolved. I had to go through Corporate for a little stinking grease smear on my driver door. And they tried to blame that on my added window visors. I have seen these horror stories from all manufacturers. They will do anything in their power to get out of warranty work. That is why I do not make any major changes while my vehicles are under warranty. Something as simple as a coil spring change, or adding HID's can threaten your warranty. They are trained that anything not from the Toyota plant is suspect. As much as I would like a SwitchPro or OVTune I am concerned about what you are now dealing with.
People always question why I drive hundreds of miles to purchase new vehicles. First is price and second is my local dealers suck. I buy the best deal because I only deal with dealers for warranty repairs. It is because most dealers have poorly trained robots for technicians. I nearly knocked the teeth out of my local dealers Expert Technician the first time he explained that my 5 issues were impossible to be factory defects. Talked to me like I was a 90 year old woman who was clueless about cars. Fortunately I held back, made several videos, forwarded them to Corporate and the dealer, and then got the results I expected. I took 3 years of auto-tech in high school, went to trade school for advanced auto repair and worked at a dealer in the 1970's. Changed careers but have worked on cars the past 40+ years. Yes I know something about cars. I think I know a helluva lot more that these Expert Technicians. I will get my wife to add you to the prayer list this week. You will need some help getting through this.
I would try to get actual letters from your aftermarket vendors stating that your taps, etc have no effect on the ECU or factory wiring. This may be useful ammunition if, or when, you go to arbitration with Toyota.
I think you know that you have the support of this community and we all hope this works out for you. I think others should be aware of what to expect from Toyota when dealing with warranty after making such mods. On a side note I think you are the first person I ever knew that missed New Jersey. Best wishes.

 

Where I live that will get you an instant traffic ticket and will fail state inspection. Even on taillights. Had them 15 years ago and had to remove them before they would inspect my truck or they said it would fail.

 

Bought these this morning https://rekgen.com/collections/rally-edition/products/gen3-tacoma-mud-flaps-1?variant=6191339372582 They are normally $89.95 with free shippng. This week end you can get them for $71.96 shipped if you enter code MEMORIAL at check out!

 

Last night, after work, I threw on some Total Chaos Bed Stiffeners. Bed was already bent. It's not any more though. It's the beginning of preparing for my build, a long and piece by piece build.

Also had to add the TC sticker to the bed. No mod is complete without that.

 

Sorry for all the troubles with dealership but glad to see you got your lights. Look great.

 

Sorry for it being so long. Yeah. They towed it to my local dealership that is just 15 minutes away. I’ve gone over there in person twice. The first time to explain all of the accessories. Guy tried to tell me that I tapped my reverse lights into my taillights “like most people do”. I was like umm no I did not do that. Haha. They are ran all the way up to the front a directly connected to my SwitchPro. Even their technician and survice rep stated exactly what you just said. Haha. “It’s like we need you here with us 24/7 to be able to tell us exactly what is what”. I was thinking to myself at that moment it’s not that hard. Most of my wiring is all connected to my SwitchPro. So disconnect my SwitchPro from the Battery and there you go. My truck is pretty much back to OEM.

Yeah. I may need to get actual letters. I did screen shot and send the conversation to the Director of Toyota. Since I have done that, they have moved on trying to blame it on something else. Problem is, my wiring and all of my lights were working perfectly even the day it got towed into Toyota. The first time I went over to the dealership after my truck got delivered, they were complimenting me about everything. This being the best Tacoma by far they’ve seen, the wiring looks professionally done and so clean, the technician complimented my Redline Tuning Hood QuickLifts (said he was getting ready to have to hold it up and it just went up. It was so nice. I said thank you. Yeah it should come Stock with those), I received compliments on all of my LED lights under the truck and how it’s pretty cool that when I open my door that the Side LEDs light up the ground, the spare tire being stored in the bed of the truck like I have it, etc. My automatic starter was working just fine. Never have had one issue with it. So everything they keep pointing out, i have never had any issue with and were working just fine when my truck got towed to the Dealership.

Thanks for the laugh That’s exactly what they will say.

I can’t say “I miss NJ”. My bad. I miss my “Toyota Dealership” Definitely two different things. Hahaha

 

I had those on my ‘06 tacoma when I lived in Massachusetts. Absolutely loved them. Just make sure you get Super Bright Bulbs because the night vision is definitely dimmed quite a bit. Looks nice