What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

OrangeJulius · Aug 19, 2018

OrangeJulius said: ↑

Out with the old

In with the new
5100s w/887

Still have to do the rear. But taking a break.
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Rear is done. Alignment is whack. Taking it tomorrow to get aligned.

TailHook · Aug 19, 2018

After over engineering the shit out of my RTT hoist in my head, $20 and a trip to Home Depot was all that was needed...the KISS principle is always best!

DLRIII · Aug 19, 2018

TailHook said: ↑

After over engineering the shit out of my RTT hoist in my head, $20 and a trip to Home Depot was all that was needed...the KISS principle is always best!

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How are you gonna raise it?

BryD959 · Aug 19, 2018

spiros1 said: ↑

Wow you got a good deal, can you send me the ebay link? There are almost $500/kit on ebay.
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I’m sorry, you’re right... i just double checked. Looks like it was just under 500$ I paid from a Toyota vendor on eBay for the new fogs. I’ve bought quite a few things for the truck over the last few weeks... I believe rigid also has other fogs that are 300$ish.

TailHook · Aug 19, 2018

DLRIII said: ↑

How are you gonna raise it?
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By cinching up the strap on each corner a little at a time after placing the studs under each end of the tent and unbolting from the rack...smooth, controlled, and most importantly I can load/unload without help.

StayinStock · Aug 19, 2018

daks said: ↑

De-badged the side doors
Lol emblem came off easy but then had to use a heat gun on lowest setting and picked and rolled the glue backing off by hand.

Washed the truck down twice using dish soap to start to remove the 5 coats of wax and sealer I had on the truck.

Then spayed it all down with an iron remover like Iron-X.

Then hand washed again with dish soap.

Then Clay bar with a dish soap lube.

Then power washed.

Then 2 passes of the entire truck (truck is only 7 months old 10K KM (6k Mi) ) with a a DA orbital with medium cutting pad and Meguiar's Ultimate Compound. Plus I'd already done a paint correction to the truck about 4-5 months ago.

Power washed with dish soap. Rinsed with regular water.

Rinsed with RO/DI water ( O TDS reading, I have a RO/DI filter system for my saltwater aquarium, will not leave a residue as there is 0 contamination in it).

3 coats of Cquartz everywhere except the roof and tailgate which only have 2 coats so far.

Pictures don't do it justice, the CQuartz darkened the black a little bit but made it "deeper",
It looks like a layer of glass on the paint.

I had hmmmed and hawed about removing the side badges or painting them black, but now that they are gone, I like it like this. (Mobtown Bolt-On Sliders, LOVE-EM!)

and it's a crappy pic but I was too tired to put in the effort for a decent shot. but I painted the letters in my IFS Pro skidplate black.

Took 3 days, and even though the truck looked better than new before,
It looks "holy-crap that's shiny" polished now. I can see why people pay and charge (holy crap my arms are tired) $1500+ for this to be done to their vehicle.

I bought the 50Ml bottle of CQuartz and have about 25% left. I'm going to wait a week until after the first wash and then apply another coat all over the truck.

In the mean time I'm deciding what top coating I want to put on or if I should just use Carpro Reload.
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That's impressive! I wash mine at the carwash.

DLRIII · Aug 19, 2018

TailHook said: ↑

By cinching up the strap on each corner a little at a time after placing the studs under each end of the tent and unbolting from the rack...smooth, controlled, and most importantly I can load/unload without help.
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nice man

morcheez26 · Aug 19, 2018

Cappy said: ↑

My older big brother parked beside me today.
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info on your amber delete on your headlights? im assuming its just a decal

SurfratTX · Aug 19, 2018

daks said: ↑

De-badged the side doors
Lol emblem came off easy but then had to use a heat gun on lowest setting and picked and rolled the glue backing off by hand.

Washed the truck down twice using dish soap to start to remove the 5 coats of wax and sealer I had on the truck.

Then spayed it all down with an iron remover like Iron-X.

Then hand washed again with dish soap.

Then Clay bar with a dish soap lube.

Then power washed.

Then 2 passes of the entire truck (truck is only 7 months old 10K KM (6k Mi) ) with a a DA orbital with medium cutting pad and Meguiar's Ultimate Compound. Plus I'd already done a paint correction to the truck about 4-5 months ago.

Power washed with dish soap. Rinsed with regular water.

Rinsed with RO/DI water ( O TDS reading, I have a RO/DI filter system for my saltwater aquarium, will not leave a residue as there is 0 contamination in it).

3 coats of Cquartz everywhere except the roof and tailgate which only have 2 coats so far.

Pictures don't do it justice, the CQuartz darkened the black a little bit but made it "deeper",
It looks like a layer of glass on the paint.

I had hmmmed and hawed about removing the side badges or painting them black, but now that they are gone, I like it like this. (Mobtown Bolt-On Sliders, LOVE-EM!)

and it's a crappy pic but I was too tired to put in the effort for a decent shot. but I painted the letters in my IFS Pro skidplate black.

Took 3 days, and even though the truck looked better than new before,
It looks "holy-crap that's shiny" polished now. I can see why people pay and charge (holy crap my arms are tired) $1500+ for this to be done to their vehicle.

I bought the 50Ml bottle of CQuartz and have about 25% left. I'm going to wait a week until after the first wash and then apply another coat all over the truck.

In the mean time I'm deciding what top coating I want to put on or if I should just use Carpro Reload.
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That’s definitely a triple holy crap that’s shiney!!!
Impressed!
Please come do mine! Free beer, all u can eat fajitas, shrimp, and my first born!
Pretty amazing!

rgljr831 · Aug 19, 2018

BryD959 said: ↑

The stealership quoted me 650$ on a pro grill... needless to say I had to decline that incredible offer. Guess I’ll have to support Amazon Chinese knock-offs!
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$650! Wow! From what I’ve seen here the knockoffs from Amazon are pretty good! Would definitely choose Amazon over the steelership! BTW I’m a Steelers fan, hence the spelling.

TailHook · Aug 19, 2018

BryD959 said: ↑

The stealership quoted me 650$ on a pro grill... needless to say I had to decline that incredible offer. Guess I’ll have to support Amazon Chinese knock-offs!
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Wait, what? That's totally nuts...a 2018 Pro grille (different p/n than '16-'17) and garnish is like $250...

Psypha · Aug 19, 2018

Did the black housing mod on sat and finished putting them on today. They came out perfect.

SurfratTX · Aug 19, 2018

Vbpiper said: ↑

Dude, you need a woman.
JK. Truck looks great.
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Actually he will make a good wife if he cleans and takes care of everything like that! ; )
I already am looking at some the products he used since some I have never heard of!

danyo_saan · Aug 19, 2018

Poke bowl with a taco on the side

Kabogski · Aug 19, 2018

Perfect.. lot of empty tables around and still get a good spot for taco appetizer.

Nice!

rgljr831 · Aug 19, 2018

daks said: ↑

De-badged the side doors
Lol emblem came off easy but then had to use a heat gun on lowest setting and picked and rolled the glue backing off by hand.

Washed the truck down twice using dish soap to start to remove the 5 coats of wax and sealer I had on the truck.

Then spayed it all down with an iron remover like Iron-X.

Then hand washed again with dish soap.

Then Clay bar with a dish soap lube.

Then power washed.

Then 2 passes of the entire truck (truck is only 7 months old 10K KM (6k Mi) ) with a a DA orbital with medium cutting pad and Meguiar's Ultimate Compound. Plus I'd already done a paint correction to the truck about 4-5 months ago.

Power washed with dish soap. Rinsed with regular water.

Rinsed with RO/DI water ( O TDS reading, I have a RO/DI filter system for my saltwater aquarium, will not leave a residue as there is 0 contamination in it).

3 coats of Cquartz everywhere except the roof and tailgate which only have 2 coats so far.

Pictures don't do it justice, the CQuartz darkened the black a little bit but made it "deeper",
It looks like a layer of glass on the paint.

I had hmmmed and hawed about removing the side badges or painting them black, but now that they are gone, I like it like this. (Mobtown Bolt-On Sliders, LOVE-EM!)

and it's a crappy pic but I was too tired to put in the effort for a decent shot. but I painted the letters in my IFS Pro skidplate black.

Took 3 days, and even though the truck looked better than new before,
It looks "holy-crap that's shiny" polished now. I can see why people pay and charge (holy crap my arms are tired) $1500+ for this to be done to their vehicle.

I bought the 50Ml bottle of CQuartz and have about 25% left. I'm going to wait a week until after the first wash and then apply another coat all over the truck.

In the mean time I'm deciding what top coating I want to put on or if I should just use Carpro Reload.
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Like a mirror!

rgljr831 · Aug 19, 2018

Took her thru the full service wash with wax today. She was so filthy from last weekend! They do such an awesome job, couldn’t help but take a pic from the balcony!

BryD959 · Aug 19, 2018

TailHook said: ↑

Wait, what? That's totally nuts...a 2018 Pro grille (different p/n than '16-'17) and garnish is like $250...

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It’s crazy! I actually tried to purchase from Toyota parts deal.com and they refused to sell me a pro grill since I did not have a pro vin # to give them. And the Toyota dealership near me seems to be actively stoping people from purchasing pro grills by giving outrageous quotes for a piece of plastic. It’s a conspiracy! Lol

TailHook · Aug 19, 2018

BryD959 said: ↑

It’s crazy! I actually tried to purchase from Toyota parts deal.com and they refused to sell me a pro grill since I did not have a pro vin # to give them. And the Toyota dealership near me seems to be actively stoping people from purchasing pro grills by giving outrageous quotes for a piece of plastic. It’s a conspiracy! Lol
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That sucks, man...good to know about TPD, though...they didn't used to do the VIN check.

Thegenerik1 · Aug 19, 2018

rgljr831 said: ↑

Took her thru the full service wash with wax today. She was so filthy from last weekend! They do such an awesome job, couldn’t help but take a pic from the balcony!
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