What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Man I had it now for just today and I am looking for any excuse to go drive it haha. Sounds great. Makes driving manual easier and so much more fun. Dont know if yours is auto or manual but on mine from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rs shifts it has this little pop pop when shifting. Makes me smile every damn time haha. Ill throw it up on youtube in a bit.

 

I think Gibson is the best you can get for the price. I had a TRD exhaust in my cart but saved $200 getting the stainless Gibson. It sounds more throaty than the TRD. I used the BPF front recovery but had to grind a little clearance in the Pro skid for the d-ring to have swivel room. Mine is an automatic.

 

Heres a quick rev and take off. Didnt wanna get on it too crazy as my neighbors are right there and they can be anoying sometimes. Will get a better video when I have someone film it. If you got good speakers and a sub I think it sounds lot better then phone speakers. Anyways here it is. Gibson exhaust 618814.

 

Looks like a calendar shot to me

 

that doesnt sound too bad. im surprised

 

Yeah that sounds good.
Do you get any drone noise at cruising speeds?

Had a Gibson on my landcruiser and it had the worst drone at fwy speeds....had to take it off.

 

Search has failed me again .

Who's got a copy of the OME tsb for greasing the Dakar packs and avoiding squeaking.

 

No drone at all. Its a fairly quiet exhaust and on the inside its almost silent. I filmed it inside with my phone and it barely picks up the sound. Keeping it in 4th gear at 40mph and letting off the gas and decelarating, zero drone. Only time you hear the exhaust is when accelarating from a stop, like in the video, higher speed it gets quiet, and at cruising speed, with little or no throttle, its silent. I hate drone and have had it be a problem on a few cars before but this exhaust on our Tacos sounds really great. Ill try and do some videos tomorrow that will show different speeds and RPMs but if anyone ever wanted a good throaty and deep exhaust then

$505 Gibson 618814 Stainless Cat-Back Single Exhaust System

Gibson 618814 is the one. Also comes with a black tip, I wanted that one but it was like a month for it to get shipped and Im too impatient, so I will paint it black one of these days.

 

i just removed mine since i just installed a roof rack

 

Cool....i was thinking the same thing, but really wondering if there was enough space in behind there for the lights....worried that I would find out that there was NOT. After i cut the holes, of course....glad you are more adventuresome than I am

 

My hero

 

Way I figured it is that, if I failed, then I had a good excuse to upgrade my bumper

It wasn't too bad, though I do have to say that getting the pods in there was a bitch. It's pretty tight and I had to file away some of the metal on the bumper as well as removed the lights for the plate.

 

I like the way ya think, and the broken-bumper-need-to-replace is a good stance to take...alas, I suspect I might have to hold off...I reckon I will have a bit of a hard time convincing my bride that the truck we have had less than a month has a sub-standard bumper

I don't anticipate the installation to be a lot of fun...lying on the ice cold floor with metal shavings falling into my eyes; how bad could it be?

Thanks again, Bro, good to chat.

 

Ya.... I'd wait till Spring/Summer (or whatever that means in Canada) Not too hard of an install, if I do say so myself.

Enjoy your weekend man!

 

Got my Diamondback cover installed today.

 

That happened to me too! Started banging on the side. Just popped it back in. It also happened once at the car wash. After the last time it's been good for about a month.

 

That happend to me after a car wash when the blow dryer blow it half off, dealer put a new one on under warranty

 

Well, today I finished up this exact project. Well, almost finished. When it stops snowing, I’ll be adding a trd grill emblem and plate frames.

Derped the TACOMA on the doors and the machined face only of the OR wheels.



I went a bit more old school on the tailgate after removing the chrome V6



Sitting on the workbench for this week:

Sill protectors
Redline hood struts
Kicker CS speakers for the doors
(Subi tweets enroute)
TVD Vinyl US flags and interior blackout

 

Looks good.